The Suffolk Hyde Affair - Doc 226 Clerk to Suffolk Police Constabulary

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Re the legality of Assessor (Mr Chris Jackson Suffolk County Solicitor) Appointment?

What does the Fire Service (Discipline) Regulations 1986 state?

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Part III


HEARINGS AND INTERNAL APPEALS

Hearing
9.- (1) save as provided in paragraphs (2) and (30, where a member of a fire brigade has been charged with an offence under regulation 8(3), the case shall be heard, as the chief officer may determine, by-

(a) the chief officer, or
(b) (b) the disciplinary tribunal of the fire authority, that is to say, a committee of the fire authority designated as such by the authority or a sub-committee of such a committee.


(2) A case shall be heard by the disciplinary tribunal of the fire authority if either-

(a) the member is a principal office.
(b) the member is of a class or description which the fire authority has directed should be so heard.

(3) Where, in the case of a member who is not a principal officer, the investigating officer is of the view that the nature of the alleged offence is such that it is unlikely to merit greater punishment than a reprimand he shall so inform the chief officer, who shall nominate another officer to conduct the hearing.

(4) The chief officer, (where the case falls to be heard by him) or the fire authority (where a case falls to be heard by its disciplinary tribunal) may appoint not more than 2 persons to act as assessors at the hearing.

It is put to readers that Miss Davies notification and documented intent to appoint an assessor to a summary hearing at which the chief officer is absent is/ was unlawful?

Perhaps a more important question would be to ask what is the motivating force that directs an experienced and highly qualified local authority personnel officer to wilfully act outside of statutory law?

It is proposed that the motivating force is Fire Service Command Power Syndrome Theory (FSCPST).