A REVIEW of the Independent Office for Police Conduct is \u201cpainfully overdue\u201d, according to Essex Police Federation.<\/p>\n
The IOPC has come under criticism for taking years to resolve investigations against officers, during which time their personal and professional lives can come under intense strain.<\/p>\n
The process can also be traumatising, having a catastrophic effect on officers.<\/p>\n
Steve Taylor, Chairman of Essex Police Federation, said: \u201cThe lack of oversight that that particular body receives is shocking.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe commodity they trade in is confidence in the police, and when that is knocked, as it is time and time and time again by woefully inadequate investigations over woefully existing timescales, the people that suffer are the people in our community, the people in Essex, because it\u2019s their police force that is knocked.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery few people even know who the IOPC are, and I\u2019m not suggesting they should be in it for publicity\u2019s sake, but it needs to be acknowledged that the commodity they deal in is confidence in the police, and that\u2019s the lifeblood of our policing units.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout the consent of the people, our policing model doesn’t work. That\u2019s how important this matter is.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe oversight that that particular body needs to have, it\u2019s important that they have it at the right level, and that the Home Secretary can hold the IOPC to account so that correspondently the Home Secretary can then be held to account for continued disappointing performance by that department.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PFEW has launched a Time Limits campaign, aiming to reduce the maximum time for an IOPC investigation to 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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