Minutes:
The Panel considered a report of the Monitoring Officer, Durham County Council regarding a complaint made about the Police Crime And Victims’ Commissioner (for copy see file of Minutes).
The Monitoring Officer provided the Panel with background details of the complaint, the role of the Panel, relevant legislation and protocols and the PCVCs response to the complaint.
The Monitoring Officer informed the Panel that the information supplied by the complainant and the PCVCs response had been evaluated and it was recommended that the complaint be not upheld.
Members of the Panel discussed the complaint and the PCVCs response and it was:
Resolved:
(i) That the matters complained of are not of sufficient seriousness to warrant referral to the IPCC.
(ii) The complaint does not meet the Regulation 15 criteria to disapply the requirements of the Regulations and must therefore be subjected to ‘informal resolution’ under Regulation 28.
(iii) That there is no substance in the complaint and/or no evidence to support it, and therefore no further action shall be taken.