IPSO can undertake a standards investigation to investigate where it has serious concerns about the behaviour or actions of one or more of its members. IPSO’s Board makes the decision about whether or not to launch a standards investigation after looking at information gathered by staff on complaints, the whistleblowing hotline and members of the public.
IPSO may require that a standards investigation takes place where:
IPSO can impose one or more of the following sanctions if it decides that the concerns are sufficiently serious: