although this might sound like conspiracy theory I am a former Civil Servant and know a fair bit about how things work from the inside.
I know it would be trivial for a combination of ex-coppers and pro-police/authoritarian right wing anti public sector types provided they have academic qualifications to get past selection processes to infiltrate a organisation such as the IPCC and essentially get themselves paid to undermine it..
another issue is Whitehall is a nice earner for a young ambitious graduate. Many people will do anything to hold on to a whitehall job and citizens come second.
