Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 27
27
Deferred
Paragraph: 66
Consider IOPC review and wider review of PCCs' roles in police complaint handling
Recommendation
We urge the Home Office to consider the findings of the IOPC Review. We recommend, given concerns about the complexity of the complaints system and lack of clarity about key players in that system, the Government consider how the Independent Office of Police Conduct review might be supported by a wider review of Police and Crime Commissioners’ roles in complaint handling.
Government Response Summary
The government's response deflects by stating officer deployment is for Chief Constables and then details actions on rape investigations, which are unrelated to the recommendation for a wider review of Police and Crime Commissioners' roles in complaint handling.
Paragraph Reference:
66
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
63. The deployment of officers is a matter for Chief Constables. 64. As the National Policing Lead for Adult Sexual Offences, Chief Constable Sarah Crew highlighted when she gave evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee, it is important to recognise that there will be different considerations in different force areas. 65. To help drive consistency nationally, we have launched a National Operating Model for the investigation and prosecution of rape. All forces in England and Wales are now implementing this new approach to rape investigations. 66. Further action includes 2,000 police investigators receiving new specialist training in rape and sexual offences by April 2024.