Premier Mike Baird plans to overhaul the NSW police force's "unsatisfactory" oversight processes with an inquiry into the police bugging scandal due to hand down its report on Wednesday morning.
A re-elected coalition government will consider establishing a single civilian agency to oversee police conduct, Mr Baird is expected to announce on Wednesday.
"We trust the police with protecting public safety and upholding the rule of law, and they do an outstanding job," Mr Baird said.
"However, the current system for reviewing complaints against police officers is complex and unsatisfactory, with overlapping responsibilities, duplication and a lack of clarity over responsibility."
Mr Baird's announcement will coincide with the release of an upper house inquiry report into the state's police bugging scandal.
The report is expected to recommend the role of police oversight be handed to a newly created single agency, Fairfax Media says.
Mr Baird says he will appoint former shadow attorney-general Andrew Tink to look at options for establishing a single civilian oversight model for police.
The parliamentary committee has heard sensational evidence into the conduct of Operation Prospect - Ombudsman Bruce Barbour's continuing, two-year probe into the events around a 15-year-old police internal affairs operation, Operation Mascot, which bugged more than 100 officers, including Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas.
Mr Kaldas and Commissioner Andrew Scipione have separately told the inquiry there were too many bodies investigating police conduct.
Mr Tink's review is expected to be completed by August, should the Baird government be returned at the March 28 election.
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