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CPN appeal · Named accountability

Donna Gutteridge

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Police Sergeant · Devon and Cornwall Police · PS 18490, Torrington & Holsworthy Beat Sergeant, on the August 2024 warning

The supervisory checks. The disputed logs. The personal responsibility.

Professional identity and role in the record

The official police page names Donna Gutteridge as Police Sergeant, Holsworthy & Torrington. The 31 August 2024 warning identifies PS 18490 Gutteridge, Torrington & Holsworthy Beat Sergeant; the official email header on PDF page 31 supplies the matching first name and officer number.

Police directory; PDF pages 31 and 96–99 · Official professional source

Answer the evidence and the decision.

Miss E and Mr J challenge a process they say did not obtain their evidence before issuing restrictions. Their allegation of collusion is put against the dated correspondence and the assessment of competing accounts not supplied in the reviewed record. The questions below identify this recipient’s responsibility and the records needed to examine it.

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The direct questions

Prepared 23 September 2026; not yet sent by this publication. Historical requests and official replies are set out in the linked reporting.

CPN-04

What did the supervising sergeant actually check?

To: Donna Gutteridge

What did you personally review before the August 2024 warning bearing your name was issued? How did you verify Miss E’s involvement, distinguish the disputed incident logs and assess her safety reports? Were you the sergeant at the 2 August meeting? Identify the record of your own decisions.

PDF pages 31, 80 and 96–103 · Read the context

CPN-09

Do the incident logs support the account used against her?

To: Bradley Ithildîn · Donna Gutteridge · Devon and Cornwall Police

Produce the underlying records for 0569/26 June, 0347/29 June, 0348/29 June and 0504/26 July 2024, with an appropriate privacy review. Which record is Miss E’s call for assistance? Are the two 29 June entries separate incidents or reports of the same event, and how was that distinction handled?

PDF pages 96–103 · Read the context

Response and records

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Questions across the case

2 existing questions addressed to Donna Gutteridge. Each link opens its full wording, source and response position.

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