(i) the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration of possible criminal prosecution; (ii) the Inspector-General of Police for disciplinary action or other administrative action; or (iii) the Anti-Corruption Commission or any other relevant body or authority. 162. The PPCA has the power to investigate all complaints referred to it by – (a) an aggrieved person directly or indirectly affected by police action; (b) an association acting in the interests of its members; and (c) a person acting on behalf of an aggrieved person, body or organization. 163. So far the PPCA has received 825 complaints and made 45 rulings in which, 13 officers involved were found to have abused their authority and dismissed from the Police Service. The cases before the PPCA range from false imprisonment, unlawful detention to abuse of authority by individual police officers. D. FACTORS AND DIFFICULTIES 164. The State party regrets that acts of arbitrary deprivation of life may occur in its territory at the hands of overzealous individuals acting in their own capacity. 80

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