Your powers to maintain oversight of police forces and ensure their compliance

S Rhosier made this Freedom of Information request to Independent Office for Police Conduct This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was partially successful.

Independent Office for Police Conduct

With reference to your website:
https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/investi...
A. 'Our objective is to improve public confidence by ensuring that allegations are properly investigated, that the police are held to account where necessary, and that forces improve police practice by learning from incidents.'

B. 'Most complaints about the police are dealt with by the relevant police force. Each force has a separate department that oversees complaints. These are called ‘professional standards departments’ (PSDs).
By law, forces must refer certain matters to us, for instance:
certain complaints made to their force – such as those that include an allegation of serious corruption or serious assault
indications of misconduct by police officers and staff – for example an indication that a criminal offence has been committed or that a serious injury has been caused'

I also add this link
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
as relevant background to my FOI request regardless of the IPCC connotation. The same principle applies.

1. What protocols and procedures do you have in place to test and confirm that police forces abide by the legal requirement placed upon them to escalate reports of police corruption/misconduct to your organisation?

2. Please provide details of what policies, protocols and procedures you have in place for use should a force be found delinquent in complying with this legal requirement?

S Rhosier

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Dear S Rhosier,
 
Please see attached the response to your FOI request.
 
Many Thanks,
 
Ella English
Strategy and Impact Team Assistant
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
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