60 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)