IPCC to take over investigation into complaint against van officers

The IPPC are to independently investigate a complaint by Claris Powell, made following the jury’s verdict at the Inquest into the death of her son, Mikey, in a police van on the way to a police station.

The IPCC have upheld the appeal of Mikey’s mother, Claris Powell, against the refusal of the West Midlands Police Authority to record her complaint against the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police. On 16 June 2011 the IPCC directed the Police Authority to record the complaint. The Police Authority should now investigate it.

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March 2007

There was the familiar opening of a press statement issued by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) on 30th March 2007; “The Independent Police Complaints Commission has confirmed that none of the West Midlands police officers acquitted of criminal offences following the death of Michael Powell, 38, in police custody on…[Read more]

December 2010

Claris Powell, mother of Mikey Powell, has made a police complaint that the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police has misled the Police Authority in his report on the inquest into the death of Mikey Powell and failed to take any action as a result of the verdict. Mikey Powell was handcuffed by police and put on the floor of a…[Read more]