Merseyside Police's
Professional Standards Unit will also be involved.
The allegations against Gilfillan were investigated by the Police Scotland
Professional Standards Unit (PSU).
The court heard that, with the net closing in on him, he had tried to blame his estranged son for the thefts - he was investigated and cleared by police - and then claimed police had tried to frame him for the disappearance of the money, fake claims which led to a probe by the police
professional standards unit.
Decisions to hold the hearings are made following an internal investigation from the force's
professional standards unit. In 2015, then Home Secretary Theresa May brought in legislation to make the hearings public in a bid to boost police transparency.
Chief Superintendent Judi Heaton, head of Humberside Police's
Professional Standards Unit, said: "My understanding is that the Cockburn family has made a formal appeal to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to review their initial decision not to prosecute and we are awaiting the outcome of this appeal.
A team from the
Professional Standards Unit based at the Met's Empress State Building in Fulham, south-west London, is probing the allegations.
The Garda
Professional Standards Unit published an in-depth file documenting dodgy cases of people having fixed charge penalties cancelled.
West Midlands Police's
Professional Standards Unit was called in to probe the claims and had made inquiries in the Bordesley Green area.
The force's
professional standards unit is thought to have interviewed up to 40 police staff in connection with the inquiry.
We are again trying to establish a '
Professional Standards Unit' and we have somebody that we identified already to head that unit," he stated.
"The
Professional Standards Unit was made aware of an allegation of misconduct which concerned the use of police funds in connection with expenses, travel and accommodation.