Blue Light Whistle Blowers

(1) THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW WITHIN THE POLICE, FIRE AND RESCUE, OR AMBULANCE (‘BLUE LIGHT’) SERVICES THROUGH:(A) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ACCOUNTABLE OFFICERS (INCLUDING CHIEF OFFICERS WITHIN THE SERVICES, NATIONAL POLICE CHIEFS COUNCIL, POLICE, FIRE AND CRIME COMMISSIONERS, INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT, CARE QUALITY COMMISSION, AND HMICFRS) ACROSS THE SERVICES, AND PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW AMONGST THOSE ACCOUNTABLE OFFICERS. (B) COMPILING AND DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THOSE WITH WHISTLEBLOWING CONCERNS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND THE IMPACT OF UNETHICAL CONDUCT WITHIN ‘BLUE LIGHT’ SERVICES TO FACILITATE REPORTING OF WRONGDOING WITHIN THOSE SERVICES.(C) GATHERING, RESEARCHING AND PROMOTING METHODS OF GOOD PRACTICE AND ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT TO PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS, WITHIN A HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK. (D) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT AND ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT AS FOLLOWS: I. TO EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS OR FORMER EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS WORKING OR HAVING WORKED WITHIN THE ‘BLUE LIGHT’ SERVICES WHO, FACED OR HAVING BEEN FACED WITH UNETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RELATIVE LAW AND ETHICALGUIDELINES, POLICIES, CODES AND PRACTICES (HEREAFTER ‘CONCERNED PERSONS’) SEEK OR HAVE SOUGHT UNSUCCESSFULLY TO RAISE THEIR CONCERNS. II. THE PROVISION TO ‘CONCERNED PERSONS’ WITHIN BLUE LIGHT SERVICES OF ADVICE CONCERNING THEIR DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS OF DISCLOSURE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST HAVING REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THEIR CONTRACT AND THE GENERAL LAW.PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT BLUE LIGHT WHISTLE-BLOWERS SHALL NOT PROVIDE ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE OR OTHER SERVICES TO A CONCERNED PERSON PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) HEREOF UNLESS THE CONCERN RELATES TO ACTUAL OR APPREHENDED CONDUCT RESULTING OR THOUGHT LIKELY TO RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL DANGER TO LIFE OR LIMB OR TO PROPERTY OR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OR TO ACTUAL OR APPREHENDED SUBSTANTIAL BREACHES OF THE RELATIVE LAW OR IS OTHERWISE SERIOUS AND SUBSTANTIAL AND SUCH AS MIGHT LAWFULLY AND PROPERLY BE DISCLOSED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.