The recent revelations about collusion between IOPC investigators and the defaulting officers in the Nottingham murder case has brought some welcome public attention to the running sore that is the Police Complaints system.

It is neither fair nor impartial let alone trying to find out what makes people complain and what officers could have done to make the complaint unnecessary.

Not one of my many complaints about my treatment by the SNT has included a single word about why I felt it necessary to complain or what the officers could have done differently, concentrating solely on accepting blindly the various lies and misleading statements used by the officers to retrospectively justify their actions. 

Until such time as the investigating officers come from different commands and are obliged to cross check officer statements with the complainant, the system is pointless.

Cynically was it designed solely for the purpose preventing Civil Actions against the police?