Dismissal of Police Officers

1240/5(8269)

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY THE CONNÉTABLE OF ST. MARTIN

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 29th APRIL 2014

Question

Will the Minister set out for members, for the period 1st January 2011 to 31st March 2014, details of:-

1. How many States of Jersey Police Officers have been dismissed from the Force;
2. How many Civilian Support Officers working with the Police have been dismissed;
3. How many of each group have formally appealed their dismissal;
4. To whom those appeals were made (for example the Royal Court, Jurats Appeal, the Jersey Complaints Board or any other relevant agency);
5. How many have had their dismissal overturned at appeal level;
6. How many remain dismissed but are awaiting their appeal to be heard;
7. How many of those Police Officers or Civilian members of staff whose appeals have been successful have subsequently returned to work with the Police;
8. How many remain in active negotiation with the Minister or Chief Officer regarding their re-instatement after successfully appealing their dismissal and
9. The total cost to date to the Home Affairs Department/States of Jersey Police budget in defending the appeals identified above?

Answer

1. Three.
2. One.
3. All four.
4. 1 appeal to the Jurats previously heard. 1 appeal to the Jurats is still pending. 1 Civil Service appeal which then went to the Employment Tribunal. 1 reference to the Jersey Complaints Board.
5. One. Also, the reference to the Jersey Complaints Board was upheld but that does not have the same effect as where a dismissal is overturned on appeal.

6. One. This is not the case referred to the Jersey Complaints Board.
7. One.
8. None. However, the officer who referred his dismissal to the Jersey Complaints Board is currently in active negotiation as to his legal position.
9. £142,764.11