Report – Police Scotland – PIRC/00429/25
The Complaints
The complaints in this case arose after the applicant was arrested on suspicion that he had committed an offence. The applicant has a medical condition and requires access to medical equipment throughout the day.
We have reviewed the handling of three complaints, namely that:
Officers did not tell the applicant that he would be arrested which meant that he attended the police office without his medical supplies;
The applicant gave officers permission to attend at his home address to collect his medical supplies, but this did not happen; and
The applicant was told that, if he was conveyed to his house to carry out the necessary medical procedure, an officer would have to stay with him during this process.
Police Scotland's Decision
Police Scotland did not uphold any of the applicant’s complaints.
Our Findings
We have found that Police Scotland handled complaint 3 to a reasonable standard but not complaints 1 and 2.
Consequently, we have made two recommendations to address the shortcomings in Police Scotland’s handling of the complaints. In summary, we have recommended that Police Scotland issue a further response to complaint 1 and carry out some further enquiries into complaint 2.
Our recommendations should be implemented by Police Scotland within two months of the date of this report.
Police Bodies: Police Scotland