The Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

Misconduct by constables of different police forces

23.—(1) Where a report, allegation or complaint is received from which it may reasonably be inferred that acts or omissions of constables of two or more police forces acting together may amount to misconduct on the part of those constables, the provisions of these Regulations shall apply, subject to the modifications mentioned in paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) The assistant chief constables of the forces concerned may appoint one investigating officer to investigate the matter.

(3) Where the assistant chief constables decide, after considering the report of that investigating officer, that the constables should be required to appear before a misconduct hearing, they may arrange for the case to be determined by a misconduct hearing comprising a chairman from a force other than the forces of the constables concerned.

(4) Where the chairman of the misconduct hearing makes a finding that an act or omission of any of the constables amounts to misconduct, he shall make any of the disposals as mentioned in regulation 18 and shall submit a report to the chief constable concerned together with–

(a) the misconduct form;

(b) a statement as to the act or omission of the constable which he has found amounted to misconduct;

(c) a statement as to any disposal made in respect of the constable; and

(d) a copy of the audio recording.