The officer assigned to the investigation, known only as Officer A, failed to check his details on the police national computer (PNC), which would have identified an outstanding arrest warrant, acts of violence and his detention under the Mental Health Act, the report said.
Officer A told the IOPC she “recognised and accepted that she did not complete police national computer (PNC) or police national database (PND) checks on the suspect” but said she “did not know that this needed to be done”, the report said.
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Her tutor, known as Officer B, said he had accrued a “crime queue” as he had not tutored for six months prior to Officer A joining the force, and accepted he should have satisfied himself that PNC checks were carried out, and apologised.
