It will detail why no officer should face any action, saying officers acted “conscientiously” and honestly even when they blundered, the Guardian understands. A report by retired judge Sir Richard Henriques called for the officers to face investigation because a district judge was misled by police seeking warrants to raid and search the homes of suspects. After Henriques made his findings in October 2016, five officers were referred to the IOPC for possible investigation. “It’s a fundamental flaw in the IOPC inquiry for officers to decide they won’t answer questions.”The Henriques report was initially only released heavily redacted. Henriques, who produced his own damning report into Operation Midland, chose not to wait for the IOPC report to be made public and condemned the police watchdog’s findings.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 21:48 UTC