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Lecture 4- Police Accountability Flashcards

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What are the key readings?

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Jones, Punch, The Landscape Review

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What are the key points from the Landscape Review?

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The policing protocol order of 2011 is about the responsibilities of the police
There are fundamentals of accountability: everyone that receive public funds are governed, have financial management techniques, a process for measuring outcomes and evaluating performances, accounting officers is responsible to Parliament for spending the taxpayer’s money

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What are the key points from Punch?

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Techniques are used to intimidate suspects and force a false confession
Officers deviate from the law to secure a confession
Deviance is self-generated
Rotten apple explain how deviants cops can contaminate the rest

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What are the key points from Jones?

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Accountability is about answerability, responsiveness and openness
Organisational policing is about resource allocation and policing styles
Individual policing is about legal rules and complaint mechanisms
The police act 1964 is about addressing issues in policing
In the early 1980s the police force tried to challenge their chief constable authority
PACE act for a system of regulations relating to stop and searches
The framework of policing is equity, service delivery, responsiveness and distribution of power
Home Office has high control of the policing policies

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What are the main aspects for police accountability?

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Home Secretary, Police and Crime Commissioners and HMICFRS

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What is the home secretary responsible for?

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National strategy and security jointly with the Major of London and the Met
Immigration policies
Law enforcement agencies such as the police forces
Aspects of the criminal justice system,
Emergency responses such as response to national disasters

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What are the crime commissioners?

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Elected officials and oversea the police forces to ensure they meet the needs

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What are police and crime commissioners responsible for?

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For the strategy and budgets of the 43 forces in E&W
Authority to appoint and dismiss Chief constables
Engage with the public to under local priorities
Monitoring of performance for the police force

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What is the Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Service in charge of?

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Inspect and assessing the performance and legitimacy of police performance
Conduction of inspections
Reports to summarise findings and recommending areas of improvement
Promotion of accountability in the police force

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What other aspects have a role in police accountability?

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The courts, media, pressure groups

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When was the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) established and by who?

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2004 by the Police Reform Act 2002

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What replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission?

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Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

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When did the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) become established and by who?

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2018 by the Policing and Crime Act 2017

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What is the IOPC?

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An independent bpody that oversees complaints and investigations related to the police

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What is the differences between the IOPC and IPCC?

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IOPC has a bigger budget

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What does the IOPC and IPCC investigate?

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Independently investigate, manage or supervise investigations into all deaths following police contact and other ‘serious and sensitive’ allegation

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What are the powers of the IOPC and IPCC?

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IPCC/IOPC investigators have all the powers of a police constable

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How are the appeals of IOPC and IPCC dealt with?

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Most other complaints are dealt with by the force concerned in the first instance but complainants have a right of appeal to the IPCC/IOPC

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What is the budget of the IPCC in 09/10?

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35 million

20
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What is the IOPC budget in 2021/22?

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105 million

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What is police corruption? (Newburn)

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Police corruption is an action or omission committed by a police officer or a group of police officers, characterised by the police officer’s misuse of the official position, motivated in significant part by the achievement of personal gain

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What does rotten apples refer to?

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Corruption within the police force of individuals that can effect the rest of the police force

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What does barrels refer to?

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Examination of the whole police organisation instead of the individuals

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What does orchards refer to?

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How the whole police system is corrupt

25
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What does Sir John Stevens say about corruption?

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“We used to think that corruption was cyclical. We now know that is wrong. It is not corruption that is cyclical – but our response to it”

26
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What did Sir Mark Rowley do?

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New Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command in Commissioner’s reform of the Met

27
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Has the deaths in police custody increased or decreased from 2004/5 to 2022/23?

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Decreased

28
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Has the fatal shooting increased or decreased from 2004/5 to 2022/23?

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Maintained

29
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Has the apparent suicides following custody increased or decreased from 2004/5 to 2022/23?

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Increased

30
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Has the police used of firearms in E&W from 2011/12 to 22/23 increased or decreased?

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Increased

31
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Who speaks about the difference between organisational and individual accountability?

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Jones, 2011

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What are the issues with law and policy?

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Defence of themselves or others being proportionate and necessary
1967 Criminal Law Act: “A person may use such force as is reasonable in the prevention of crime.”
Individual responsibility
‘Shoot to incapacitate’

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What happened to Jean Charles de Menezes?

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He was shot to the head 7 times on the decision of the senior officers due to the anti terrorism strategy from the 7 July and 14 July bombings in 2005

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What are investigation challenges with Jean Charles de Menezes

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Delay in referring the investigation
Missing/faulty cctv
Police and witnesses give conflicting accounts about whether a warning was given
Surveillance log altered

35
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What was the aftermath from the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting?

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Stockwell 1 and 2 submitted and published for discipline against DAC Hayman
Office of Commissioners found guilty of health and safety charges
Corner rules unlawful killing verdict cannot be left to jury
Sir Ian Blair (commissioner of Met) forced to resign by the Mayor
IPCC reviews decision that no individual officer should be disciplined

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