The Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission is a statutory position which oversees the Police Integrity Commission

Police Integrity Commission

The Police Integrity Commission was established in 1996 upon the recommendation of the Royal Commission in to the New South Wales Police Service. The commission is a corporation established by the New South Wales Government to prevent, detect and investigate alleged serious misconduct in the New...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, a state of Australia

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The principal functions of the inspector are to:

• audit the operations of the commission for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the law;
• deal with complaints of abuse of power, impropriety and other forms of misconduct on the part of the commission or officers of the commission by reporting upon them; and
• assessing the effectiveness and appropriateness of the procedures of the Commission relating

to the legality or propriety of its activities.

The Hon M D Ireland QC was appointed as the first inspector on 12 June 2002.

On 1 September 2005 the Hon James Wood QC was appointed as the inspector.