Submitted by Jade louise Kirkpatrick on Friday 27th March 2026
Published on Friday 1st May 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 1st November 2026
Current Signatures: 87
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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2020 ~ Change ~ Duty ~ Incidents ~ independence ~ Injuries ~ Law ~ Mandate ~ Mandatory ~ Misconduct ~ Officers ~ Police ~ police officer ~ Regulations ~ Reviewed ~ Suspected ~ The Police ~ trust
Mandate suspension of police officers under investigation for serious injuries
Change the Police Conduct Regulations 2020 to make suspension mandatory for any officer under investigation for incidents causing serious injury. This should apply automatically where an independent review finds evidence of a cover-up or the withholding of material evidence.
Current laws allow officers to stay on duty even when suspected of serious misconduct. We believe public trust is destroyed when officers keep their job and powers while being investigated for near-fatal injuries or acts of misconduct. We believe we need mandatory suspension now.
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