As an elected politician, he said he should be free to investigate and question any service carried out on behalf of the States. The Deputy has hit back at criticism from police deputy chief officer Lenny Harper that he has acted against the spirit of the law by asking members of the public to recount instances of mistreatment by the police. Mr Harper criticised the Deputy for effectively encouraging people to bypass the official complaints procedure. In a letter to the JEP published today on page 14, the Deputy says that the idea that the police feel it intrusive for a States Member to look at aspects of a situation simply because others might also be doing that job is ‘to entirely miss the concept of democracy’.
