Fewer complaints against Dorset Police (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Fewer complaints against Dorset Police
4:26pm Friday 1st February 2013 in News By Miriam Phillips
DORSET Police has recorded a drop of 11 per cent in complaints in the past year. It is the first time in three years that the number of complaints has gone down.
The local picture reflects the national one where there has been a fall in the number of complaint cases recorded by police forces for the second year running.
It comes after the Independent Police Complaints Commission published their annual report.
There were 363 allegations during 2011/2012 compared to 410 allegations in 2010/2011.
Superintendant Tim Whittle, Head of the Professional Standards Department, said: “Dorset Police takes all complaints very seriously and we invest considerable resource to ensure that, firstly, we reduce the likelihood of incidents that may attract complaint, and, secondly, that we resolve and learn from our mistakes.
“We are pleased to see a reduction of recorded complaint cases compared with the previous year and we are also pleased that our recording of complaints is extremely timely.”
Since 2010 a total of 259 allegations have been investigated by the force and 88 per cent of cases were not upheld. Just 32 allegations were upheld.
Supt Whittle said that a large number of complaints are dealt with locally in Dorset but that if they cannot satisfy the complaint the force encourages appeals to the IPCC.
He added: “A 24-hour a day service, last year Dorset Police dealt with hundreds of thousands of incidents and took hundreds of thousands of calls from members of the public. A significant proportion of the people that we help are in difficult and challenging situations.”
Comments(12)
aerolover
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4:56pm Fri 1 Feb 13
dorsetred
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5:09pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Hillsboro and the Hacking cases were well concieved,my total admiration goes to the all the people involved in getting it to this stage and may you get the justice you deserve and to the guilty may you get the luck you deserve.
The Renegade Master
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5:37pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Typical that the Police would try to paint themselves in a good light for a small drop in complaints. It's the same when the road deaths figures reduce. They claim it's all down to their no excuses policy but when these figures go up it's all down to us rubbish motorists. What a joke they are!
It's difficult to respect an organisation that operates in the way our police do, especially when it's clear that their main priority is making money for HMRC rather than spending their time catching real criminals.
scrumpyjack
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6:04pm Fri 1 Feb 13
The job satisfaction they get every time they write a ticket makes them get out of bed in the morning. So much better than nicking a real criminal like you say.
apm1954
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6:38pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Neil's off to France
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1:09am Sat 2 Feb 13
the last minute for me to pay a FIXED penalty notice or suffer more bent practice. Bunch of shafters who are only interested in raising revenues..
No justice, just a right load of self justice tossiffers . PLEBS.
scrumpyjack
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1:12am Sat 2 Feb 13
Neil's off to France wrote:I am SO convinced by your eloquent arguement.
Not surprised that complaints have fallen. I made a complaint and it was swept under carpet by some former detective..Left in retirement to gain a few more quid alongside the final salary pension and continue the bent practice for all. I never got my calls returned by the Senior Officer who barely had the command of the English language and they left it until
the last minute for me to pay a FIXED penalty notice or suffer more bent practice. Bunch of shafters who are only interested in raising revenues..
No justice, just a right load of self justice tossiffers . PLEBS.
Wesoblind
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9:43am Sat 2 Feb 13
scrumpyjack wrote:the jist of the coment was quite true, laws have dissapeared and we just get money tapped out of us by statues and acts. Even the magistrate court is just a rubber stamping office where even if you attend you are not aloud to defend yourself!
Neil's off to France wrote: Not surprised that complaints have fallen. I made a complaint and it was swept under carpet by some former detective..Left in retirement to gain a few more quid alongside the final salary pension and continue the bent practice for all. I never got my calls returned by the Senior Officer who barely had the command of the English language and they left it until the last minute for me to pay a FIXED penalty notice or suffer more bent practice. Bunch of shafters who are only interested in raising revenues.. No justice, just a right load of self justice tossiffers . PLEBS.I am SO convinced by your eloquent arguement.
The Renegade Master
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11:00am Sat 2 Feb 13
scrumpyjack wrote:Grumpyjack, if you don't like my comments don't read them and don't respond to them ok. You're pathetic goading is juvenile and indicative of a puny intellect.
Yes I truly believe that the vast majority of ordinary coppers main aim is to raise money for the tax man rather solving any 'real crime'.
The job satisfaction they get every time they write a ticket makes them get out of bed in the morning. So much better than nicking a real criminal like you say.
Wesoblind
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12:44pm Sat 2 Feb 13
rayc
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7:33pm Sun 3 Feb 13
speedy231278 says...
4:48pm Fri 1 Feb 13