We recommend the Home Office requires forces to record data on all protected characteristics of complainants with the aim of achieving a greater understanding of who is making complaints, the outcomes of those complaints, and the extent to which there is disproportionality. Professional Standards Departments should analyse the data and adopt a “reform or explain” approach. To ensure transparency and scrutiny, this data should be submitted to the Independent Office for Police Conduct and made ...

We recommend the Home Office requires forces to record data on all protected characteristics of complainants with the aim of achieving a greater understanding of who is making complaints, the outcomes of those complaints, and the extent to which there is disproportionality. Professional Standards Departments should analyse the data and adopt a “reform or explain” approach. To ensure transparency and scrutiny, this data should be submitted to the Independent Office for Police Conduct and made publicly available in a clear and accessible way on a regular basis. Type: recommendation | Number: 30 | Paragraph: 70 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 78. The Government has provided strong strategic direction of policing nationally, including through the SPR, which PCCs must have regard to, and Beating Crime Plan (see response to rec 29 for more details). It is for PCCs and Chief Constables to decide how best to incorporate the strategic directio