SCOTLAND’S police watchdog will re-examine complaints it previously ditched, The Sunday Post can reveal.
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) was subject of a scathing audit from the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC).
It identified seven complaints against senior Police Scotland officers that should have been progressed as potential misconduct allegations and four claims against board members that were left in limbo.
Four complaints were also incorrectly assessed by the SPA as being outwith its remit. These cases will now be reopened.
A SPA spokesman said: “While we will not comment on specific cases which have already been the subject of consideration by SPA, the new chief officer of the SPA has instructed four cases highlighted in the PIRC report will be reassessed where SPA originally considered them outwith its remit.”
Sources in the watchdog have said that all the complaints should be looked at – potentially opening the door for more cases being brought against the upper echelons of a force already under severe pressure.
One insider said: “I can’t see any way that the SPA won’t investigate those cases that have been identified by the PIRC.”
It is understood the two bodies will meet in the coming weeks to thrash out a plan on tackling the remaining outstanding cases.
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