Police commendations totaled 52,163 in 1993, an 18- percent increase over 1992 and 30 percent more than in 1991. The total includes 50,896 marks of appreciation from sources that ranged from individual members of the public to the Royal Family, various public bodies, and businesses. In 1993, police forces received 22,327 complaint cases, only 2.7 percent more than in 1992, compared with a 5.1-percent increase between 1991 and 1992. A total of 10,126 complaints were informally resolved in England and Wales (over 29 percent of all completed complaints). Cases either withdrawn or granted a dispensation by the Police Complaints Authority numbered 14,284 (41 percent of the total). A total of 750 complaints were substantiated (2.1 percent of the total). Officers convicted of criminal offenses numbered 289; 49 were convictions for nontraffic offenses. One or more disciplinary charges were proved against 485 officers. A total of 18 people died in police custody or while otherwise with the police. 3 figures and 15 tables