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Witnesses: Complaints

Commons · Question 7793 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2024

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Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to give indirect witnesses of criminal offences that have taken place on social media standing in law to complain to the (a) Police and (b) Independent Office for P

Answer

Answered by Heidi Alexander, 16 Oct 2024

Any individual is entitled, and should be encouraged, to report anything they believe to be criminal behaviour, however they became aware of it, to the police.Section 12 of the Police Reform Act 2022 sets out that to use the police complaints system, a pe...