A third garda whistleblower has come forward making serious allegations of misconduct in connection with the force’s 999 cancelled calls controversy.
The protected disclosure, understood to have been lodged with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc), is not believed to have formed part of a major investigation into the controversy by the Policing Authority.
When contacted by this newspaper, the Policing Authority confirmed a major report into the cancelled calls has now been completed by Derek Penman, a former assistant chief constable of Police Scotland. It will be discussed next Thursday in a meeting with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, who will be questioned over its findings.
Two whistleblowers came forward last year and made protected disclosures in relation to how gardaí were cancelling calls at Garda Command and Control centres.
It is understood a third Garda whistleblower lodged a complaint in recent weeks. In the complaint, the anonymous officer claimed gardaí in Command and Control routinely cancelled “groups of calls” when changing shifts.
The officer also alleged that a senior officer, who is named in the protected disclosure, was later involved in “declassifying” several categories of calls once the internal investigation into the matter began in a bid to reduce the number of 999 calls the force is accused of cancelling.
The senior officer was investigated over this matter. It is understood that this third protected disclosure “backs up” what has...
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