Police complaints march this afternoon

Publication Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010  10:17


A protest calling for more investigation into police complaints is taking place in Douglas this afternoon.

The march, organised by the Forward Thinking Program, will begin at the Bottleneck car park at two o clock.

Protestors want an independent ombudsman to be appointed to look into complaints of police corruption, harassment and victimisation

Annual police complaints more than doubled between April 2009 and March this year.

Organiser Alex Kennedy made a complaint against an officer, but doesn't believe the outcome was right [play clip]

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Alex Kennedy