NEW AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FROM HMIC

2. The Royal Gibraltar Police workforce’s understanding of the Code of Ethics is an area for improvement. Its senior management team should make sure that the code of ethics policy is embedded across the entire workforce.

3. Embedding the Code of Ethics in the Royal Gibraltar Police’s activity is an area for improvement. The force’s senior leadership team should consider establishing a network of ethics champions, representing officers and staff across departments, who would meet to share learning.

Additionally, the force should consider having the Code of Ethics as an agenda item in senior management meetings and form a committee that focuses exclusively on ethics and equality.

4. Abuse of position for a sexual purpose is an area for improvement.

The Royal Gibraltar Police’s senior leadership team should provide more guidance to its workforce to increase understanding of the risks posed by abuse of position for a sexual purpose.

5. The Royal Gibraltar Police’s management of business interests and notifiable associations is an area for improvement. The force’s senior leadership team should produce business interests and notifiable associations policies that mandate recording of such issues and regular review of the registers on which they are recorded.

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