PART 4Inefficiency hearing

Disposals18.

(1)

Where the chairing constable determines that the constable’s performance has been unsatisfactory during the period mentioned in regulation 17(1)(a) or, as the case may be, (b), the chairing constable may—

(a)

require the constable to resign at a specified date;

(b)

order the constable’s demotion in rank; or

(c)

issue a written warning to the constable stating that—

(i)

the constable’s performance is required to improve within a specified period; and

(ii)

if, after consideration of the constable’s performance during that specified period in accordance with regulation 19, it is found that the constable’s performance has not improved sufficiently, the chairing constable may require the constable to resign.

(2)

Where a disposal under paragraph (1)(a) is ordered and the constable fails to resign by the specified date, the constable is to be treated as having been dismissed from that date.