Following a national competition, Richard Cole has been appointed to the panel of part-time legally-qualified chairs for the police misconduct panel hearings being heard within the force areas of North Wales, South Wales and Dyfed-Powys.
Richard already has considerable experience sitting as a legal adviser to police misconduct hearings. The relevant regulations require that from the New Year, such panels comprise a legally-qualified chair rather than a chief police officer.
28 October 2015