Police Complaints Authority (New Zealand)
- Police Complaints Authority (New Zealand)
In New Zealand, the Police Complaints Authority is an official governmental body with the following duties:
* receive complaints about the conduct of Police officers
* oversee the investigation of complaints made to the Authority or to the Police
* examine investigation reports
* where necessary, conduct its own investigation
* resolve complaints by conciliation where possible and
* recommend disciplinary or other action.
Independence
The PCA is supposed to be fully independent from New Zealand Police. However, this independence has been questioned. For instance, the PCA is headed by a judge and staffed by many retired police officers. It has been argued that this may introduce an inherent favour against complainants. Fact|date=February 2007
External links
* [http://www.pca.govt.nz/ Police Complaints Authority website]
* [http://www.legislation.govt.nz/libraries/contents/om_isapi.dll?clientID=16068025&infobase=pal_statutes.nfo&jump=a1988-002&softpage=DOC Police Complaints Authority Act 1988] — the act of parliament bringing the authority into existence
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