Dear Independent Police Conduct Authority,

I request information for the past 10 years of the number of complaints about police handling of unlawful sexual connection and rape complaints.

I ask that that these numbers by categorised both by year and further categorised by police district.

I also ask that this information be broken down into what kind of complaint is being made to the IPCA, be it Police misconduct, neglect of duty, Police practices, policies or procedures.

While I do not expect any identifying details to be present in this information, should there be I ask that you redact identifying details and still release the information.

I request this information urgently and as a matter of public interest. For police to be publically accountable, the public must know the extent and frequency to which sexual assault related cases are handled in a way that would provoke a formal complaint. I ask that you release this information as soon as practicably possible and no later.

Yours faithfully,

K Gillies