Complaints Against Police Office

Complaints Against Police Office
Traditional Chinese	投訴警察課
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Tàuh sou gíng chaat fo
Jyutping	Tau4 sou3 ging2 chaat3 fo3

Complaints Against Police Office; Chinese: 投訴警察課
Abbreviation	CAPO
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Hong Kong
Operational structure
Headquarters	G/F, Annex Block, Caine House, 3 Arsenal Street, Wanchai
Agency executive	LAW, Shui Sum, Senior Superintendent of Police;
Parent agency	Hong Kong Police Force
Website
	Official website

The Complaints Against Police Office (CAPO) is a unit within the Hong Kong Police Force that handles complaints against the force's officers. The Office is part of the Complaints and Internal Investigations Branch of the force's Service Quality Wing.

All reviews conducted by CAPO are monitored by the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC).

In 2006 to 2008, 325 police officers were disciplined on substantiation of the complaints against them. Of these, 292 were given advice, 12 given warnings, 12 cautioned, two reprimanded, six severely reprimanded and one dismissed subsequent to criminal conviction.

There have been criticisms that CAPO lacks credibility and transparency in handling complaints against the police, and also that the IPCC has limited monitoring power.[1]

References

Police complaints system - Government press release quoting reply by the Secretary for Security in LegCo, 14 January 09

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[1] Police complaints system - Government press release quoting reply by the Secretary for Security in LegCo, 14 January 09