Staff Management 2 Flashcards
(18 cards)
What does the term professional conduct relate to
- The expectations the commissioner has of all employees
- the area that deals with professional conduct issues
What is professional conduct underpinned by
- police values
- code of conduct
Who is responsible for national oversight of investigations into complaints about the conduct of police or incidents notified to Independent Police Authority (IPCA)
The National Manager: Police professional conduct
What does Section 13 of the IPCA Act 1988 require police to do
Requires police to notify incidents involving death or serious bodily harm
Who handles minor complaints about police
Managers within workplace with oversight by the District police professional conduct manager or HRM
Who manages complaint MOU or Section 13 investigations against police employees
District professional conduct manager
police investigations into all complaints about issues of conduct are subject to whose oversight
- Independent Police Conduct Authority
Who should you report internally identified misconduct or error in execution of duty or function to
Employees immediate supervisor
What if the employee fears disclosure to the line manager may expose him/her to harm
Can go directly to professional conduct manager, or HR adviser or another manager
Who does the commissioner require any suspicion of criminal offending, misconduct or neglect of duty to be reported to and what do they do when they receive a complaint
The District commander - who will then get an investigation done
What is integrity reporting and how is it reported
reported by on-duty member of police to their supervisor the circumstance of a incomplete enforcement actin initiated against another police employee
What happens if a police employee believes they have actual information relevant to misconduct or a serious deficiency or mistake in the execution of a police duty or function and fears any disclosure of that information will expose them to some physical, psychological or vocational harm who should the police employee approach with that information
District commander or
national Manager of police professional standards
What is the new police chapter that is designed to provide a framework of support that will ensure that police employees who report or have to give evidence against another police employee either in disciplinary or criminal proceedings
Integrity reporting and speaking up
Outline Section 12 functions of authority Independent police conduct act 1988
Functions are:
- to receive complaints of misconduct/neglect of duty/or any practice/policy or procedure that affects the person(s) making the complaint
- to investigate if in public interest/notification under section 13/death/serious injury
- if found that there might some other apparent misconduct etc can investigate that even though not original complaint
- can look at anything before or on 1 April 1989
- cant look at anything to do with police employee terms and conditions of service
Outline Section 13 of the Independent police conduct act 1988 duty of commissioner to notify Authority of certain incidents involving death or serious harm
police employee doing duty causes death or serious injury commissioner must give authority written notice ASAP giving the particulars of the incident
Outline Section 15 Independent police conduct act 1988 duty of commissioner to notify authority of complaints
- Commissioner to notify authority of every complaint received by police
- must be given ASAP but no later than 5 days after complaint received
Outline Section 20 Independent police conduct act 1988
Commissioner to report to authority on police investigation of complaint
- commissioner as soon as practicable or no later than 2 months after completion of investigation of a complaint, report to authority
- if the complaint has been upheld and what actions are to been taken
- if the complaint has been resolved
- must supply enough information so that authority can assess if the police investigation was done well
What are the key principles underpinning the police complaints processes
To ensure
- investigated in a fair timely and effective manner
- reasonable steps are taken to investigate complaints and notifiable incidents
- complaints and notifiable incidents are investigated with good practice, without bias or conflict of interest
- all employees have the right to be advised of any allegations and the right to respond
