APPENDIX 5
Memorandum submitted by Commander David
Cox, Stevens 3 Inquiry, Metropolitan Police
Thank you for your letter of 17 September to the
Commissioner, in which you invite him to pass on any views he
feels relevant to your work. As the officer with responsibility
for managing his Northern Ireland investigations on a daily basis,
the Commissioner has asked me to respond to you on his behalf.
The Commissioner's enquiries have focussed largely
on historical events in Northern Ireland, although the recommendations
he has made have been designed to assist the Chief Constable of
the Police Service of Northern Ireland in managing change and
progress in policing in the Province. We have not had a great
deal of direct contact with the Northern Ireland Policing Board,
but on those occasions that we have, we have found them to be
helpful and extremely supportive of our objectives.
In particular, the Board has taken responsibility
for managing the implementation of the Commissioner's recommendations,
together with those made in reports of Her Majesty's Inspectorate
of Constabulary (HMIC). This joint implementation programme is
being pursued vigorously and the process involves close consultation
between the Board and HMIC, who represent the Commissioner's interests.
15 October 2004
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