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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. MARY
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010
Question
"In view of the public concern over the suspension of the current Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police and the intended appointment of the Acting Chief Officer as Chief Officer, and to inform members in this vital matter, will the Minister provide an official chronology of the three letters which were used during the actual act of suspension in November 2008, namely the letter from the then Minister for Home Affairs to the Chief Executive initiating disciplinary action under the Disciplinary Code for the Chief Officer of Police, the letter from the same Minister to the Chief Officer notifying him that the disciplinary process had commenced and the letter of written notification that the Chief Officer was suspended from duty, giving an explanation of who created them, when, and why?"
Answer
The information in relation to the chronology of the three letters is as follows:-
- The letter from the Home Affairs Minister to the Chief Executiveasking for a disciplinary investigation tobe put in train under the termsof the ChiefOfficer's Disciplinary Codewas first created at 14:00:56 on11th November2008.
- The letter from the Home Affairs Minister to the Chief Officer informing him that he had asked the Chief Executive to carry out an investigation underthetermsoftheCodewas first created at 08:44:00on 8th November2008.
- The letter from theHome Affairs Minister to the Chief Officer informing him that hewassuspendedwas first created at 08:48:00 on 8th November2008.
The issues as to who created the letters, when and why is within the remit of the Commissioner appointed by the Chief Minister and should properly be left for him to determine.