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Good afternoon. I have recently posted to the personal injury forum (Personal Injury caused by employment conditions? ) where it was suggested that a criminal post might be more appropriate. I would be grateful for any practical advice and/or help.
My daughter owns but does not live in a 1st floor shared ownership maisonette that shares a garden and forecourt with the ground floor property. On 8 January, a male (the boyfriend cohabiting with the female tenant of the ground floor property) was found guilty of a Section 4a Public Order Act offence against my daughter on 29 June 2015. It was disclosed in court that he is subject to a Non-Molestation order against the girlfriend issued in August. When sentencing, the court could not consider other issues against my daughter and I because the police had failed to statement us.
On 11 February 2015, I had reported the male to the police, who said they were looking at him assaulting my daughter and public order offences on me. On 25 February the police closed the case without charges. Over the months since, it has gradually come to light that the girlfriend made a counter allegation against my daughter; that where counter allegations are made it is normally police procedure to accept the first call that comes in as being the truth; that the call I made to 101 at 11.38 was wrongly recorded as being made at 11.52, four minutes after the 999 call the girlfriend made at 11.48; that because my call was the second received, the 999 call was assumed to be the true facts; that a civilian police investigator (PSI) wrote in police records her opinion that my daughter caused the 11 February and other issues at the address; in a visit to my home on 23 February to discuss the incident the PSI insisted that it was entirely civil and nothing to do with the police.
My daughter, who had been employed by the constabulary for eleven years, disputed the PSI's opinion. The PSI complained to her manager, who complained about my daughter, invoked misconduct allegations against her, misconduct charged being brought, became too ill to do her job (the PSI and her manager, a police sergeant, had also called into question whether my daughter was fit to be employed by the police to deal with the public), was refused temporary transfer on medical grounds to another department, and eventually became so ill and distressed (stress, anxiety depression) that she handed in her notice and left her employment at the end of December. The misconduct proceedings lasted ten months, my daughter being found guilty of aggressive and rude behaviour, and the decision on her appeal has been delayed until after 25 January. More information re the affects of her health and her employment were disclosed in the thread Personal Injury caused by employment conditions?
It seems to be a total mess and the reason I originally asked for advice on sickness issues is that I understand you can't sue the police for negligence? But not only have the police taken out issues on my daughter that were nothing to do with her employment but the PSI's statements that in their opinion she was to blame is apparently defamation of character? The entire thing has had a major impact on not only my daughter's health and wellbeing as well as mine, but has also cost her 11.5 years' employment and, she feels, her good name. Not only this, but the police failures re the 11 February incident have prevented justice being served since, had they statemented us about that incident, this could also have been taken into account in the sentencing on 8 January for the other incident. As well, we feel that the police not only compromised my daughter's safety but also that of the girlfriend (who apparently took out the non-molestation order in August, after he had twice offended against my daughter).
If you can advise, I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your time.
My daughter owns but does not live in a 1st floor shared ownership maisonette that shares a garden and forecourt with the ground floor property. On 8 January, a male (the boyfriend cohabiting with the female tenant of the ground floor property) was found guilty of a Section 4a Public Order Act offence against my daughter on 29 June 2015. It was disclosed in court that he is subject to a Non-Molestation order against the girlfriend issued in August. When sentencing, the court could not consider other issues against my daughter and I because the police had failed to statement us.
On 11 February 2015, I had reported the male to the police, who said they were looking at him assaulting my daughter and public order offences on me. On 25 February the police closed the case without charges. Over the months since, it has gradually come to light that the girlfriend made a counter allegation against my daughter; that where counter allegations are made it is normally police procedure to accept the first call that comes in as being the truth; that the call I made to 101 at 11.38 was wrongly recorded as being made at 11.52, four minutes after the 999 call the girlfriend made at 11.48; that because my call was the second received, the 999 call was assumed to be the true facts; that a civilian police investigator (PSI) wrote in police records her opinion that my daughter caused the 11 February and other issues at the address; in a visit to my home on 23 February to discuss the incident the PSI insisted that it was entirely civil and nothing to do with the police.
My daughter, who had been employed by the constabulary for eleven years, disputed the PSI's opinion. The PSI complained to her manager, who complained about my daughter, invoked misconduct allegations against her, misconduct charged being brought, became too ill to do her job (the PSI and her manager, a police sergeant, had also called into question whether my daughter was fit to be employed by the police to deal with the public), was refused temporary transfer on medical grounds to another department, and eventually became so ill and distressed (stress, anxiety depression) that she handed in her notice and left her employment at the end of December. The misconduct proceedings lasted ten months, my daughter being found guilty of aggressive and rude behaviour, and the decision on her appeal has been delayed until after 25 January. More information re the affects of her health and her employment were disclosed in the thread Personal Injury caused by employment conditions?
It seems to be a total mess and the reason I originally asked for advice on sickness issues is that I understand you can't sue the police for negligence? But not only have the police taken out issues on my daughter that were nothing to do with her employment but the PSI's statements that in their opinion she was to blame is apparently defamation of character? The entire thing has had a major impact on not only my daughter's health and wellbeing as well as mine, but has also cost her 11.5 years' employment and, she feels, her good name. Not only this, but the police failures re the 11 February incident have prevented justice being served since, had they statemented us about that incident, this could also have been taken into account in the sentencing on 8 January for the other incident. As well, we feel that the police not only compromised my daughter's safety but also that of the girlfriend (who apparently took out the non-molestation order in August, after he had twice offended against my daughter).
If you can advise, I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your time.
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