Guidelines for the website of the Police Complaints Authority

On this page you can read about the information that the Police Complaints Authority is obliged to make available on its website.

Pursuant to Section 17 of the Danish Open Administration Act the more centralised administrative authorities must publish information about their activities on the authority’s website. Similarly, it stipulates that the administrative authority must provide guidelines regarding the aforementioned duty of information that follows from the provision in Section 17. The content of the guidelines will depend on the nature of the individual authority and the tasks it performs.

The following information must be provided on the website of the Police Complaints Authority

  1. information about the tasks performed by the Police Complaints Authority and a summary of practice in the authority’s case areas,
  2. organisational and financial matters, 
  3. the vision and mission of the Police Complaints Authority,
  4. laws and regulations that form the basis for the activities of the Police Complaints Authority,
  5. the annual reports of the Police Complaints Authority,
  6. guidance for the public on the handling of police complaint cases, as well as a complaint/report form,
  7. news and press releases, including information about the current, specific cases of the Police Complaints Authority of a certain significance, which must be considered to be of public interest,
  8. contact details of the Police Complaints Authority as well as opening and telephone hours.