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CO/498/17 1 August 2018

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MrN -

GrimsbY--
North East Lincolnshire
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Dear Mr l ",.l

i am writing to you concerning elements of a complaint against the poiicedated the

9th February 2018 and forwarded through Police and Crime Commissioner's office. I
also wish to clarify the history of some salient complaints which I will outline below.

CO/498/17. This complaint was in respect of 3 allegations:

1. Other Neglect or Failure in Duty: The complainant believes a crime has been
committed against him by an officer for failing to record his report as a crime, and
instead referring the matter as a complaint against the police.

2. Other Neglect or Failure in Duty: The complainant believes that the officer
investigating his complaint was not expeditious and intentionally delayed the
investigation so denying him lawful redress in the courts due to the effect of statute
barring.

3. Corrupt Practice: The complainant states the investigating officer was complicit
with the appropriate authority in delaying the investigation, so denying him the
opportunity for lawful redress in the courts due to the effect of statute barring.

This complaint was recorded as above and dis-applied (Vexatious Abuse of

Procedure). You were written to on the 2nd August 2017 the date of the complaint
referred to under a date of 13th July 2017 when it should have stated 14th July 2017.
Enclosed with that letter was a Complainant report listing the three allegations above
so that you should have been under no misunderstanding as to the complaint's
attribution in respect of what the letter was referring to. You were asked for
representations. These you kindly provided by email to Sally Banks within
Professional Standards 5th August 2017.

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On the 1st September 2017 you received a letter from Del. C. Insp. Scaife to the
effect that the representations made by you had been dismissed but that you had the
right to appeal to the Humberside Police Appeals Body and this you did via email on
the 26th September 2017.

CO/886/17. This complaint is in respect of a single allegation:

1.0ther Neglect or Failure in Duty: The complainant states that in January 2017
he reported a Crime and that this was improperly dealt with and treated as if it were
a complaint submitted under the Police Reform Act 2002. The complaint was
received on 13th July 2017

This complaint was recorded 15th December 2017 when the Case print outlining the
single allegation was sent to you so that you would be able to attribute your
complaint to this specific allegation. This complaint was Dis-applied (Abuse of
Procedure, Vexatious) in essence that you were trying to create another complaint
fundamentally the same as that reported in CO/535/17 which at the time was still
undergoing investigation.

You provided representations against disapplication by way of email on the 22nd

December 2017 to no avail.

This disapplication outcome you appealed to HPAB received on the 31st January
2018 and you were sent a letter 27th July 2018 concerning this by Del. Supt Matthew
Baldwin.

CO/49/18. This complaint was in respect of a single allegation:

1. Other Neglect of Failure in Duty: The complainant alleges he has previously

made a complaint against the police which is being investigated by an Inspector (DI
Foster) and that he has not received updates from the 20th December 2017 and
within the IOPC Statutory guidelines.

This complaint arose from Dl Foster's investigation around the crime allegations you
made against the Ministry of Justice, relevant Ombudsman and North East
Lincolnshire Council concerning Council tax payments which you appeared not to
have timeously met and complaints against the police under CO/535/17.

The case was recorded on the 7th February 2018. Dl Foster received Management
Action outside Misconduct under the Local resolution process which you appealed
on the basis you considered the matter should have been referred to the IOPC. The
Appeal is with HPAB sent on the 22nd June 2018.

Outcome of Appeal CO/498/17. HAS

This Appeal was Upheld on the basis that there appeared to be elements of
confusion in the dates on letters from Professional Standards which might lead the
reader to wonder which complaints and allegations were being referred to despite
the enclosure of the allegations provided to you on corresponding numbers on the
case prints. There appears to be confusion with the single allegation under
CO/886/17 and the 3 allegations under CO/498/17 which were made by way of
complaint 13th and 14th July 2017 respectively in essence a day apart. The HAB
opine that you have not been technically provided with an opportunity to provide

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representations in regards CO/498/17 (14th July) before disapplication. I would

therefore request that you now provide those representations or indicate
whether they are fundamentally the same as those you have provided to Sally
Banks by way of email 30th August 2017. This will allow the Disapplication to be
re-considered. (CO/498/17 - 3 allegations).

The Appeal summary also requested that Professional Standards formally record the
complaint and single allegation from that complaint raised on the 13th July 2017. This
has been done under CO/886/17. This recorded complaint as noted above met with
disapplication and is also undergoing appeal with HAS.

You will be corresponded with separately concerning the assessment and recording
of your most recent complaint dated 9th February 2018.

If you wish to discuss this with a member of the Professional Standards Department,
please contact the number at the top of this letter.

Yours sincerely

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Alan Farrow
~, Detective Chief Inspector