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Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988

Functions of Authority

20: Duty of Commissioner to report to Authority on Police investigation of complaint

You could also call this:

"The Police Commissioner must report to the Authority on how they handled a complaint."

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You need to know what the Police do when they finish investigating a complaint. The Police Commissioner must tell the Independent Police Conduct Authority about it within 2 months. They must say if the complaint was upheld or settled. The Commissioner must also give the Authority enough information to check if the investigation was good enough. They can talk to the Authority before sending their report if they want to. This helps the Authority understand what the Police plan to do about the complaint.

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20Duty of Commissioner to report to Authority on Police investigation of complaint

  1. The Commissioner shall as soon as practicable, and in no case later than 2 months, after the completion of a Police investigation of a complaint, report to the Authority—

  2. whether the complaint has been upheld and, if so, what action has been taken or is proposed to be taken to rectify the matter:
    1. whether the complaint has been settled by conciliation.

      1. When reporting to the Authority under this section, the Commissioner shall supply to the Authority accompanying material sufficient to enable the Authority to assess the adequacy of the Police investigation.

      2. The Commissioner may consult the Authority on any Police proposals for action on a complaint before reporting to the Authority under this section.