Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

The complainant requested investigation reports into the conduct of the deceased former police officer Warren Arter, formerly a serving officer in the Metropolitan Police Service. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (“IOPC”) withheld the information, under section 30(1)(a)(i) FOIA: investigations and proceedings. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 30(1)(a)(i) is engaged, and the balance of the public interest favours the exemption being maintained. The Commissioner does not require the IOPC to take any steps.