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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Culture of obstruction has sunk investigations into police misconduct, MPs say

Police officers by Big Ben
The IOPC took over complaints about police conduct in England and Wales four years ago. Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

A culture of “obstruction and delay” has scuppered investigations into police misconduct, MPs have warned, in a damning assessment of the way complaints against the police are handled.

A report by the home affairs select committee into the role of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found that poor communications and “opaque processes” are having a detrimental impact on complainants and officers.

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