Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct

Second Quarterly Report on the Implementation of recommendations by the Ministry of Justice and the Police Complaints Authority as at September 2007

1. The Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct (the Commission) was established in February 2004 following publication of allegations suggesting that Police officers might have deliberately undermined or mishandled investigations into complaints of sexual assault that had been made against other officers.

2. The Commission’s report was made public on 3 April 2007. The full report can be found at: Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct

3. The Commission made 60 recommendations in total. Of those recommendations, 12 are to be implemented by the Ministry of Justice and the Police Complaints Authority, three by SSC, and the remainder implemented by Police.

4. The following table provides an update on the recommendations for which the Ministry of Justice and the Police Complaints Authority are responsible for implementing. Further information on the Police Complaints Authority can be found at: http://www.pca.govt.nz/. The table shows that good progress is being made by the Ministry of Justice and the Police Complaints Authority to implement the 12 recommendations. Within this reporting period the significant achievement was the passage of the Independent Police Conduct Amendment Act 2007. The Act implements four recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry that required legislative amendment. The Act received Royal Assent on 11 September 2007 and will come into force by December 2007.

5. Similar information on the progress made on implementing the remaining recommendations can be found at: New Zealand Police web site.

6. Progress reports on the implementation of the recommendations will be made quarterly. The tables will then be updated and published.

Recommendations, status, progress and estimated time to completion

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