Independent Scrutiny Panel Find 'No Issues' While Reviewing Beds Police Videos

An independent panel set up to scrutinise the Bedfordshire Police use of force has given officers the green light in its latest series of reviews. Bedfordshire's independent use of force scrutiny panel reviewed four videos which the panel randomly selected of officers using force to detain suspects. The independent panel rated each of the four videos ‘green’ at Thursday’s meeting, the highest available mark on the ‘traffic light’ system used to grade the footage. This was the second-ever meeting of the panel, which was launched earlier this year. It is a sub-group of the county’s successful Stop and Search scrutiny panel. Chief Inspector Hob Hoque, our lead for use of force, said: “Being open and transparent about how our officers use their powers is vitally important for our communities to have trust in us as an organisation. “It is of course great news that the panel was happy with how our officers used force on these occasions. We have still identified some great feedback from t