Contacting the police

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which is the body with overall responsibility for the police complaints system in England and Wales, has the task of increasing public confidence in the system and aims to make complaints investigations more open, timely, proportionate and fair. The 17 IPCC Commissioners guarantee the independence of the IPCC and by law can never have served as police officers.

Copies of the Commission’s booklet How to make a complaint against the police are available at all police stations in Warwickshire and copies are available to download in English and a number of other languages from the IPCC website www.ipcc.gov.uk where further information is available. It is possible to make a complaint directly to the IPCC at:

90 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6BH

Tel: 08453 002 002 (local rate)

e-mail: enquiries@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk

with your consent the Commission will pass details of your complaint to the force concerned.