Independent Police Complaints Commission

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police oversight agency public body

The Independent Police Complaints Commission was the former public body in England and Wales responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints and allegations of misconduct against the police.

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Surface form Occurrences
Police Complaints Authority 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf police oversight agency ⓘ
public body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
canConduct independent investigations ⓘ
local investigations (appeal oversight) ⓘ
managed investigations ⓘ
supervised investigations ⓘ
cannotEmploy serving police officers as investigators ⓘ
country England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
dissolved 2018 ⓘ
governedBy a Chair and Commissioners ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver British Transport Police ⓘ
Civil Nuclear Constabulary ⓘ
HM Revenue and Customs ⓘ
surface form: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (certain matters)

Immigration Enforcement ⓘ
surface form: Home Office immigration enforcement (certain matters)

Ministry of Defence Police ⓘ
National Crime Agency ⓘ
surface form: National Crime Agency (certain matters)

Serious Organised Crime Agency ⓘ
police and crime commissioners (certain complaints) ⓘ
police forces in England ⓘ
police forces in Wales ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
inception 2004 ⓘ
independenceFrom police forces ⓘ
legalBasis Police Reform Act 2002 (as amended) ⓘ
surface form: Police Reform Act 2002
locationCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
oversightOf appeals against police complaint decisions ⓘ
primaryRole investigate deaths and serious injuries following police contact ⓘ
investigate serious complaints and allegations of misconduct against the police ⓘ
oversee police complaints system ⓘ
promote public confidence in the police complaints system ⓘ
set standards for police complaints handling ⓘ
reformReason to strengthen independence and public confidence compared with previous complaints systems ⓘ
replaced Independent Police Complaints Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Police Complaints Authority
replacedBy Independent Office for Police Conduct (sponsorship) ⓘ
surface form: Independent Office for Police Conduct
reportsTo Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector law enforcement oversight ⓘ
shortName IPCC ⓘ
successorHasWiderPowers Independent Office for Police Conduct (sponsorship) ⓘ
surface form: Independent Office for Police Conduct
supervises police forces’ handling of complaints ⓘ

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Police Reform Act 2002 (as amended) → createsBody → Independent Police Complaints Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Police Reform Act 2002
Police Reform Act 2002 (as amended) → establishesFrameworkFor → Independent Police Complaints Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Police Reform Act 2002
Independent Police Complaints Commission → replaced → Independent Police Complaints Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Police Complaints Authority
Police Reform Act 2002 (as amended) → replacedBody → Independent Police Complaints Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Police Reform Act 2002
this entity surface form: Police Complaints Authority
Independent Office for Police Conduct (sponsorship) → replaces → Independent Police Complaints Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Independent Office for Police Conduct