Dear Strathclyde Police,

Here is a link to some criminal conduct offences capable with
disposal at a HM Forces summary hearing (a solicitor is not allowed
for summary hearings):-
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006...

Subject to the freedom of information act 2000:-

1) What is your police policy on recruitment of
new police officers with criminal records (I would assume its a
national policy?)

Often members of HM Forces do not realise that they have a criminal conviction from a summary hearing, as they have been denied legal advice.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/d...

2) Could I please request, if an ex HM forces soldier applied to
join the police. With which convictions from this list in
the link bellow would he be allowed to join?
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006...

3)With the answers to the above question, when the conviction became spent could the individual then join police?

4)Here are is a list of recordable criminal offences unique to our armed forces that also count as criminal convictions.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/...
Would any convictions from this list prevent an individual joining the police?

5)With the answers to the above question, when the conviction became spent could the individual then join police?

6) Does the police have any powers to investigate our armed forces, can I request any policy that states they are unable to do so? (As it seems Grampion police cannot)

7) Finally if an allegation of misconduct were made to your police force PSD (alleging that in a police interview tape had been edited to hide the fact that legal advice had been denied). Could the professional standards department refuse to reply to the complaint and hand it to someone else to reply stating that all correspondence would be filed unanswered, similar to a letter I have received bellow. Can I request any policy or guidelines your police PSD have regarding responding to complaints?

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Dear Mr [last name of requester removed]
Our Ref: Air/CmdSec/BusSec/M&C/Parl/TOC/2012
5 November 2012
I am replying to your correspondence to OC PSD dated 16 August, RAFP HQ DMP and OC PSD RMP both dated 26 September, your request via Ask a Minister on 29 September, your requests via Whatdotheyknow.com on 29 September and 16 October, your email to Andrew Robathan on 3 October and your email to Tara Etherington on 25 October regarding your conviction for Criminal Damage.
The Department has responded to your correspondence on this subject on numerous occasions since 21 October 2011 and has nothing further to add on the subject.
In these responses the Department’s position has been made clear and no further purpose will be served by continuing the correspondence. Consequently, all MOD Staff have been instructed not to reply to any further communication from you on this subject, due to the disproportionate diversion of resources caused to the RAF Police and Air Command staffs. You should note that any further correspondence from you on this subject will be filed unanswered.
Yours sincerely [Original signed]
Adam Powell
Head of Secretariat

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On a final note, I would also like to add, there has been much correspondence between myself and the RAF since October 11, but it took nearly a year to get hold of a copy of my interview tape. The complaint is not as old as the date suggests, and my allegation of interview tape editing only dates back from August this year.

Yours faithfully,

[first name of requester removed] [last name of requester removed]