Independent Office for Police Conduct

Independent Office for Police Conduct
AbbreviationIOPC
PredecessorIndependent Police Complaints Commission
Formation8 January 2018 (2018-01-08)
Legal statusNon-departmental public body
PurposeComplaints about the English and Welsh police forces
Region served
England and Wales
Director General
Rachel Watson
Parent organisation
Home Office
Budget (2020)
£71.5 million[a]
Staff (2020)
1,012[b]
Websitewww.policeconduct.gov.uk

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is a non-departmental public body in England and Wales, responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales.[1] It replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2018.


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  1. ^ "Becoming the IOPC | Independent Police Complaints Commission". ipcc.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2017.