{"id":85584,"date":"2017-10-20T11:13:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6646cd41ed986734df35de018bf5200d"},"modified":"2017-10-20T11:13:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:13:49","slug":"news-story-first-director-general-appointed-to-lead-new-independent-office-for-police-conduct-iopc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=85584","title":{"rendered":"News story: First director general appointed to lead new Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Major reforms to the IPCC<\/abbr> \u2013 including its renaming as the IOPC<\/abbr> \u2013 were announced by Prime Minister Theresa May during her time as Home Secretary. The IPCC<\/abbr> oversees the police complaints system in England and Wales and sets the standards by which the police should handle complaints. The changes to the IPCC<\/abbr> include a new governance model to improve efficiency.<\/p>\n

The IOPC<\/abbr> will have new powers, helping it to become more effective and more decisive in addressing public concerns, including to initiate its own investigations without relying on a force to record and refer a particular case for investigation, and to determine appeals and recommend remedies.<\/p>\n

Michael Lockwood\u2019s crown appointment means he will be the single executive head of the organisation when the IPCC<\/abbr> officially becomes the IOPC<\/abbr> in January 2018, replacing the current commission.<\/p>\n

He will ultimately bear responsibility for all decisions made in the IOPC<\/abbr>\u2019s investigations and appeals, including the investigation of the most serious and sensitive allegations involving the police.<\/p>\n

Nick Hurd, Minister for Policing and the Fire Service said:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m delighted to announce Michael Lockwood as the first director general of the IOPC<\/abbr>. His appointment is a key milestone in the reform of the IPCC<\/abbr>, and will ensure clear accountability and oversight for the running of the organisation.<\/p>\n

We are absolutely determined to make the police complaints and discipline systems simpler and more transparent for the benefit of the public, and the new, more efficient and effective IOPC<\/abbr> will be a vital part of that.<\/p>\n

I am very grateful to the IPCC<\/abbr> for its considerable support in developing the proposals for the IOPC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A board, appointed by the Home Secretary, that includes a majority of non-executive directors, will provide independent support and challenge to the director general as well as oversight of the overall running of the organisation.<\/p>\n

Mr Lockwood has a background in both the public and private sectors and has been Harrow Council\u2019s chief executive since 2015.<\/p>\n

Michael Lockwood said:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s an honour to be appointed as the first director general for the IOPC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

This is an important time for the organisation, as the IPCC<\/abbr> transitions to the IOPC<\/abbr>. I look forward to working with the dedicated staff there as we reshape the organisation to ensure the police disciplinary and complaints system is as effective and as clear as possible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harrow Council chief executive Michael Lockwood has today (20 October) been confirmed as the first director general of the new Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}