Gwent Police Face 'False Statement' Inquiry Over Cardiff Crash

Coincidentally, on the same day when the main headline on the British mainstream T.V. news was about a corrupt policeman, more police incompetence was the main headline on the BBC Wales news.  The report concerns a car crash in Cardiff in March of 2023 in which three people died, and two others were seriously injured.  (Tributes to the deceased can be seen on the left.)  Seven Gwent police officers have now been served with misconduct notices after the incident, one of whom is being criminally investigated for allegedly falsifying their witness statement, the police watchdog has said.  The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has announced it has widened its investigation after one Gwent officer was handed a misconduct notice in June.  The IOPC said it had analysed "a significant amount of evidence" and received "detailed complaints" from the families of the young people involved.  Two officers have been handed gross misconduct notices concerning whether or not they carried out searches of the homes of two of the people reported missing.  One of these officers is also under criminal investigation for allegedly falsifying their witness statement.  Another two officers have been served notices over their handling of missing person reports, one officer for potential misconduct, and another for possible gross misconduct.  One officer has been served a notice for potential gross misconduct concerning their face-to-face communication with family members at a police station, and how they dealt with information received.  An additional two officers have been served misconduct notices over alleged remarks made at the collision scene.  The IOPC has clarified that these notices do not necessarily mean disciplinary or criminal proceedings are guaranteed to follow.