Regulation 18 Special procedure: police friendI1
England and Wales
This regulation applies where the person investigating a complaint or matter has given the person concerned a notification under regulation 17 (special procedure: notification of severity assessment etc.).
The person concerned may choose—
a member of a police force;
a special constable;
a police staff member, or
where the person concerned is a member of a police force F1or a special constable, a person nominated by the person’s staff association,
who is not otherwise involved in the matter to act as the person’s police friend.
A police friend may—
advise the person concerned throughout proceedings under these Regulations;
provide any relevant statement or relevant document to the person investigatingf1;
accompany the person concerned to any interview of that person conducted by the person investigatingf2, and
make representations to the Director General concerning any aspect of the proceedings under these Regulations.
Where a police friend is a member of a police force, a special constable or a police staff member, the chief officer of the force of which the police friend is a member must permit the police friend to use a reasonable amount of duty time for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (3).
The reference in paragraph (4) to the force of which the police friend is a member includes 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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 18(2)(d) inserted (28.6.2022) by The Special Constables (Membership of the Police Federation etc.) (England and Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/505), regs. 1(2), 5(2)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 18 in force at 1.2.2020, see reg. 1(1)
Footnotes
- f1
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See regulation 20.
- f2
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See regulation 21.