Police officers to face inquiry
Friday 24th April 2009, 2:59PM BST.
TWO police officers suspended in connection with an alleged serious sexual assault on a female colleague on a boat are due to face an internal disciplinary hearing.
The senior police officer and policewoman have been suspended from the force for the past nine months on full pay.
Last August the JEP revealed that the two officers were arrested and questioned after a female colleague claimed that she had been seriously sexually assaulted on a boat.
Officers from a UK force were called in to investigate the allegations and an independent police inquiry was launched. Sources have suggested that neither of the police officers would be charged with a criminal offence.
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why would ‘neither of the police officers would be charged with a criminal offence’? are jersey police officers above the law?!?!?
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What is this…another cover up! What do u mean they wont be charged with criminal offences!! This is absolutley appaling! If they have committed sucha serious offence they should be locked away just like any other person who commit such dispicable acts of cruelty and vulgarity!!
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The intelligence of some of the contributors on this forum, such as those querying why the two were not charged, beggars belief. If there were no charges, it may be because there is NO EVIDENCE to say it happened. Or, it may be there is evidence that it DID NOT HAPPEN. Is this such a difficult concept?
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How can such a simple enquiry take such a long time to conclude, the incident occured, a complaint was raised, all involved were known to the investigators.
One would imagine that three statements were taken, forensic evidence taken and a judgment passed.
How can what appears to be a simple enquiry take 9 months. Surley it is not fair to any of the parties involved to have this hanging over them for 9 months.
Why should the taxpayer have to cover the cost of lengthy suspensions.
Bob Hill is onto these issues and I hope he manages to get the sytem changed as clearly it is not working and we tax payers are just not getting value for money or the standard of policing that we deserve!
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Recently I was falsely accused of a sexual offence, the fact that there was no evidence beyond the allegation was not taken into account. I will have to live with the stigma for the rest of my life as the industry in which I work requires enhanced background checks where the results of all investigations are provided to employers rather than on the basis of evidence.
Having suffered under this “sus” law, I feel more strongly than ever that whatever these two Police Officers may or may not have done, they deserve the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.
Sadly, there is no escaping this kind of smear however, I doubt very much that if the investigation yields no evidence that they will be able to return to their jobs as normal and work with their accuser.
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Euan Mee is right, it is probable that the reason no action is being taken is because there is a lack of proof. Remember unelss there was forensic evidence it would very difficult to prove any offence – the verbal attacks on the police are pretty churlish.
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Nine months on full pay !
Why do police investigations relating to public servant suspensions have to take so long. It is costing the tax payer a fortune. It’s a joke.
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If a disciplinary is substantiated then one would question how such reasoning cannot be translated into evidence to prosecute?!
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As the years go by I get more dismayed by the amount of suspensions/sackings/large payouts given to States Employees.There must be dozens of cases waiting to be heard,where will it all end?It is so frustrating to read about what these people are up to and knowing that we are contributing to their follies.
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#9 James Deale, I fail to make the same connection as you apparently do between disciplinary matters and crimes.
There must be ‘umpteen things that police can do wrong such as being late late on parade to wearing a truncheon in the breast pocket that are likely to invite a disciplinary.
I don’t think they are likely to end up in Ian Le Marquand House over it!
There may have been sound operational reasons why none of the three should have been together at the time. Enough to be a disciplinary matter.
The presumption of a criminal offence automatically following a disciplinary one is a non sequitur.
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