The Act – Section by Section Misconduct procedures Section 11: Review of policies, practices and guidance relating to misconduct
89.Section 11 of the Act requires the chief constable to carry out a review of the Police’s misconduct policies, practices and guidance and to make such changes as the chief constable considers appropriate in light of the Code of Ethics. The time allowed for carrying out the review and making the appropriate changes does not start to run until section 11 comes into force. This means that it need not be triggered until after the new Code of Ethics has been prepared and published and the Conduct Regulations and associated policies, practices and guidance have been refreshed to reflect the changes made by the Act. This will allow the review to be of the most up to date materials. The time allowed to carry out the review is the period of one year and any changes identified must be made as soon as they reasonably can be after that.