Regulation 5 Police friend
The officer concerned may choose—
a police officer;
a police staff member; or
where the officer concerned is a member of a police force, a person nominated by his staff association,
who is not otherwise involved in the matter, to act as his police friend.
A police friend may—
advise the officer concerned throughout the proceedings under these Regulations;
unless the officer concerned has the right to be legally represented under regulation 6 and chooses to be so represented, represent the officer concerned at a meeting under these Regulations;
make representations to the appropriate authority concerning any aspect of the proceedings under these Regulations; and
accompany the officer concerned to any meeting which the officer concerned is required to attend under these Regulations.
Where a police friend is a police officer or a police staff member, the chief officer of police of the force of which the police friend is a member shall permit him to use a reasonable amount of duty time for the purposes referred to in paragraph (2).
The reference in paragraph (3) to the force of which the police friend is a member shall include a reference to the force maintained for the police area for which a special constable is appointed and the force in which a police staff member is serving.