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    From: eribsskog@gmail.com Erik Ribsskog
    To: peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk Peter Crouch
    Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:37:05 +0000
    Subject: Fwd: Your Complaint To IPCC

    Hi,

    I can't see that I have recieved an answer to this e-mail yet, that's why
    I'm sending it again.

    Hope this is alright!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Mar 4, 2008 11:29 AM
    Subject: Re: Your Complaint To IPCC
    To: Peter Crouch <peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk>

    Hi,

    well like I had decided to wait on the Ipcc answer which you sent me last
    week.

    I didn't get a letter sent to me on 10/1, so I have not recieved
    confirmation of dispensation, untill I read this e-mail now.

    But now I'm aware of this, and I would please like to appeal to the Ipcc,
    with the reason that I haven't got any confidense
    in the force, due to the reasons already mentioned.

    That they have a phoney general enquiery e-mail address and more.

    And I also think the cases are linked.

    I have sent the new case as an update to the old case, when I have been
    contacting you.

    So I think they should be investigated collected, by the Ipcc.

    Hope this is alright!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On 3/4/08, Peter Crouch <peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk> wrote:
    >
    > Dear Mr Ribsskog,
    >
    > Thank you for your reply.
    >
    > I understand that you have lost of confidence in the Merseyside Police and
    > have decided to await confirmation of dispensation. It appears from my
    > records that a dispensation was granted by IPCC and a letter sent to you on
    > 10th January 2008.
    >
    > With regard to any more recent complaints that we have forwarded to
    > Merseyside Professional Standards department (PSD), the same situation may
    > arise if you do not respond to any letters you have been sent. You may be
    > better advised to cooperate with the PSD, despite your lack of confidence,
    > allowing them to complete any enquiries they intend to make. At the end of
    > this process you then may have a right of appeal to the IPCC. Ultimately the
    > decision is yours, but I just wanted to make it clear that you may
    > disadvantage yourself by not cooperating.
    >
    > yours sincerely
    >
    > *Peter Crouch*
    > *Senior Casework Manager*
    > *Telephone Complaints Centre*
    > *Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)*
    > 90 High Holborn
    > London WC1V 6BH
    > Direct Line: 020 7166 3123
    > Personal Fax: 020 7166 3423
    > E-mail: peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk
    >
    >
    > ——————————
    > *From:* Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    > *Sent:* 28 February 2008 19:12
    > *To:* Peter Crouch
    > *Subject:* Re: Your Complaint To IPCC
    >
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > thank you very much for your answer!
    >
    > Like I exlained earlier, I've lost a bit of confidence in the Merseyside
    > Police, due
    > to the phoney e-mail addresses etc., so I don't think theres any point in
    > me
    > going to any more meetings with them etc.
    >
    > I'll just wait untill they're finished, and then I'll appeal to the Ipcc,
    > for the Ipcc,
    > to have a look at the incidents collected.
    >
    > Like I informed the Ipcc about in one of the former e-mail, which you are
    > answering
    > me on now, I recieved a letter from the Merseyside Police, from 3/12, last
    > year,
    > from an Inspector on the Complaints Investigation Bureau.
    >
    > It says in the letter, that they want an answer, within 21 days from 3/12.
    >
    > Then they were going to inform the Ipcc, that 'the need for further
    > investigation
    > of your complaint be discontinued because of lack of co-operation'.
    >
    > So I reackon I'll eighter hear from you, the Ipcc, or the Force then, once
    > the Force
    > have finished with their enquieries.
    >
    > And then I'll contact the Ipcc, when I've got confirmation from the Force
    > or the Ipcc,
    > that the investigation from the Force have been discontinued.
    >
    > Hope this is alright!
    >
    > Yours sincerely,
    >
    > Erik Ribsskog
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > On 2/28/08, Peter Crouch <peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk> wrote:
    > >
    > > Dear Mr Ribsskog,
    > >
    > > I am writing in reference to your e-mail of 3rd January 2008 marked for
    > > the attention of Douglas Cleaver. As the line manager for Sarah Brown
    > > and previously the line manager for Joanne Fitzgerald, he has asked me
    > > to respond to the concerns that you raise.
    > >
    > > Firstly please accept my sincere apologies for the prolonged delay in
    > > contacting you.
    > >
    > > The first issue that you raised concerned an e-mail that you sent to my
    > > colleague Joanne Fitzgerald on 10th November 2007, in which you
    > > expressed a lack of confidence in the Police, following a meeting with
    > > Walton Lane Police Station on 8th November 2007. You were informed by Ms
    > > Fitzgerald that she had forwarded the e-mail to Michael Gibbs, the IPCC
    > > Casework Manager who had been dealing with an Appeal that you had
    > > submitted. Your concern appears to be a lack of response from Mr Gibbs.
    > > Having looked into the matter I can see that Ms Fitzgerald asked Mr
    > > Gibbs to consider whether the e-mail you had sent was part of the
    > > previous Appeal. She also stated that he should pass the e-mail back if
    > > he believed it to be a new complaint, which he duly did.
    > > For your information the IPCC allocates the work to its staff based on
    > > the category of work and geographical location of the force who are the
    > > subject of the complaint. Accordingly all new complaints are dealt with
    > > by my team at our London office and all Appeals, Dispensations and
    > > Discontinuances are dealt with by the IPCC regional office dealing with
    > > the Police Force concerned. In your case our Sale office deal with all
    > > such matters regarding Merseyside Police related Appeals, Dispensation
    > > And Discontinuances.
    > > Since the e-mail of the 10th November 2007 was considered a new
    > > complaint it was passed back to my department where it was assigned to
    > > Casework Manager Sarah Brown, Joanne Fitzgerald having since moved into
    > > a different department. Ms Brown contacted you on the 7th December 2007
    > > and informed you that she had taken over the matter from Ms Fitzgerald.
    > > However, I can see that since Ms Fitzgerald had informed you that she
    > > had passed the e-mail to Mr Gibbs, you might still have expected a reply
    > > from him even though you had been contacted by Ms Brown. I apologise if
    > > there was any confusion there.
    > > Also in your e-mail of 3rd January I notice that you refer to advice
    > > received from Ms Brown that you should contact the police regarding your
    > > lack of confidence in them. You state that this doesn't make sense.
    > > While I appreciate you may wish the IPCC to become involved at this
    > > point, you must remember that each police force is responsible for
    > > considering complaints made against that force and for recording your
    > > complaint. If you are not happy with the police's decision on recording
    > > your complaint, you have the right to appeal to us. Therefore, while I
    > > acknowledge your frustration with the response, Ms Brown advice to you
    > > was appropriate.
    > >
    > > You also raised 3 concerns following a new e-mail sent to Ms Fitzgerald
    > > on 5th December 2007.
    > > 1) How to deal with a letter from the police.
    > > 2) How to deal with a letter from the IPCC, in connection with an
    > > harassment episode on Walton Lane Police Station on 8/11.
    > > 3) The problem with Mr. Gibbs not answering the e-mail sent on 10th
    > > November 2007.
    > >
    > > You go on to say that you consider only the 2nd point to have been
    > > answered by Sarah Brown. However I can see that Ms Brown contacted you
    > > by e-mail on 11th December 2007 and stated that whilst the police are
    > > conducting an investigation into your complaint the IPCC is unable to
    > > intervene and is not able to dictate which department carries out this
    > > investigation. She went on to say that you will need to speak to the
    > > Professional Standards Department (PSD) of Merseyside Police to discuss
    > > further. While I appreciate that this does not make specific reference
    > > to the letter received from the police, dated 3rd December 2007, it is
    > > quite clear that we were not able to intervene and that you should
    > > contact the PSD. As for the 3rd point concerning Mr Gibbs not
    > > responding, I assume that Mr Gibbs did not feel it was necessary to
    > > contact you since Ms Brown was now dealing with the e-mail from you. Ms
    > > Brown similarly did not make reference to Mr Gibbs since she had
    > > informed you that she would be responding to the e-mail that you had
    > > sent Miss Fitzgerald.
    > >
    > > The final point you make in your e-mail, dated 3rd January 2008, was,
    > > broadly, that the latest complaint should perhaps be dealt with together
    > > with the previously made complaints. As you will be aware, the Appeal
    > > that you submitted to IPCC in August 2007 had already been upheld and
    > > the Merseyside Force instructed to 'record' your complaint. Therefore
    > > they were already looking into that matter and the IPCC would not have
    > > been able to instruct them to add any new matters to the existing
    > > complaint. However, it is entirely possible that they might have chosen
    > > to add them together once the new complaint was submitted. Once the
    > > Force had completed their enquiries into any of the complaints that you
    > > raised, you would have had a right to Appeal to the IPCC.
    > >
    > > I hope that this e-mail addresses the concerns that you have raised and
    > > helps to explain the process that the IPCC has to follow and the reasons
    > > behind some of the decisions that we took.
    > >
    > > yours sincerely
    > >
    > >
    > > Peter Crouch
    > > Senior Casework Manager
    > > Telephone Complaints Centre
    > > Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
    > > 90 High Holborn
    > > London WC1V 6BH
    > > Direct Line: 020 7166 3123
    > > Personal Fax: 020 7166 3423
    > > E-mail: peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > ******************************************************************************
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    > > privileged.
    > > It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended
    > > recipient
    > > please notify the sender and delete this email; any disclosure, copying
    > > or
    > > distribution of this email is prohibited and may be unlawful. The
    > > content of
    > > this email represents the views of the individual and not necessarily
    > > those
    > > of IPCC. IPCC reserves the right to monitor the content of all emails in
    > > accordance with lawful business practice.This e-mail has been swept for
    > > computer viruses but IPCC does not accept any liability in respect of
    > > your
    > > receipt of this email.
    > >
    > > Independent Police Complaints Commission
    > > 90 High Holborn
    > > London,
    > > WC1V 6BH.
    > >
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    >
    > distribution of this email is prohibited and may be unlawful. The content
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    > London,
    > WC1V 6BH.
    >
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  • E-mail to the Ipcc, 4/3.

    Re: Your Complaint To IPCC
    04 March 2008
    11:32
    Subject
    Re: Your Complaint To IPCC
    From
    Erik Ribsskog
    To
    Peter Crouch
    Sent
    04 March 2008 11:29

    Hi,

    well like I had decided to wait on the Ipcc answer which you sent me last week.

    I didn’t get a letter sent to me on 10/1, so I have not recieved confirmation of dispensation, untill I read this e-mail now.

    But now I’m aware of this, and I would please like to appeal to the Ipcc, with the reason that I haven’t got any confidense
    in the force, due to the reasons already mentioned.

    That they have a phoney general enquiery e-mail address and more.

    And I also think the cases are linked.
    I have sent the new case as an update to the old case, when I have been contacting you.

    So I think they should be investigated collected, by the Ipcc.

    Hope this is alright!
    Yours sincerely,
    Erik Ribsskog

    On 3/4/08, Peter Crouch <peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk> wrote:
    Dear Mr Ribsskog,

    Thank you for your reply.

    I understand that you have lost of confidence in the Merseyside Police and have decided to await confirmation of dispensation. It appears from my records that a dispensation was granted by IPCC and a letter sent to you on 10th January 2008.

    With regard to any more recent complaints that we have forwarded to Merseyside Professional Standards department (PSD), the same situation may arise if you do not respond to any letters you have been sent. You may be better advised to cooperate with the PSD, despite your lack of confidence, allowing them to complete any enquiries they intend to make. At the end of this process you then may have a right of appeal to the IPCC. Ultimately the decision is yours, but I just wanted to make it clear that you may disadvantage yourself by not cooperating.

    yours sincerely
    Peter Crouch
    Senior Casework Manager
    Telephone Complaints Centre
    Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
    90 High Holborn
    London WC1V 6BH
    Direct Line: 020 7166 3123
    Personal Fax: 020 7166 3423
    E-mail: peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk

    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    Sent: 28 February 2008 19:12
    To: Peter Crouch
    Subject: Re: Your Complaint To IPCC

    Hi,

    thank you very much for your answer!

    Like I exlained earlier, I’ve lost a bit of confidence in the Merseyside Police, due
    to the phoney e-mail addresses etc., so I don’t think theres any point in me
    going to any more meetings with them etc.
    I’ll just wait untill they’re finished, and then I’ll appeal to the Ipcc, for the Ipcc,
    to have a look at the incidents collected.

    Like I informed the Ipcc about in one of the former e-mail, which you are answering
    me on now, I recieved a letter from the Merseyside Police, from 3/12, last year,
    from an Inspector on the Complaints Investigation Bureau.

    It says in the letter, that they want an answer, within 21 days from 3/12.

    Then they were going to inform the Ipcc, that ‘the need for further investigation
    of your complaint be discontinued because of lack of co-operation’.

    So I reackon I’ll eighter hear from you, the Ipcc, or the Force then, once the Force
    have finished with their enquieries.

    And then I’ll contact the Ipcc, when I’ve got confirmation from the Force or the Ipcc,
    that the investigation from the Force have been discontinued.

    Hope this is alright!

    Yours sincerely,
    Erik Ribsskog

    On 2/28/08, Peter Crouch <peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk> wrote:
    Dear Mr Ribsskog,

    I am writing in reference to your e-mail of 3rd January 2008 marked for
    the attention of Douglas Cleaver. As the line manager for Sarah Brown
    and previously the line manager for Joanne Fitzgerald, he has asked me
    to respond to the concerns that you raise.

    Firstly please accept my sincere apologies for the prolonged delay in
    contacting you.

    The first issue that you raised concerned an e-mail that you sent to my
    colleague Joanne Fitzgerald on 10th November 2007, in which you
    expressed a lack of confidence in the Police, following a meeting with
    Walton Lane Police Station on 8th November 2007. You were informed by Ms
    Fitzgerald that she had forwarded the e-mail to Michael Gibbs, the IPCC
    Casework Manager who had been dealing with an Appeal that you had
    submitted. Your concern appears to be a lack of response from Mr Gibbs.
    Having looked into the matter I can see that Ms Fitzgerald asked Mr
    Gibbs to consider whether the e-mail you had sent was part of the
    previous Appeal. She also stated that he should pass the e-mail back if
    he believed it to be a new complaint, which he duly did.
    For your information the IPCC allocates the work to its staff based on
    the category of work and geographical location of the force who are the
    subject of the complaint. Accordingly all new complaints are dealt with
    by my team at our London office and all Appeals, Dispensations and
    Discontinuances are dealt with by the IPCC regional office dealing with
    the Police Force concerned. In your case our Sale office deal with all
    such matters regarding Merseyside Police related Appeals, Dispensation
    And Discontinuances.
    Since the e-mail of the 10th November 2007 was considered a new
    complaint it was passed back to my department where it was assigned to
    Casework Manager Sarah Brown, Joanne Fitzgerald having since moved into
    a different department. Ms Brown contacted you on the 7th December 2007
    and informed you that she had taken over the matter from Ms Fitzgerald.
    However, I can see that since Ms Fitzgerald had informed you that she
    had passed the e-mail to Mr Gibbs, you might still have expected a reply
    from him even though you had been contacted by Ms Brown. I apologise if
    there was any confusion there.
    Also in your e-mail of 3rd January I notice that you refer to advice
    received from Ms Brown that you should contact the police regarding your
    lack of confidence in them. You state that this doesn’t make sense.
    While I appreciate you may wish the IPCC to become involved at this
    point, you must remember that each police force is responsible for
    considering complaints made against that force and for recording your
    complaint. If you are not happy with the police’s decision on recording
    your complaint, you have the right to appeal to us. Therefore, while I
    acknowledge your frustration with the response, Ms Brown advice to you
    was appropriate.

    You also raised 3 concerns following a new e-mail sent to Ms Fitzgerald
    on 5th December 2007.
    1) How to deal with a letter from the police.
    2) How to deal with a letter from the IPCC, in connection with an
    harassment episode on Walton Lane Police Station on 8/11.
    3) The problem with Mr. Gibbs not answering the e-mail sent on 10th
    November 2007.

    You go on to say that you consider only the 2nd point to have been
    answered by Sarah Brown. However I can see that Ms Brown contacted you
    by e-mail on 11th December 2007 and stated that whilst the police are
    conducting an investigation into your complaint the IPCC is unable to
    intervene and is not able to dictate which department carries out this
    investigation. She went on to say that you will need to speak to the
    Professional Standards Department (PSD) of Merseyside Police to discuss
    further. While I appreciate that this does not make specific reference
    to the letter received from the police, dated 3rd December 2007, it is
    quite clear that we were not able to intervene and that you should
    contact the PSD. As for the 3rd point concerning Mr Gibbs not
    responding, I assume that Mr Gibbs did not feel it was necessary to
    contact you since Ms Brown was now dealing with the e-mail from you. Ms
    Brown similarly did not make reference to Mr Gibbs since she had
    informed you that she would be responding to the e-mail that you had
    sent Miss Fitzgerald.

    The final point you make in your e-mail, dated 3rd January 2008, was,
    broadly, that the latest complaint should perhaps be dealt with together
    with the previously made complaints. As you will be aware, the Appeal
    that you submitted to IPCC in August 2007 had already been upheld and
    the Merseyside Force instructed to ‘record’ your complaint. Therefore
    they were already looking into that matter and the IPCC would not have
    been able to instruct them to add any new matters to the existing
    complaint. However, it is entirely possible that they might have chosen
    to add them together once the new complaint was submitted. Once the
    Force had completed their enquiries into any of the complaints that you
    raised, you would have had a right to Appeal to the IPCC.

    I hope that this e-mail addresses the concerns that you have raised and
    helps to explain the process that the IPCC has to follow and the reasons
    behind some of the decisions that we took.

    yours sincerely

    Peter Crouch
    Senior Casework Manager
    Telephone Complaints Centre
    Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
    90 High Holborn
    London WC1V 6BH
    Direct Line: 020 7166 3123
    Personal Fax: 020 7166 3423
    E-mail: peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk

    ******************************************************************************
    The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged.
    It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient
    please notify the sender and delete this email; any disclosure, copying or
    distribution of this email is prohibited and may be unlawful. The content of
    this email represents the views of the individual and not necessarily those
    of IPCC. IPCC reserves the right to monitor the content of all emails in
    accordance with lawful business practice.This e-mail has been swept for
    computer viruses but IPCC does not accept any liability in respect of your
    receipt of this email.

    Independent Police Complaints Commission
    90 High Holborn
    London,
    WC1V 6BH.
    ******************************************************************************

    The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2007/11/0032.) On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus free.
    Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes.

    This email was received from the INTERNET and scanned by the Government Secure Intranet anti-virus service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2007/11/0032.) In case of problems, please call your organisation’s IT Helpdesk.
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    ******************************************************************************
    The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged.
    It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient
    please notify the sender and delete this email; any disclosure, copying or
    distribution of this email is prohibited and may be unlawful. The content of
    this email represents the views of the individual and not necessarily those
    of IPCC. IPCC reserves the right to monitor the content of all emails in
    accordance with lawful business practice.This e-mail has been swept for
    computer viruses but IPCC does not accept any liability in respect of your
    receipt of this email.

    Independent Police Complaints Commission
    90 High Holborn
    London,
    WC1V 6BH.
    ******************************************************************************

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  • E-mail to the Ipcc, 28/2.

    Re: Your Complaint To IPCC
    28 February 2008
    19:13
    Subject
    Re: Your Complaint To IPCC
    From
    Erik Ribsskog
    To
    Peter Crouch
    Sent
    28 February 2008 19:11

    Hi,

    thank you very much for your answer!

    Like I exlained earlier, I’ve lost a bit of confidence in the Merseyside Police, due
    to the phoney e-mail addresses etc., so I don’t think theres any point in me
    going to any more meetings with them etc.
    I’ll just wait untill they’re finished, and then I’ll appeal to the Ipcc, for the Ipcc,
    to have a look at the incidents collected.

    Like I informed the Ipcc about in one of the former e-mail, which you are answering
    me on now, I recieved a letter from the Merseyside Police, from 3/12, last year,
    from an Inspector on the Complaints Investigation Bureau.

    It says in the letter, that they want an answer, within 21 days from 3/12.

    Then they were going to inform the Ipcc, that ‘the need for further investigation
    of your complaint be discontinued because of lack of co-operation’.

    So I reackon I’ll eighter hear from you, the Ipcc, or the Force then, once the Force
    have finished with their enquieries.

    And then I’ll contact the Ipcc, when I’ve got confirmation from the Force or the Ipcc,
    that the investigation from the Force have been discontinued.

    Hope this is alright!

    Yours sincerely,
    Erik Ribsskog

    On 2/28/08, Peter Crouch <peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk> wrote:
    Dear Mr Ribsskog,

    I am writing in reference to your e-mail of 3rd January 2008 marked for
    the attention of Douglas Cleaver. As the line manager for Sarah Brown
    and previously the line manager for Joanne Fitzgerald, he has asked me
    to respond to the concerns that you raise.

    Firstly please accept my sincere apologies for the prolonged delay in
    contacting you.

    The first issue that you raised concerned an e-mail that you sent to my
    colleague Joanne Fitzgerald on 10th November 2007, in which you
    expressed a lack of confidence in the Police, following a meeting with
    Walton Lane Police Station on 8th November 2007. You were informed by Ms
    Fitzgerald that she had forwarded the e-mail to Michael Gibbs, the IPCC
    Casework Manager who had been dealing with an Appeal that you had
    submitted. Your concern appears to be a lack of response from Mr Gibbs.
    Having looked into the matter I can see that Ms Fitzgerald asked Mr
    Gibbs to consider whether the e-mail you had sent was part of the
    previous Appeal. She also stated that he should pass the e-mail back if
    he believed it to be a new complaint, which he duly did.
    For your information the IPCC allocates the work to its staff based on
    the category of work and geographical location of the force who are the
    subject of the complaint. Accordingly all new complaints are dealt with
    by my team at our London office and all Appeals, Dispensations and
    Discontinuances are dealt with by the IPCC regional office dealing with
    the Police Force concerned. In your case our Sale office deal with all
    such matters regarding Merseyside Police related Appeals, Dispensation
    And Discontinuances.
    Since the e-mail of the 10th November 2007 was considered a new
    complaint it was passed back to my department where it was assigned to
    Casework Manager Sarah Brown, Joanne Fitzgerald having since moved into
    a different department. Ms Brown contacted you on the 7th December 2007
    and informed you that she had taken over the matter from Ms Fitzgerald.
    However, I can see that since Ms Fitzgerald had informed you that she
    had passed the e-mail to Mr Gibbs, you might still have expected a reply
    from him even though you had been contacted by Ms Brown. I apologise if
    there was any confusion there.
    Also in your e-mail of 3rd January I notice that you refer to advice
    received from Ms Brown that you should contact the police regarding your
    lack of confidence in them. You state that this doesn’t make sense.
    While I appreciate you may wish the IPCC to become involved at this
    point, you must remember that each police force is responsible for
    considering complaints made against that force and for recording your
    complaint. If you are not happy with the police’s decision on recording
    your complaint, you have the right to appeal to us. Therefore, while I
    acknowledge your frustration with the response, Ms Brown advice to you
    was appropriate.

    You also raised 3 concerns following a new e-mail sent to Ms Fitzgerald
    on 5th December 2007.
    1) How to deal with a letter from the police.
    2) How to deal with a letter from the IPCC, in connection with an
    harassment episode on Walton Lane Police Station on 8/11.
    3) The problem with Mr. Gibbs not answering the e-mail sent on 10th
    November 2007.

    You go on to say that you consider only the 2nd point to have been
    answered by Sarah Brown. However I can see that Ms Brown contacted you
    by e-mail on 11th December 2007 and stated that whilst the police are
    conducting an investigation into your complaint the IPCC is unable to
    intervene and is not able to dictate which department carries out this
    investigation. She went on to say that you will need to speak to the
    Professional Standards Department (PSD) of Merseyside Police to discuss
    further. While I appreciate that this does not make specific reference
    to the letter received from the police, dated 3rd December 2007, it is
    quite clear that we were not able to intervene and that you should
    contact the PSD. As for the 3rd point concerning Mr Gibbs not
    responding, I assume that Mr Gibbs did not feel it was necessary to
    contact you since Ms Brown was now dealing with the e-mail from you. Ms
    Brown similarly did not make reference to Mr Gibbs since she had
    informed you that she would be responding to the e-mail that you had
    sent Miss Fitzgerald.

    The final point you make in your e-mail, dated 3rd January 2008, was,
    broadly, that the latest complaint should perhaps be dealt with together
    with the previously made complaints. As you will be aware, the Appeal
    that you submitted to IPCC in August 2007 had already been upheld and
    the Merseyside Force instructed to ‘record’ your complaint. Therefore
    they were already looking into that matter and the IPCC would not have
    been able to instruct them to add any new matters to the existing
    complaint. However, it is entirely possible that they might have chosen
    to add them together once the new complaint was submitted. Once the
    Force had completed their enquiries into any of the complaints that you
    raised, you would have had a right to Appeal to the IPCC.

    I hope that this e-mail addresses the concerns that you have raised and
    helps to explain the process that the IPCC has to follow and the reasons
    behind some of the decisions that we took.

    yours sincerely

    Peter Crouch
    Senior Casework Manager
    Telephone Complaints Centre
    Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
    90 High Holborn
    London WC1V 6BH
    Direct Line: 020 7166 3123
    Personal Fax: 020 7166 3423
    E-mail: peter.crouch@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk

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  • E-mail to the IPCC, 23/2.

    Re: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver
    23 February 2008
    11:49
    Subject
    Re: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver
    From
    Erik Ribsskog
    To
    Amanda Costello
    Sent
    23 February 2008 11:45

    Hi,

    I’m sending a new reply to this e-mail, since I haven’t heard anything back from
    the Complaints Manager.
    I know I’ve been sending a lot of updates, and I think that this maybe can be reason
    for me not having got an answer yet, since there have been new documents recieved,
    more or less, all the time.
    But I was thinking about this just now, when I thought I’d send a new update, that it
    would maybe have been an advantage, for the overviewability of the complaint-process,
    if I was given some more information about the next stages in the process.
    So that’s why I’m writing this e-mail now.

    I’ll also send a new update now, regarding that I haven’t got any information regarding
    what’s going on, even if it’s clear to me that there is something going on. (See the
    other file’s I’ve sent).

    The new update is in Norwegian, but I send it anyway, just for the sake of formality,
    since I’ve been sending you both updates in Norwegian and English from before,
    and I haven’t been told that you don’t want updates that are in Norwegian.
    So I hope that this is alright, and please just contact me if there is something
    more you want me to explain about!

    Yours sincerely,
    Erik Ribsskog

    On 1/4/08, Amanda Costello <amanda.costello@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk> wrote:
    Mr Ribsskog,

    Thank you for your e-mail.

    I have passed the details of your email onto Douglas Cleaver for his
    attention. He is however on leave until Monday 7 January.

    Kind regards,

    Enquiries
    Independent Police Complaints Commission(IPCC)
    90 High Holborn
    London
    WC1V 6BH
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    Fax: 020 7166 3390
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  • Update/Fwd: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver 31 January 2008

    Update/Fwd: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver
    31 January 2008
    20:04
    Subject
    Update/Fwd: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver
    From
    Erik Ribsskog
    To
    amanda.costello@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk
    Sent
    31 January 2008 20:02
    Attachments

    Hi,

    I’m just sending a new update, with a new letter from the ipcc, and also a copy of a letter,
    with enclosures, regarding a bit strane incident on Lidl, from last year, which I enclose,
    in case it could be linked, with the earlier mentioned incidents, on Burger King, Argos, etc.

    Hope this is alright!

    Yours sincerely,

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Amanda Costello <amanda.costello@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk>
    Date: Jan 4, 2008 9:31 AM
    Subject: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver
    To: eribsskog@gmail.com

    Mr Ribsskog,

    Thank you for your e-mail.

    I have passed the details of your email onto Douglas Cleaver for his
    attention. He is however on leave until Monday 7 January.

    Kind regards,

    Enquiries
    Independent Police Complaints Commission(IPCC)
    90 High Holborn
    London
    WC1V 6BH
    Tel: 020 7166 3097
    Fax: 020 7166 3390
    Minicom: 020 7404 0431
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  • Re: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver

    Re: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver
    16 January 2008
    20:33
    Subject
    Re: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver
    From
    Erik Ribsskog
    To
    Amanda Costello
    Sent
    16 January 2008 20:15
    Attachments

    Hi,

    thanks for your reply!

    Here’s just an update for the complaint sent on 3/1.

    Hope that this is alright!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On 1/4/08, Amanda Costello <amanda.costello@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk> wrote:
    Mr Ribsskog,

    Thank you for your e-mail.

    I have passed the details of your email onto Douglas Cleaver for his
    attention. He is however on leave until Monday 7 January.

    Kind regards,

    Enquiries
    Independent Police Complaints Commission(IPCC)
    90 High Holborn
    London
    WC1V 6BH
    Tel: 020 7166 3097
    Fax: 020 7166 3390
    Minicom: 020 7404 0431
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    From: amanda.costello@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk Amanda Costello
    To: eribsskog@gmail.com
    Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:31:20 +0000
    Subject: Complaints Manager Mr Douglas Cleaver

    Mr Ribsskog,

    Thank you for your e-mail.

    I have passed the details of your email onto Douglas Cleaver for his
    attention. He is however on leave until Monday 7 January.

    Kind regards,

    Enquiries
    Independent Police Complaints Commission(IPCC)
    90 High Holborn
    London
    WC1V 6BH
    Tel: 020 7166 3097
    Fax: 020 7166 3390
    Minicom: 020 7404 0431
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