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LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCT COMMISSION ACT 2016 - SECT 44
Dealing with misconduct matters
(1) As soon as practicable after the Commission receives (or becomes aware of)
a misconduct matter, and at any time during the course of the investigation or
oversight by the Commission of a misconduct matter, the Commission may decide
to do any one or more of the following-- (a) subject to sections 45 and 46, to
investigate, or take over the investigation, of the misconduct matter,
(b)
subject to section 45, to refer the misconduct matter for police investigation
or other action or Crime Commission investigation or other action,
(c) to
refer the misconduct matter to the Commissioner of Police or the
Crime Commissioner for information,
(d) if the subject of a police misconduct
matter is a member of the NSW Police Force involved in a critical incident, to
refer the matter to the Commissioner of Police to be investigated (except as
provided by section 113 (6)) under Part 8,
(e) to refer the misconduct matter
to another body or person under section 162 for investigation or other action
or for information,
(f) if the misconduct matter is referred for
police investigation or Crime Commission investigation, to oversee the
police investigation or Crime Commission investigation under Part 7,
(g) if
the misconduct matter is referred to another person or body under section 162,
to oversee any investigation or other action taken by the person or body with
respect to the misconduct matter,
(h) to attempt to deal with the
misconduct matter (being a complaint) by an alternative dispute management
process under section 48,
(i) to take no further action with respect to the
misconduct matter.
(2) A decision under subsection (1) may be made in respect
of the whole or any part of a misconduct matter.
(3) The Commission is to
take into account any misconduct matters management guidelines or
recommendation of the Commissioner of Police in deciding how to deal with a
misconduct matter concerning a police officer, administrative employee or the
NSW Police Force, or of the Crime Commissioner in deciding how to deal with a
misconduct matter concerning a Crime Commission officer or the
Crime Commission, but its decision is determinative of the matter.
(4)
Additional information from the complainant and other persons under
sections 40 and 41, and any existing information relevant to the
misconduct matter to which the Commission can readily obtain access, may be
used in deciding how to deal with a misconduct matter.
(5) The Commission may
decide to investigate any matter relating to a misconduct matter under
subsection (1)-- (a) even though it has referred the misconduct matter or part
of the misconduct matter for police investigation or
Crime Commission investigation or to another authority under section 162, and
(b) before the commencement of a police investigation or
Crime Commission investigation, during the progress of a police investigation
or Crime Commission investigation or after a police investigation or
Crime Commission investigation of the misconduct matter.
(6) The Commission
may notify the Commissioner of Police or Crime Commissioner of any decision
the Commission makes to investigate a misconduct matter under this section
during a police investigation or Crime Commission investigation of the
misconduct matter.
(7) On being so notified, the Commissioner of Police or
Crime Commissioner is to discontinue the police investigation or
Crime Commission investigation, respectively.
(8) If the Commission decides
to take no further action with respect to a misconduct matter, the Commission
must notify the complainant of the decision and the reasons for it.
(9)
Except as provided by section 113 (6), the Commission must postpone the making
of a decision under this section about whether it should investigate a
police misconduct matter if the subject of the misconduct matter is the
conduct of a police officer in relation to a critical incident until the
conclusion of any critical incident investigation (within the meaning of Part
8) of the incident.
(10) The making of a decision under this section is not
an investigation of the misconduct matter to which the decision relates.
(11)
The Commissioner of Police or Crime Commissioner may investigate or otherwise
deal with any notifiable misconduct matter pending the making of a decision by
the Commission under this section.
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