This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition UK Police Department - Reformation needed
To give value to the taxpayer by giving the power to decide and eliminate the danger of government control that can involve institutional abuses.
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Direct responsibility for the work of each police officer.
Annual assessment of the behavior of each policeman by an independent body made up of citizens and ordinary individuals.
Complete online filing (with photos) of each agent.
Serial identification number always visible.
Total elimination of the privacy of any agent of any department during working hours.
Prohibition of financing and donations by individuals or organizations.
Election of the chief of police by the citizens.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.
Your petition refers to the "UK Police Department", but in the UK there are 48 civilian police forces. Operational decisions about how the operations of individual police forces, such as annual assessments, online filing and identification numbers, are a matter for each police force, and professional policing bodies, not the Government or House of Commons.
You can find out more about policing in the UK here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8582/
We could accept a petition calling for changes to the rules that govern policing in the UK, but it would need to be clear what changes you want to be made.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.