
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) is meant to hold police forces accountable. Yet we feel its current structure allows serving or former officers, and elected officials with close ties to law enforcement, to oversee misconduct investigations involving their own colleagues
Shabana Mahmood
Home Secretary
Prevent people convicted of serious crimes standing or serving as MPs
Ban publication of police officer names in misconduct hearings if not sacked
Ban MPs from having second jobs except in NHS
Permit off-duty police & (ex)military to carry batons for public safety
Remove Regulation 4(8) of the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) is meant to hold police forces accountable. Yet we feel its current structure allows serving or former officers, and elected officials with close ties to law enforcement, to oversee misconduct investigations involving their own colleagues
Prevent people convicted of serious crimes standing or serving as MPs
Ban publication of police officer names in misconduct hearings if not sacked
Ban MPs from having second jobs except in NHS
Permit off-duty police & (ex)military to carry batons for public safety
Remove Regulation 4(8) of the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020