Calls grow for radical reform of Chile's national police force

The Carabineros face 8,500 allegations of human rights abuses in the past year

Damning allegations of human rights abuses, cover-ups and impunity have prompted growing calls for a root-and-branch reform of Chile's national police force, known as the Carabineros.

The force has been accused of a string of abuses since the outbreak of widespread protests a year ago - most recently when an officer was caught on camera bundling a 16-year-old demonstrator over the railings of a bridge in Santiago.