Independent Police Complaints Council
The Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC,Chinese: 獨立監察警方處理投訴委員會) is a civilian body of the Government of Hong Kong, part of the two-tier system in which the Hong Kong Police Force investigates complaints made by the public against its members and the IPCC monitors those investigations.
The IPCC was created as an independent body to monitor the review by the Complaints Against Police Office (CAPO) of complaints against members of the Police Force. Unlike CAPO, which is a unit of the police force, the IPCC is a civilian body not linked with the police that reports directly to the office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
The IPCC was created in 1994 and succeeded an earlier independent review body, the Police Complaints Committee or PCC, to investigate police. The PCC was created in 1986 and reported to the then Governor of Hong Kong.
The IPCC is headed by a Secretariat and is governed by The Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) Ordinance, which enacted in July 2008. On 1 June 2009, after the ordinance came into operation, the Chinese official name of IPCC was changed from "投訴警方獨立監察委員會" to "獨立監察警方處理投訴委員會" and the English name remain.[1][2]
There have been criticisms in LegCo that the IPCC has limited monitoring power.[3]
Organisation
- Secretariat
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Legal Adviser
- Transitional Arrangements Team
- Senior PR Officer
- Case Teams (3)
- Planning and Support Teams
See also
- Ontario Police Commission
References
- ↑ 立法會：保安局局長在《投訴警方獨立監察委員會條例草案》全體委員會審議階段致辭（二）（只有中文）
- ↑ History, IPCC
- ↑ Police complaints system - Government press release quoting reply by the Secretary for Security in LegCo, 14 Jan 09