Allegations against AC Andy Hayman - IPCC decision on Stockwell 2

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12 December 2007

The Metropolitan Police Authority has today been notified by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) of its decision to accept the MPA's proposal that AC Hayman should receive advice from the Commissioner and the chair of the Authority's Professional Standards Committee about the standard of his future conduct.

This is in regard to the allegations made in the IPCC's Stockwell 2 report and their recommendation that the MPA should consider disciplinary action.

Notes to editors

Allegations made in the IPCC Stockwell 2 report - AC Andy Hayman

In the Stockwell 2 Report published in August 2007 the IPCC invited the MPA to consider whether AC Hayman should be charged with misconduct. The MPA submitted a memorandum to the IPCC on 6 November 2007 setting out the Authority's recommendation that no disciplinary proceedings should be brought against AC Hayman. The MPA accepted that there did appear to be some mismatch between what AC Hayman said and/or agreed during the period of about 2¼ hours from about 16:30hrs to about 18:45hrs. The Authority considered that it was more realistic to suppose that this was caused by carelessness amounting to a lack of conscientiousness and diligence rather than by deliberate dishonesty or lack of integrity on his part.

The MPA is satisfied that, even if AC Hayman were found by a disciplinary tribunal to have failed to meet the appropriate standard under Code 5, the conduct would not justify the imposition of any sanction under the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2004. The MPA therefore concluded that there should not be disciplinary proceedings and that the matter should be dealt with by the Commissioner and the Chair of the MPA Professional Standards Committee giving AC Hayman advice on the standard of his future conduct.

The final decision whether disciplinary proceedings should be brought against AC Hayman rested with the IPCC.

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