NEW DIRECTIVE FOR SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT
8. IN SEPTEMBER 1981 A MEETING WAS CALLED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO REVIEW THE BROAD GUIDELINES ALREADY IN EXISTENCE RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. IT WAS AGREED THAT REVISED GUIDELINES SHOULD BE ISSUED TO HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE FORM OF A CONFIDENTIAL CIRCULAR FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY, IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE ANY DOUBTS THAT MIGHT EXIST AS A RESULT OF THE MACLENNAN CASE. THE GOVERNOR THEN DIRECTED THAT A DRAFT CIRCULAR SHOULD BE PREPARED, AND AS PART OF THE SAME EXERCISE FURTHER DIRECTED THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SHOULD PRODUCE A DRAFT ORDER FORMALISING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SIU, A POLICY ON TARGETTING, A CHARTER, VETTING PROCEDURE, ESTABLISHMENT AND STRUCTURE, AND FINALLY AN ASSESSMENT GUIDE ON INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION.
9. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE PRODUCED A DRAFT ORDER FOR THEE SIU
WHICH WAS CONSIDERED IN DETAIL AT A MEETING CHAIRED BY THE GOVERNOR ON 24 NOVEMBER 1981. SOME AMENDMENTS WERE PROPOSED, ACCEPTED, AND INCORPORATED AND THE ORDER HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED.
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10. AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ORDER ON THE SIU WAS BEING DRAFTED, A CONFIDENTIAL CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS WAS CONSIDERED. BOTH EXERCISESS WERE AIMED AT DEFINING EXISTING POLICY
AND PRCEDURES FOLLOWING THE REPORT OF THE MACLENNAN INQUIRY. NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN POLICY WAS INVOLVED, AND IT WAS BELIEVED THAT SUCH GUIDANCE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF THE CONTROVERSY AND DEBATE CAUSED BY MACLENNAN'S DEATH, AND IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS HAVE DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO DEAL DIRECT WITH THE APPOINTMENT, DISCIPLINE AND TERMINATION OF SERVICES OF OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
11. THE CIRCULAR LAYS DOWN TWO CATEGORIES OF HOMOSEXUAL, ''KNOWN'' AND 'SUSPECTED''. KNOWN HOMOSEXUALS ARE NOT TO BE APPOINTED TO THE CIVIL SERVICE, WHILE THE CASES OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT WHO ARE SUSPECTED HOMOSEXUALS ARE TO BE REFERRED TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR ADVICE. THE CIRCULAR ALSO ADVISES HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE SERVICES OF AN OFFICER CONVICTED OF A HOMOSEXUAL OFFENCE SHOULD BE TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED PRACTICE, IN THE SAME WAY AS CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO OFFICERS CONVICTED OF OTHER CRIMINAL OFFENCES. WHERE IT COMES TO THE NOTICE OF A HEAD OF DEPARTMENT THAT
A SERVING OFFICER IS A SUSPECTED HOMOSEXUAL, THE CASE SHOULD
BE REFERRED AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR ADVICE. THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS CONSISTENCY IN ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE HANDLING OF SERVING OFFICERS SUSPECTED TO BE INVOLVED IN HOMOSEXUAL
ACTIVITIES.
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