Consultation outcome

Improving police integrity: reforming the police complaints and disciplinary systems

• From: Home Office and The Rt Hon Theresa May
• Published: 11 December 2014
• Last updated: 12 March 2015 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

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The government response to the consultation on improving police integrity: reforming the police complaints and disciplinary systems

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Police complaints system: impact assessment

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Police disciplinary system: impact assessment

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Police whistleblowing: impact assessment

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Detail of outcome

From 11 December 2014 to 5 February 2015, we consulted on proposed reforms to improve the police complaints and disciplinary system.

The proposed changes will ensure:

• the police complaints system will become more independent of the police
• the police disciplinary system is improved so that it holds officers to account for their behaviour
• charities and advocacy groups are able to lodge complaints on behalf of the public
• new protection for police whistleblowers
• new powers for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to strengthen its role as an independent body

This document sets out the government’s response to the issues raised during the consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

Consultation seeks views on proposals to reform the police complaints and disciplinary system.

This consultation ran from
10:30am on 11 December 2014 to 11:45pm on 5 February 2015

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on proposals to reform:

• the police complaints system
• the police disciplinary system
• measures to strengthen protections for police whistleblowers
• changes to the role of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
• changes to the powers of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)

Further information

This consultation was announced in this written ministerial statement on police integrity on the Parliament.uk website.

It draws on information from the Chapman review ‘An Independent Review of the Police Disciplinary System in England and Wales’.

The consultation ‘Changes to the police disciplinary system’ is also open for comments.

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Improving police integrity: reforming the police complaints and disciplinary systems (web version)

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Improving police integrity: reforming the police complaints and disciplinary systems (print version)

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Review of police complaints and IPCC impact assessment

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Review of police disciplinary system impact assessment

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Whistleblowing impact assessment

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Published 11 December 2014
Last updated 12 March 2015 + show all updates

1. 12 March 2015

   Reports on the consultation response added

2. 11 December 2014

   First published.