Hi Tanya,
If this was a one-off incident, the details of which appear to be in
some sort of dispute anyway, I think it would be fair to say that you
will keep the caution marking on there for a specified period of time
(say two years) after which if there have been no further incidents,
that the marking would be removed altogether.
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Subject: [data-protection] Violent warning markers (again)
Dear all,
We have an issue whereby in 2002 a tenant with some history of mental
health conditions stabbed another tenant (not fatally).
The case went to court and the tenant was acquitted on grounds of
self-defence: an outcome which staff did not feel reflected the full
facts of the case.
That tenant was then loaded onto our warnings register (whereby we put a
V (violent) or C (caution) rating against someone) at the time for
obvious reasons.
Recently a member of staff wrote to all included on the register and
this tenant appealed against the fact that they were still on the
register, as did their councillor on their behalf.
Staff are keen to maintain this warning against the tenant to ensure
staff are not placed in harm's way. I have spoken to the Information
Commissioner's Office who basically said it wasn't up to them to
decide...
My feeling is that we maintain the caution rating, and inform the tenant
of such, based on the incident which staff still feel to be relevant,
but invite the tenant to have their disagreement noted on file, as well
as ensuring that this is reviewed as necessary.
Anybody else have any opinion on how this should be dealt with?
Many thanks in advance,
Tanya Holden
Group Information Governance Manager
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