IOPC power to require management action below misconduct threshold
Jermaine Baker Inquiry · Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · Issued 5 July 2022 · Addressed to: Home Office
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, 15.24
The IOPC should be provided with the power to require a force to take 'management action' in situations that fall short of misconduct but where standards of conduct and/or performance have fallen short of a reasonable public expectation. A force required by the IOPC to carry out such 'management action' should confirm within 28 days of the requirement having been notified that it has been carried out and what it entailed, or else provide a written explanation as to why no action has been taken.
Jermaine Baker Inquiry, Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · 5 Jul 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- The government announced its intention to commission a review of the police complaints and disciplinary system (College of Policing APP-AP update, August 2023).
- The Police Accountability Rapid Review was published in October 2025, recommending amendments to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020. The government accepted the recommendation to apply the criminal law test for use of force in misconduct cases (Police Accountability Rapid Review, Home Office, October 2025).
- No published evidence that the IOPC has been given the power to require forces to take management action in cases falling short of misconduct has been identified to March 2026.
Response — verbatim from government
●Home Office
Directed to Home Office. Part of broader review of complaints and disciplinary system.
Home Office · 1 Aug 2023 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 23 Oct 2025 Police Accountability Rapid Review published October 2025 (Tim Godwin and Sir Adrian Fulford). Government accepted recommendation to raise use of force test in misconduct cases. Changes to Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 intended for Spring 2026. Review relates to broader accountability framework but does not directly implement this specific recommendation on IOPC management action powers. Source →
- 1 Aug 2023 Status as of College of Policing APP-AP update (August 2023): Awaiting Response Source →
Each entry above links to a primary source — gov.uk written statement, consultation response document, or inspection report. The Index does not characterise government intent; it tracks what has been published.
How this page is built
Source and Response are verbatim from primary documents. The Evidence trail records published activity since — written statements, consultation outcomes, inspection findings, parliamentary references. The Index does not paraphrase or characterise intent; it tracks what has been published. Where the evidence is the absence of action (a missed deadline, a slipped timetable), that absence is documented from primary sources rather than inferred.
This recommendation's data is verified periodically against primary sources. The Index is monitored for staleness weekly.