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  • 18 May 2022

    PIRC charity cheque presentation

    Each financial year PIRC select a charity to support over the course of the year and Chris’s House were the beneficiaries for the year 2021/22. Irene Sutherland, Corporate Services Manager and Charity Group Lead at PIRC presented Anne Rowen, Founder of Chris’s House...

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  • 18 May 2022

    PIRC charity cheque presentation

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  • 14 May 2021

    PIRC announces Chris’s House as charity of the year 2021-22

    As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021, the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is delighted to announce our staff have chosen to support Chris’s House as our charity of the year 2021-22.

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    • Charity
    • Michelle Macleod
  • 13 April 2021

    Two CHRs published by the Review team this week

    Two summarised reports have been published by the Review Team this week, addressing a total of four complaints about Police Scotland.

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    • Complaint Handling Review
    • Recommendations
    • learning point
  • 09 April 2021

    Seven CHRs published by the Review Team this week

    Seven summarised reports have been published by the Review Team this week, addressing a total of 27 complaints about Police Scotland.

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    • Complaint Handling Review
    • Recommendations
    • learning points
  • 09 April 2021

    Review of police custody procedures following PIRC investigations

    A series of reports issued by the PIRC has led to a significant police review of how people are dealt with while in custody.

    Police Scotland has set up a special working group to examine what improvements are required to better observe prisoners while in police custody.

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  • 01 April 2021

    Ten CHRs published by the Review Team this week

    Ten summarised reports have been published by the Review Team this week, addressing a total of 31 complaints about Police Scotland.

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    • Reviews
    • Complaint Handling Review
    • Recommendations
  • 26 March 2021

    Review Team publishes one report this week

    The Review team has published one summarised report this week. They looked at one complaint after the applicant was arrested, charged, and subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal (PF)

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    • Summarised Report
    • Reviews
  • 03 March 2021

    Ten Complaint Handling Reviews published by the Review team this week

    Ten Complaint Handling Reviews (CHRs) have been published by the Review team this week, addressing a total of 43 complaints about Police Scotland.

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    • Complaint Handling Review
    • Recommendations
    • Reconsideration Directions
  • 23 February 2021

    Review Team issues one recommendation to Police Scotland this week

    A Complaint Handling Review (CHR) published by the PIRC Review Team this week found one complaint not handled to a reasonable standard by Police Scotland.

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    • Complaint Handling Review
    • CHR
    • Recommendations
  • 16 February 2021

    Review Team addresses two complaints in CHR issued this week

    A Complaint Handling Review (CHR) published by the PIRC Review Team this week found one of two complaints not handled to a reasonable standard by Police Scotland.

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