Recommendation JB-15.24: IOPC power to require management action below misconduct threshold
From Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker, published 5 July 2022.
Recommendation
The IOPC should be provided with the power to require a force to take 'management action' in situations that fall short of misconduct but where standards of conduct and/or performance have fallen short of a reasonable public expectation. A force required by the IOPC to carry out such 'management action' should confirm within 28 days of the requirement having been notified that it has been carried out and what it entailed, or else provide a written explanation as to why no action has been taken.
In brief (written by this site)
The Home Office published no formal response to this recommendation following the Home Secretary's written statement of July 2022 (Home Office response, Jul 2022). In October 2022, Danny Simpson, Solicitor for the Independent Office for Police Conduct, stated that 2020 legislative change gave it power to require management action in conduct and complaints investigations, but it was seeking further legislative change to do so in death or serious injury investigations, leaving it for the department to decide whether to agree to the proposal, draft legislation, and secure parliamentary time (Danny Simpson response, Oct 2022).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
As explained in the IOPC’s note to the Inquiry dated 17 September 2021 (attached), legislative change in 2020 gave this power for conduct and complaints investigations. It also explained the IOPC is seeking legislative change so that it may also do so in death or serious injury investigations. It will be for the Home Office to decide if to aree with this legislative change proposal and if so, to draft the legislation and secure parliamentary time for it. The IOPC will, of course, contribute in any consultation and assist it in any other way it can.
No formal government response published. The Home Secretary's written statement of 5 July 2022 (HCWS181), made on the day the Inquiry's final report was published, names no recommendation. No later Home Office response to this recommendation was found on GOV.UK, on the Inquiry's website or in Parliament's written statements and questions.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Home Office has been found in the sources searched (last checked 2 October 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Responsible bodies
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Who has spoken
- Independent Office for Police Conduct
Response - Home Office
Response