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SUFFOLK FIRE SERVICE
FIRE SERVICE (DISCIPLINE) REGULATIONS, 1985
CHARGE SHEET

Part 1

Full name of accused: Anthony David Wigglesworth

Rank, number and station: Sub Officer, No 854, Training Department, Normanshurst.

Age, rate of pay/retaining fee and date of appointment: Age: 42

Pay: £22,125 per annum Date joined: 6 September 1993

Under the Code of Offences against Discipline contained in the Schedule of the Fire Services (Discipline) regulations 1985, you are charged as follows:

1. Under paragraph 1 with

(i) Title of alleged offence: Disobedience to orders
(ii) Particulars of alleged offence including time, date and place:

In that you did, without reasonable cause, fail to give reasonable notice of, or obtain the prior permission of the Chief fire officer before taking, time off with pay from your place of work in accordance with your request to carry out duties as a safety Representative on Wednesday, 5 August, 1998, which actions are contrary to HS06 (June, 1994) and Assistant Divisional Officer Hayden’s memorandum to all brigade instructional staff dated 8 July, 1998.

(iii) Name and addresses of witnesses in support of charge:

Divisional Officer Paul Hayden

Graham Smith, 11 North Close, Ipswich IP4 2TL

Sub Officer Robert Marris, Sudbury


2. Under paragraph 4 with

(i) Title of alleged offence: Absence from Duty
(ii) Particulars of alleged offence including time, date and place:

In that you were, without reasonable cause, absent from duty on Thursday, 6th August, 1998, on which date at 1000 hours you were required to attend a meeting of the EMS pilot study implementation group at Brigade Headquarters.

(iii) Name and addresses of witnesses in support of charge:

Divisional Officer Paul Hayden

Graham Smith, 11 North Close, Ipswich IP4 2TL

Station Officer James Parsons, Meadow View, Narrow Way, Wenhaston, Halesworth.

Assistant Chief Fire Officer Ken Seager, Wayside Cottage, Sproughton, ipswich.

You are ordered, within 7 days after service to this Notice to you, to complete Part II and return it to the Investigating Officer, stating whether you admit or deny the charge(s)

Date 2nd October 1998

Name and signature of Investigating Officer……………… K Seager

Signature of member charged……………………………………………