837 police corruption complaints (From The Oxford Times)
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837 police corruption complaints
12:05pm Thursday 24th May 2012 in National News © Press Association 2013
Police recorded more than 800 complaints about corruption between 2008 and 2011
Police recorded more than 800 complaints about corruption over three years, a report has revealed.
Allegations of police corruption have been damaging to public confidence, an investigation ordered by the Home Secretary ruled.
While corruption is "not endemic" across England and Wales, "it is corrosive of the public trust that is at the heart of policing", said the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The IPCC recorded 837 corruption-related referrals from forces between 2008 and 2011. Just 122 of the referrals were managed by the watchdog.
The report was requested by the Government in the wake of allegations of police corruption in the phone-hacking scandal.
