The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020

Register to be kept by the Director General

45.—(1) The Director General must maintain a register of all information provided to the Director General by a local policing body or chief officer under Part 2 of the 2002 Act.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Director General may publish or otherwise disclose to any person any information held on the register where, in the opinion of the Director General, that is necessary for or conducive to the purpose of—

(a) learning lessons from the handling of complaints, conduct matters or DSI matters;

(b) demonstrating the thoroughness and effectiveness of the handling of complaints or such matters;

(c) raising public awareness of the complaints system, or

(d) improving the complaints system.

(3) Information may not be published or disclosed in circumstances where, in the opinion of the Director General, the non-disclosure of the information is necessary for a purpose mentioned in regulation 35(3) (exceptions to duties to keep the complainant and interested person informed).