Thursday 8 July 2010

Suspension of police chief ends

By Ben Quérée

Mr Power says that he has been exonerated and that the suspension was unjustified

DISCIPLINARY charges against police chief Graham Power have been dropped less than two weeks before his retirement from the force.

Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand told the States yesterday that the charges were being abandoned, ending the 20-month suspension which has cost the taxpayer more than a million pounds.

Mr Power (63) has released a statement saying that he has been exonerated, and that the suspension was unnecessary and unjustified from the start.

• Read the full story in today’s Jersey Evening Post

Article posted on 8th July, 2010 - 3.00pm

Suspension of police chief ends