Petition · past parliament
Legislate for police to owe a duty of care and duty of candour to the public.
Closed
32 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should introduce legislation to create statutory duties of care and candour for the police to members of the public. Currently, there is not a specific statutory duty of care or candour that the police owe towards individual members of the public. We believe this should change.
We believe police often fail to fulfil a duty of care towards members of the public, and creating a statutory duty of care which is equal to their knowledge, skills and ability would ensure they can be held accountable for failures. We also believe that the police are not always sufficiently transparent, and that a duty of candour is needed to ensure that complaints are handled fairly, and failings cannot be covered up.
Timeline
| 14 Aug 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Feb 2024 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
32
Status
Closed
Opened
14 Aug 2023
Closed
14 Feb 2024
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.