Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 1
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Accepted
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Public perceives police misconduct complaints as over-complex, lengthy, and unlikely to result in significant action.
Conclusion
It is an inevitable part of any complaints system that those whose complaints are not upheld will be discontented. There is none the less a perception that complaints against police officers are unlikely to succeed and that investigations are over- complex, take too long and frequently result in limited action against even officers found to have committed misconduct.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agreed that the existing governance structure of the IOPC, including the combination of Director General and Chair roles, will be considered as part of the Home Secretary's periodic review of the IOPC, which is expected to start in early 2022/23.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
The Government also notes the Committee’s concerns that, based on some of the evidence it has seen and heard, the work of “providing—and demonstrably providing—a fair, open and, above all, fully trusted mechanism to deal with misconduct remains, as yet unfinished”. The Government agrees that improving the police complaints and discipline systems is an ongoing process and notes the findings on recent high-profile police conduct cases.
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