As usual, some pretty damning stats:
File on Four, on Radio 4, told us that the IPCC only directly investigated a tiny proportion of complaints against police last year – just 88 of more than 31,000. On one level that is reasonable, but coupled with the following statement from a former commissioner, you have to wonder if they are doing the job they were created for. The IPCC "has not produced any significant change that anyone can point to in the fairness and rigour of the police complaints system" said ex-commissioner John Crawley.
'Reasonable' is probably alluding to the undeniable fact that many complaints against the police are not well founded and largely a by-product of the situations in which officers find themselves. But on occasion they create those situations themselves, and when they do, sometimes, just sometimes, it would be good to see someone held to account in some way.
If you can wade through the usual Comment is Free loons, there are some interesting comments under the piece, too.
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