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United
Kingdom
Ukraine
IPCC is an executive nondepartmental public body, sponsored
A chief executive who leads a staff of
around 400 people supports the
commission.
The Chair and commissioners must
not have worked for the police in any
capacity prior to their appointment.
Independent Police Complaints
Commission (2004). A Chair, ten
operational commissioners and four
non-executive commissioners
oversee the IPCC. The Chair is a
Crown appointment and
commissioners are public
appointments.
State Bureau of Investigation (Not
yet operational). The Director of the
State Bureau of Investigation will be
appointed by the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine upon the motion
of the Prime Minister of Ukraine
England and Wales
The IPCC also investigates
the most serious
complaints and allegations
of misconduct against the
police in England and
Wales, as well as handling
appeals from people who
are not satisfied with the
The role of the IPCC is to
make sure that complaints
against the police in
England and Wales are
dealt with effectively. It is
an independent authority,
making its decisions
entirely independently of
the police, government and
complainants.
Independent Police
Complaints mechanism
Since November 2012 the
responsibility for determining
appeals is shared with local police
The IPCC considers appeals from
people who are dissatisfied with the
way a police force has dealt with
their complaint.
Police forces deal with most
complaints against police officers
and police staff.
The IPCC oversees the police
complaints system in England and
Wales and sets the standards by
which the police should handle
complaints. It is not part of the
police.
Focus on complaints made against
police officers and cases of illtreatment and torture
The only restriction the legislation
imposes on them in auditing the
TSK is about 'pure military affairs’.
In May 2000, the government
carried out a consultation on a
new complaints system. It
produced a briefing note called,
'Feasibility of an independent
system for investigating
complaints against the police'.
These consultations culminated in
the Police Reform Act 2002, which
established the IPCC. The IPCC
became operational in April 2004
Located within the criminal
procedure code (2012)
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