Report - Police Scotland - PIRC00456/21
The Complaints
The complaints in this case arose when Police Scotland responded to a report about an altercation between the applicant and another party.
We have reviewed the handling of four complaints, namely that:
on 10 July 2021 a female officer discriminated against the applicant by responding: “ come on, you’re a man and she is a woman” when the applicant requested that the other party was also issued with a warning.
a male officer was uncivil towards the applicant;
officers failed to speak to or take a statement from a witness that the applicant identified;
Police Scotland did not follow the correct procedure, by failing to submit a report to the procurator fiscal, when the applicant contested the Recorded Police Warning.
Police Scotland’s Decision
Police Scotland did not uphold 1, 2 and 3 of the applicant’s complaints but upheld complaint 4.
Our Findings
We have found that Police Scotland handled all of the applicant’s complaints to a reasonable standard.
Police Bodies : Police Scotland