IOPC Impact report 2023/24 is published

Our sixth annual Impact report 2023/24 features stories about real people and the impact we have had on the public and policing. It details case studies from the second year of our five-year strategy: Building trust and confidence in policing.

You can read about how we build trust and confidence in policing through supporting those who want to use our services, by holding police to account, particularly in areas of public concern and sharing our learning to improve policing.

The report shows:

• Opportunities we identified to improve young people’s experience of policing, recommending stronger safeguards for strip searches involving children
• How we worked to bring together local people and their police force after the deaths of two teenagers raised significant tensions in a local community
• Examples of our investigations where officers faced disciplinary or criminal proceedings and received dismissals or prison sentences 
• When a man was hurt after excessive force was used on him and we supported him to make a complaint, as English was not his first language
• Ways in which our community engagement work is empowering young people with knowledge about the police complaints system