This represents 13.07 per cent of the total number of complaints received and is an increase from 10,312 filed against the service in 2014 and 2,340 in 2013. Take for instance its 2013/14 annual report, which documents 860 complaints received by the authority. Data obtained from the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), for instance, shows it has received a total of 5,041 complaints since it was established. The authority received 48 notifications from police at the time, 25 of which were related to deaths in custody while 23 to injuries. Data from CAJ shows that 14,235 complaints out of the total 108,920 handled by the commission in 2015 were against the police.

Source: Standard Digital July 08, 2016 19:30 UTC