Author : Independent Police Complaints Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780108510991
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (19 download)
Book Synopsis Corruption in the Police Service in England and Wales by : Independent Police Complaints Commission
Download or read book Corruption in the Police Service in England and Wales written by Independent Police Complaints Commission and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report sets out: a description of the IPCC, its powers and responsibilities; definitions of police corruption in current usage; data on referrals from the police to the IPCC; a selection of corruption case studies; issues arising from corruption cases for the police service. It also identifies what will be covered in a more detailed report later in the year: further analysis of corruption referrals by individual forces over the past two/three years; more detailed identification of the context in which corruption can flourish and issues/lessons to be learned by the police service; the public's views of police corruption and its impact on their confidence in policing; progress on the phone-hacking related investigations; proposals on the IPCC's powers and resources if the Commission is to investigate more police corruption in future. In 2010-11 the IPCC received over 200 overt referrals and 44 covert referrals concerning corruption.