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Introduction
There are several known
incidents where the current police force have breached the law and conducted
biased investigations. It is also known that these breaches do not always get
investigated.
Objective
To
enhance the public's trust in the police force, an external accountability
body is needed. If a person has been subject to an abuse of authority or
has experienced obstruction of justice in a case, he or she can find it
unpleasant to file a complaint at the same police station and would rather
stay silent. Therefore an external accountability body suggested. The
individual who has a complaint can directly submit it to the oversight
body without going to the police station. This model has been highly
influenced by the 'Independent Police Complaints Commission' (IPCC) in
England and Wales.
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