Final Report of the Morris Inquiry: The Case for Change

LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE
● 27 December 2003
Whilst acting as Duty Officer, Inspector Pendry felt
unwell and was examined by the Police Surgeon, who
diagnosed her as suffering from stress.
● 29-31 December 2003
Inspector Pendry was made Acting Chief Inspector at
Southall, during the absence of other senior officers on
annual leave.
● 4 January 2004
Inspector Pendry received various telephone calls from
friends and colleagues informing her that there was an
article in a national newspaper about the allegation
against her. Although Inspector Pendry was not
named in the article, she was identified by these
people because of her role as Inspector – Operations.
● 9 January 2004
MPS Police Notice announced that Inspector Pendry
has been promoted to Chief Inspector with effect from
2 February 2004.
● 25 January 2004
Inspector Pendry was appointed Bronze Commander
for the Sikh procession of Guru Ravi Dass, and
conducted the briefing for the procession.
● 26 January 2004
SIO submitted his report. Inspector Pendry sent an
email to the Borough Commander setting out
concerns about her welfare and the lack of concern by
the MPS for deploying her the previous day to another
Sikh procession.
● 29 January 2004
Response from Borough Commander via email stating
that he was unable to see her until 3 February 2004.
Inspector Pendry went off work suffering from workrelated
stress.
● 6 February 2004
Inspector Pendry was informed that her promotion
was further delayed. Report submitted to DPS.
● 23 February 2004
Inspector Pendry officially notified that no disciplinary
action would be taken against her.
● 26 February 2004
Borough Commander met Inspector Pendry, informed
her that her promotion would be delayed and
administered words of advice. Inspector Pendry was
unclear about whether she had been given words of
advice and what the Borough Commander had said.
● 27 February 2004
Inspector Pendry met a senior police officer, in the
presence of her Police Federation Representative. This
meeting resulted in her raising a series of complaints
about the way her promotion / posting was discussed
in relation to issues in her personal life. Inspector Pendry
raised these complaints by lodging a Fairness at
Work claim.
● 1 March 2004
Minutes of the Metropolitan Police Sikh Association
(MPSA) meeting stated: “With regards to the Southall
complaint (Inspector Pendry), an outcome has been
reached. It was substantiated that the officer had used
inappropriate language and as a result was given words
of advice. The two officers that brought the matter to our
attention have been commended by the MPSA and
[redacted]. MPSA sincerely thank them for the personal
courage shown. We encourage and support any member
of the MPS to challenge inappropriate behavior,
language and attitudes. The MPSA committee have
strongly expressed that any intolerance based on faith
should be treated as seriously as all other bigoted
behaviour within the organisation and our communities.”
● 7 March 2004
Senior MPS officer addressed the Sri Guru Singh Sabha
Gurdwara and discussed Inspector Pendry’s case.
● 26 March 2004
Inspector Pendry’s case was discussed at length during
an open forum at the Annual General Meeting of the
MPSA.
● 12 February 2004
Final decision on disposal of complaint made by DPS
and file returned to Borough Commander.
● 17 (or 18) February 2004
Inspector Pendry was informed by a Personnel
Manager that there was to be no formal discipline
action taken against her.
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