Police Complaints Board
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For similarly named organisations, see List of police complaints authorities.
The Police Complaints Board (PCB) was the British government organisation tasked with overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales from 1 June 1977 until it was replaced by the Police Complaints Authority on 29 April 1985.
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Abbreviation | PCB |
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Formation | June 1977 |
Legal status | Former non-departmental public body |
Purpose | Complaints about the English and Welsh police forces |
Region served | England & Wales |
Parent organization | Home Office |
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Like its replacement, the Police Complaints Authority, its successor the Independent Police Complaints Commission, and the present Independent Office for Police Conduct, the Police Complaints Board was operationally independent of the British police.