INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE

Receive instructions to carry out an investigation from the Monitoring Officer

Acknowledge receipt

Identify:

· Whether further information from the complainant is required 

· What paragraphs of the code are alleged to have been breached

· The facts which need to be determined to establish if the member has breached the code

· The evidence needed to determine the issues

· How you plan to gather the evidence

· How long it is likely to take to complete the investigation

· Contact complainant & request any supporting or further documentary evidence

· Contact subject Member with details of the complaint & seek explanation

Identify and interview any witnesses

Interview subject Member

Draft report and submit to MO for consideration. Report to contain:

· Agreed facts

· Facts not agreed & corresponding conflicting evidence

· Conclusion as to whether there is a breach of the code of not

MO either accepts report or asks for report to be reconsidered