Under What Authority May the IOPC Solely Decide Whether the Threshold of Criminality Has Been Reached or Not
Dear Independent Office for Police Conduct,
Under what authority may the IOPC solely decide, without having consulted with or having provided a file of evidence to the CPS, whether the threshold of criminality has been met before criminal proceedings are commenced with against any police officer?
Yours faithfully,
David Tomlinson
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Dear Mr Tomlinson
Please find attached our response to your request of 2 January 2021 (our reference 1009170).
Yours sincerely
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