Police Complaints Bill ‘not sufficiently sweeping’
PA Auckland A bill proposing greater scrutiny of complaints of police misconduct is not sufficiently sweeping, Parliament’s Justice and Law Reform Committee was told. The committee heard submissions in Auckland from groups and individuals keen to comment on the draft of the Police
Complaints Authority and Miscellaneous Amendments Bill. The first part of the bill provides for establishment of an Independent Police Complaints Authority,The function of which would be to investigate and resolve complaints against members of the police. In the second part, measures require the police to charge for services.
The Auckland Council for Civil Liberties, represented by a spokesman, Dr Rodney Harrison, submitted that the proposed bill gave the authority no more power than that of making recommendations. The council believed the authority should be given power to make a determination of a complaint. It also opposed the concept of the police charging for services.
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Press, 23 April 1987, Page 6
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