At no point have police chiefs called for complaints against them to be kept secret

The Mail on Sunday reported that police chiefs are calling for investigations into them to be kept secret; this is not the case. 

An NPCC spokesman said:

“At no point have police chiefs called for complaints against them to be kept secret or put forward any such request or proposal to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). 

“Chief constables discussed the police complaints system as part of a wider agenda item at their regular meeting in July.  As part of this discussion, chiefs raised the impact of naming chief officers at the early stages of often lengthy investigations where there is found to be no case to answer. No demands or requests for changes of policy were made or recorded in the meeting minutes, which are publicly available on our website.

“The observations made about the naming of police officers under investigation are not isolated to chief officers; the importance of proportionality in naming at the early stages of misconduct process applies to all police officers and staff.”

The minutes of Chief Constables Council are available here - http://www.npcc.police.uk/documents/CCCouncilMinutes/2016/Chief%20Constables%20Council%20Minutes%20V5%20External.pdf