NCJ Number
36563
Date Published
1976
Length
128 pages
Annotation
THE PROCESSING OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE IN ENGLAND IS ANALYZED FROM THE ORIGINATING INCIDENT THROUGH THE FINAL DISPOSITION - SOME COMPARISONS ARE MADE WITH COMPLAINT PROCEDURES OF AN UNITED STATES' POLICE FORCE.
Abstract
THE FIRST SECTION DISCUSSES THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. THE VARIOUS TYPES OF COMPLAINTS AND THE TIMES AND CONDITIONS IN WHICH THEY WERE LODGED ARE DESCRIBED. A SCENARIO, WITH VARIOUS EXAMPLES, IS PRESENTED FROM WHEN THE CITIZEN ENCOUNTERS THE POLICE CONSTABLE TO THE DISPOSITION WHEN THE COMPLAINT IS EITHER SUBSTANTIATED OR NOT SUBSTANTIATED. ACTIONS BY THE POLICE SUBSEQUENT TO THE SUBSTANTIATION OF THE COMPLAINT ARE ANALYZED.