Police Ordinance Amendment (Improving the Handling of Complaints of Police Violence) Bill

What does the bill do?

The bill sets a detailed procedure for investigating complaints against police officers over offenses of violence, unlawful arrests, sexual harassment and harassment. The complaints will have to be examined within six months, with an option to extend by three additional months. The bill requires filing an indictment if there is evidence of a serious offense. A police officer against whom an indictment was filed for a violent offense will be suspended immediately, and a police officer convicted of such an offense will be dismissed from the police. The bill also sets rules for limiting promotions and for dismissing police officers against whom a number of complaints have accumulated, and requires that the head of the investigation department be a retired judge.