Regulation 25 Persons conducting misconduct proceedings: officers other than senior officers
This regulation applies where the officer concerned is an officer other than a senior officer.
The misconduct meeting shall be conducted by a person appointed by the appropriate authority who is not an interested party and who satisfies paragraph (3).
The person shall—
where—
the officer concerned is a member of a police force, be another member of a police force of at least one rank higher than the officer concerned;
the officer concerned is a special constable, be a member of a police force of the rank of sergeant or above or a senior human resources professional; or
unless the case substantially involves operational policing matters, be a police staff member who, in the opinion of the appropriate authority, is more senior than the officer concerned.
Where the case is referred to a misconduct hearing, that hearing shall be conducted by a panel of three persons appointed by the appropriate authority, comprising—
a senior officer or a senior human resources professional, who shall be the chair;
where—
the chair is a senior officer, a member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or above or a human resources professional;
the chair is a senior human resources professional, a member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or above; and
a person selected by the appropriate authority from a list of candidates maintained by a police authority for the purposes of these Regulations.
For the purposes of this regulation, a “senior human resources professional” means a human resources professional who, in the opinion of the appropriate authority, has sufficient seniority, skills and experience to conduct the misconduct hearing or misconduct meeting as the case may be.