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The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is a non-departmental public body in England and Wales, responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales. [1] It replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2018.
The IPCC's independent investigators investigated the most serious complaints, for example where someone died following contact with the police. There were a number of types of incidents that the police, or other agencies the IPCC oversees complaints for, must mandatorily refer to the commission.
The Police Complaints Board was founded in 1977 to oversee the handling of complaints. This was succeeded by the Police Complaints Authority and the Independent Police Complaints Commission . The current police misconduct authority is the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which was created in 2018.
A solicitor representing the family involved in the Manchester Airport incident said they had spoken to the IOPC with “regards to lodging a formal complaint against officers”.
When interviewed, he agreed the messages were inappropriate in terms of their content and because the woman was under investigation at the time, David Ford, from the IOPC, said.
On Wednesday, the police watchdog said that the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards will continue to investigate those two complaints, but will do so under the IOPC's direction.
It was established in its current form by the Police Force (Jersey) Law, 1974 and consists of around 240 officers. A recruiting banner for the Honorary Police showing the arms of each parish: (from left to right) Grouville, St Brelade, St John, Trinity, St Saviour, St Ouen, St Helier, St Mary, St Lawrence, St Clement, St Peter, St Martin
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