Interesting times!! at the scdea

The former head of the Professional Standards Unit at Strathclyde Police congratulated Deputy Chief Constable Johnny Gwynne on his retirement while remembering “very interesting times!!” at the SCDEA.

It is unclear what the Facebook post by Val Mcintyre refers to but she attended meetings with Mr Gwynne to discuss the fallout from the collapse of the agency’s undercover unit.

All officers were seconded to the SCDEA and Strathclyde Police had asked for a review into the agency’s internal inquiry after their officer, known only as DSG, was blamed for financial mismanagement.

Ms Mcintyre and Mr Gwynne attended a meeting in July 2011 to “agree a way forward” between the SCDEA, Strathclyde and Grampian, the home force of the whistleblower, known as Mrs K. Giving evidence in her successful civil action when she claimed she had been unfairly scapegoated, Ewan Stewart, then head of professional standards at Grampian, who was also at the meeting, said he had perceptions “that something wasn’t right” in how the situation was being managed. He said: “The SCDEA had carried out some kind of investigation. It was not clear and probably still is not clear but they had done some kind of investigation.”

After Mr Gwynne’s retirement was announced last week, Ms Mcintyre, who went on to become Police Scotland’s Head of Professional Standards but has now retired from the force, wrote: “Wishing you well in your retirement Johnny. I still remember... some very interesting times when you were at SCDEA!!”.