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Where We Came From

An independent body to oversee and investigate police complaints had been thought about for more than 20 years. Both Lord Scarman's inquiry into the Brixton riots in 1981 and the Stephen Lawrence inquiry 1999, called for the establishment of an independent body. In April 2000 Liberty issued a study called 'An Independent Police Complaints Commission'.

In May 2000, partly in response to these calls, the government carried out consultation on a new complaints system and produced a briefing note called Feasibility of an independent system for investigating complaints against the police with 'Complaints against the Police: A Consultation Document'. setting out the emerging framework in December in 'Complaints against the Police - Framework for a New System' These two consultations culminated in the Police Reform Act 2002.

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