Report – Police Scotland – PIRC/00343/22
24 Nov 2022
Content
The complaints
The complaint in this case arose after an officer submitted a report to the Parole Board. We have reviewed the handling of a single complaint, namely that:
- An officer submitted a report to the English Parole Board, which was deliberately misleading and included information which was untrue.
Police Scotland’s decision
Police Scotland did not uphold the applicant’s complaint.
Our findings
We have found that Police Scotland did not handle the applicant’s complaint to a reasonable standard.
We have made a single recommendation to address the shortcomings in Police Scotland’s handling of the complaint. We have also made an observation.
Our recommendation should be implemented by Police Scotland within two months of the date of this report.
Police Bodies : Police Scotland