This is a list of notable authorities, agencies and similar bodies that are responsible for investigating or responding to complaints about police.
Asia
Hong Kong
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Independent Police Complaints Council
The Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) is a civilian body of the Government of Hong Kong, part of the two-tier system in which the Hong Kong Police Force investigates complaints made by the public against its members and the IPCC m ...
India
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Police Complaints Authority (India)
Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is a body that adjudicates allegations of improper or shoddy investigations, refusal to file FIRs, custodial torture and high-handedness against the police. But its recommendations are high authorities and recognis ...
Russia
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Investigative Committee of Russia
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Следственный комитет Российской Федерации) has since January 2011 been the main federal investigating authority in Russia. Its name (' ...
South Korea
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National Police Commission (South Korea)
Africa
South Africa
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Independent Police Investigative Directorate
Europe
Ireland
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
Sweden
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Swedish Police Authority
The Swedish Police Authority ( sv, Polismyndigheten) is the national police force (''Polisen'') of the Kingdom of Sweden. The first modern police force in Sweden was established in the mid-19th century, and the police remained in effect under loc ...
United Kingdom
England and Wales
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Independent Office for Police Conduct (2018 – present)
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Independent Police Complaints Commission (2004–2018)
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Police Complaints Authority (United Kingdom) (1985–2004)
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Police Complaints Board (1977–1985)
Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland Policing Board
Scotland
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Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland (2007–2013)
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Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (2013 – present)
Georgia
* The State Inspector Service (2019 – present)
North America
Canada
National
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Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Military Police Complaints Commission The Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada (french: Commission d’examen des plaintes concernant la police militaire du Canada) is a Canadian federal government independent, quasi-judicial body, established by the Parliament of Canada in D ...
Provincial
=Alberta
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Alberta Serious Incident Response Team
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is the civilian oversight agency in Alberta, Canada responsible for the investigation of incidents resulted in serious injury or death to any person, as well as serious or sensitive allegations of police ...
=British Columbia
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Independent Investigations Office
The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is the civilian oversight agency in British Columbia, Canada responsible for examining and investigating incidents involving on or off duty municipal police officers, Stl’atl’imx Tribal Police Serv ...
=Nova Scotia
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Serious Incident Response Team
The Serious Incident Response Team is the civilian oversight agency in Nova Scotia, Canada responsible for the investigation of incidents resulted in serious injury or death to any person, sexual assault and domestic violence allegations and othe ...
=Ontario
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Province-wide
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Office of the Independent Police Review Director
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Ontario Civilian Police Commission
The Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC; French: ''Commission civile de l’Ontario sur la police''), previously known as the Ontario Police Commission and the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services, is an independent quasi-judicial ...
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Special Investigations Unit
= Local
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Toronto Police Services Board
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York Region Police Services Board
The York Regional Police Services Board is the civilian oversight of the York Regional Police in the York Region
The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake S ...
United States
Local
* Nashville, Tennessee –
Nashville Community Oversight Board
The Community Oversight Board (COB) of Nashville, Tennessee is an independent body to review cases of alleged Metropolitan Nashville police misconduct. It appeared as Amendment 1 on the November 6, 2018 ballot in Davidson County and was approv ...
* New York City, New York –
Civilian Complaint Review Board
* Los Angeles, California –
Coalition Against Police Abuse
The Coalition Against Police Abuse (CAPA) is a currently active community organization in Los Angeles with the stated aim of organizing marginalized groups such as the poor, homosexuals, blacks, and Latinos to prevent, expose, and resist abuse by ...
(unofficial community organisation)
Oceania
Australia
National
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Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
The Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) is an Australian government statutory agency, created under the ''Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006''. Its role is to support the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner ...
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Australian Defence Force Investigative Service
=New South Wales
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Independent Commission Against Corruption (New South Wales)
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Police Integrity Commission
= Queensland
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Crime and Corruption Commission
= Western Australia
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Corruption and Crime Commission
The Corruption and Crime Commission is an independent anti-corruption agency established on 1 January 2004 to improve the integrity of the Western Australian public sector and investigate allegations of misconduct against public officers.
It ...
New Zealand
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Independent Police Conduct Authority
See also
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Cop Block
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Copwatch
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Police authority
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Police board
References
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Lists of organizations
Oversight and watchdog organizations