https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Government%20and%20administration/R%20Operation%20Rectangle%20review%20of%20the%20efficient%20and%20effective%20use%20of%20resources%20201005%20BDO%20Alto.pdf(Report to the Minister and Accounting
Officer, Home Affairs Department,
States of Jersey
Operation Rectangle
Review of the Efficient and Effective
Use of Resources
May 2010)
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The fact is that Mr Grime was not, at the time he was deployed in
Jersey, an ACPO accredited police dog instructor, despite his
claims to be so in statements and other documents submitted
during his involvement in Operation Rectangle. Furthermore, the
licence for his cadaver dog had expired some seven months prior
to his arrival on the Island and the licence for his human blood
detection dog expired in March 2008, whilst he was deployed in
Jersey and using that dog. According to the ACPO Police Dog
Working Group, “Dog and handler teams that, for whatever
reason, fail to remain in-licence [are] deemed “not competent” for
operational duty until such time as they [have] successfully
undergone a re-licensing process”.
Mr Grime has advised that his
dogs are licensed by a suitably qualified person, although no
further details have been provided to us.ƒ We are not qualified to comment with any authority on what effect,
if any, Mr Grime’s lack of ACPO accreditation and the fact that his
dogs’ licences had expired, made on operations at Haut de la
Garenne, and this is outside the scope of this Review in any event.
However, we understand that throughout his deployment he
worked alone and in this respect we refer to Chapter 21 of the
ACPO Police Dog Training and Care Manual. This chapter deals
with searches for human remains and at paragraph 17.5 it states,
inter alia, “…consideration should be given to employing an
experienced dog handler to act as observer to advise the handler
on any such indications being given”. We are not aware of any
evidence indicating that Mr Grime benefited from the assistance of
another experienced dog handler during his deployment at Haut de
la Garenne, as recommended by the manual.
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