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<p>Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) have an important role in holding their forces
to account and focussing on cutting crime. It is right that they are held to the very
highest standards. It is precisely because PCCs are visible, elected individuals that
they are able to be held to account in this way, quite in contrast to police authorities.
PCCs are delivering a level of transparency, visibility and accountability that did
not exist before 2012 under the Police Authority model of police governance.</p><p>There
have been 44 PCC related complaints referred to the Independent Police Complaints
Commission (IPCC). Of these referrals, only six have led to an independent investigation
conducted by the IPCC, and two managed investigations which are carried out by external
police forces under the direction and control of the IPCC. The remainder did not meet
the IPCC’s threshold for investigation. No IPCC referrals have so far led to a PCC
being charged or convicted of any offence.</p><p> </p>
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