Judicial Review stats & policy
Dear Sir or Madam,
For the calendar years of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 (to date):
1. The number of cases in which the IPCC has failed to find for the complainant and referred the complainant to Judicial Review
2. The number of the above cases that to date have resulted in the complainant (or their representatives) progressing the matter to Judicial Review
3. the IPCC policy on applications for Judicial Review submitted 3 months or more after the IPCC’s decision has been made.
Yours faithfully,
P Swift
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. you have failed to provide the response in accordance with the Act i.e. you are in breach. You have also failed to provide an explanation or request an extension. Please consider this submission a complaint.
Yours faithfully,
P Swift
P Swift left an annotation ()
I shall check. they have the annoying and unprofessional habit of writing to me direct. Having had many dealings over the years with the IPCC, nothing they do surprises me ... the lack of competency and consistency in decisions is to be expected.
Dear Mr Swift,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 22 October 2009, I would like to apologise
for the delay in dealing with your request. This is the result of the
large number of requests for information received by the IPCC in recent
months which has resulted in a significant backlog of work. In addition,
many of the requests we have received have taken some time to complete due
to the amount and complexity of information requested in individual
cases.
I attach for your review the IPCC's formal response to your request about
Judicial Reviews and Policy on applications for Judicial Review.
Once again, I am sorry for the delay and for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Vangie
Ms Vangie Parker
Freedom of Information Officer
independent police complaints commission
90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6BH
Tel: 0207 166 3117
Fax: 0207 404 0430
E mail for IPCC FOI Unit: [IPCC request email]
Independent Police Support Group left an annotation ()
Not a very helpful response, these statitistics should be readily available by now in any easy to retrieve format. If the IPCC want to walk the walk rather than just continuing to talk to the talk, information needs to be made available otherwise the perception will continue to be that the IPCC is not independent.
P Swift left an annotation ()
Former IPCC commissioner calls for major reforms
http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.a...
25 Feb 2010
Major reforms or an entirely new system must be implemented if the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is to provide a better and fairer service, former commissioner John Crawley has said.
Speaking at a Home Affairs Select Committee meeting this week, Mr Crawley said that commissioners are an expensive way to oversee a police complaints body and that a more robust ombudsman system, as is used in Australia, should be reconsidered.
He also proposed that if the IPCC was to continue, the role of commissioner should be limited to one term, without the possibility of reappointment. It was suggested that the financial package and other benefits could result in individuals behaving in a way they believe could help them keep the post.
Staying in one area too long was also a problem, Mr Crawley said, as by handling complaints against one force for too long, a commissioner would become affiliated with that force’s performance, eroding the independence of the IPCC.
He added that the IPCC is currently overworked, with more cases than it has the resources to manage. Forces should be taught how to better handle minor cases, including learning how to accept fault and make apologies, Mr Crawley said. The IPCC would then be better resourced to tackle major complaints such as deaths in custody.
Also giving evidence, chair of the IPCC, Nick Hardwick, said that rather than additional funding, he believed a reduction in the bureaucracy that controls the IPCC would mean the resources it already has could be better used and more could be achieved.
However, Mr Crawley accused Mr Hardwick of making an “Alice in Wonderland argument” when he claimed that the increase in complaints against police since the IPCC was established six years ago shows better awareness of and more confidence in the police complaints system.
michael coughtrey left an annotation ()
Hi! We have a rock solid case backed by signed
statements and documents proving our case regarding
police corruption. The only way to save the police was
for the IPCC to rule the case 'out of time'. Full details are on our 'Brighton Scandal' website. We are
now considering a judicial review, is this a good idea??
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Paul left an annotation ()
Is anything happening with this?