Written Question·Home Office·UIN 35716

Police: Misconduct

Tabled: 5 March 2025

Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

Helen Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to review regulations allowing police forces to remove officers suspected of gross misconduct.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

In October last year, the Home Secretary announced a package of reforms to strengthen police misconduct.That included a presumption of dismissal for proven gross misconduct, specified criminal offences automatically amounting to gross misconduct, and a pr...

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