Rise in police complaints

Title

Rise in police complaints

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 May 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:35

Description

Phil Edwards interviews Police Complaints Authority (PCA) deputy chairman Peter Moorhouse. The PCA has announced a nine percent rise in new cases of alleged misconduct by officers, with almost 8000 complaints being handled in 1991. Moorhouse says corruption and abuses of suspects’ rights must be stamped out if public confidence in the force is to be restored.

Contributors

Phil Edwards; Peter Moorhouse

Keywords

Police; Statistics; Policing practice; Complaints (public services); PCA

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