In the Observer today under the headline – Police ‘enabling dangerous officers’ with high rate of complaint failures in England and Wales:
Campaigners are calling for the police to be stopped from “marking their own homework”, after the Observer found 40% of internal investigations by forces into serious complaints were overturned following independent reviews.
At 14 police forces, 50% or more of their internal investigations were found “not reasonable and proportionate” after independent reviews. Cumbria constabulary were the worst performing force, with 87% of their reviewed internal investigations being found to be flawed by the IOPC.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/19/police-enabling-dangerous-officers-with-high-rate-of-complaint-failures-in-england-and-wales
In Scotland 29.6% were overturned.
Across England, police forces were 33% more likely to overturn a complaint from a member of the public and, in 14 forces, 72%, than in Scotland.
Source:
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The Opposition and media line will be “MOST complaints against Police Scotland are upheld!”
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