The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 329 Help for Children and Families Suffolk County Council

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REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

12. CONCLUSION

STATION OFFICER ASSESSMENTS

12.1 The administration of the assessment board seemed to have been conducted properly. DCFO Smith said that at the end of the interview he specifically asked Wigglesworth if the proceedings were fair and no complaint was mentioned.

12.2 The DCFO and other senior officers said it would be impracticable to pull out of an assessment board because a person being assessed had a grievance or a discipline hearing pending. None of those interviewed felt that that stand contradicted the procedural delay to Wigglesworth’s grievance which was justified by a conflict of interest. DCFO Smith was at pains to emphasis that senior officers who sit on assessment boards have to be able to act objectively and leave out their personal feelings or likes/dislikes. I could not find any tangible evidence to suggest that this did not happen in this case.