Police Complaints Authority (New Zealand)

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In New Zealand, the Police Complaints Authority is an official governmental body with the following duties:

receive complaints about the conduct of Police officers
oversee the investigation of complaints made to the Authority or to the Police
examine investigation reports
where necessary, conduct its own investigation
resolve complaints by conciliation where possible and
recommend disciplinary or other action.

[edit] Independence

The PCA is supposed to be fully independent from New Zealand Police. However, this independence has been questioned. For instance, the PCA is headed by a judge and staffed by many retired police officers. It has been argued that this may introduce an inherent favour against complainants.^{[citation needed]}