TVP - Professional Standards Policies, Proceedures and Conduct

Dear Ms Segretti

Reference No: RFI2009000763

Thank you for your request for information dated 05/11/2009 concerning
Professional Standards and Data & Quality and Control within Thames Valley
Police.

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject
to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party. In some circumstances Thames Valley Police may be unable to achieve
this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Thames Valley Police.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Shields

Freedom of Information Administrator

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Dear Ms Segretti

Reference No: RFI2009000763

Thank you for your request for information dated 05/11/2009 which, for
clarity, I repeat:

I am making a request for documents relating to the "Professional
Standards" within the TVP.

Could you please provide to me any relevant or related:

1. Policies and Procedures

2. Codes of Conduct

3. Investigations Procedures

4. Reporting Procedures

5. Guidelines for Professional Standards investigation

6. Disciplinary protocols

Further

a) Data (and reporting) Quality Control Policy

Your request for information has now been considered and our response is
detailed below. I am not obliged to provide any of this data by virtue of
Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act-Information Accessible by
Other Means. However, in order to assist you, I have provided the relevant
links to answer each point of your request as follows:

1. Policies and Procedures:-

For general information concerning our Professional Standards department,
please access the below link:

[1]http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutu...

I would also refer you to the following policies:

Policy for Dealing with Witnesses and Victims during Internal
Investigations:

[2]http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/pub-po...

Professional Standards Reporting Policy:

[3]http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/pub-po...

Police Staff Disciplinary Policy:

[4]http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/pub-po...

2. Codes of Conduct:

The Police (Conduct) Regulations can be found via the following link:

[5]http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20...

Other related legislation can be found via this link concerning the
changes following the Taylor Reform:

[6]http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/pu...

3. Investigations Procedure

I would refer you again to the Police (Conduct) Regulations and to the
Policy for Dealing with Victims and Witnesses-links to both of these are
provided above.

4. Reporting Procedures

I would again refer you to the Professional Standards Reporting Policy-a
link for this is provided above.

5. Guidelines for Professional Standards Investigations

I would refer you again to the Police (Conduct) Regulations and to the
Policy for Dealing with Victims and Witnesses-links to both of these are
provided above.

6. Disciplinary Protocols

I would refer you to the Police Staff Disciplinary Policy and to the
Police (Conduct) Regulations- a link to both of these has been provided
above.

7. Data and Reporting Quality Control Policy

I would again refer you to the Professional Standards Reporting Policy-a
link for this is provided above.

Please contact me quoting the above reference number if you would like to
discuss this matter further and may I take this opportunity to thank you
for your interest in Thames Valley Police.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Shields

Freedom of Information Administrator

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References

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1. http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutu...
2. http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/pub-po...
3. http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/pub-po...
4. http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/pub-po...
5. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20...
6. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/pu...