Publications

Publication  —  Value for money  —  26 March 2015

This report sets out the progress made by Gwent Police since the publication of the Policing in Austerity: Meeting the Challenge report was published in 2014.

Publication  —  Stop and search  —  24 March 2015

This report sets out the findings of an inspection into the progress made by forces since HMIC’s 2013 stop and search report and addresses the Home Secretary’s new commission for HMIC to examine the way the police use powers to stop motor vehicles and strip search people.

Publication  —  Business Plans, Inspection programmes  —  23 March 2015

This document sets out HMIC’s inspection programme and resources for the year ahead.

Publication  —  Business Plans  —  20 March 2015

The four criminal justice (CJ) inspectorates – of Constabulary, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Prisons and Probation – have a history of working together to inspect elements of the criminal justice system (CJS), to spur improvements in specific and/or general service delivery to the public.

Publication  —  Crime recording  —  19 March 2015

Commissioned by David Ford, Minister of Justice for Northern Ireland, this report looks at how the PSNI records crime in line with the Home Office Counting Rules.

Publication  —  Value for money  —  19 March 2015

Commissioned by David Ford, Minister of Justice for Northern Ireland, this report looks at how the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has managed the considerable challenges to make savings from 2010 to 2014.

Publication  —  Criminal justice joint inspections, Custody suites  —  18 March 2015

This report is one of a series on police custody inspections carried out jointly by HMI Prisons and HMIC. The inspections look at strategy, treatment and conditions, individual rights and health care. They also contribute to the United Kingdom’s response to its international obligation to ensure regular and independent inspection of all places of detention.

Publication  —  National Crime Agency  —  12 March 2015

This report lays out the findings of the first HMIC inspection into the efficiency and effectiveness of the National Crime Agency in leading the UK’s fight against serious and organised crime.

Publication  —  Data, Rape Monitoring Group  —  12 March 2015

On behalf of the national Rape Monitoring Group (RMG), HMIC has published 42 local area digests to provide a data set to enable more thorough analysis of how rape is dealt with in a particular area of England and Wales.

Publication  —  Custody suites  —  10 March 2015

In January 2014, the Home Secretary commissioned HMIC to conduct a thematic inspection on the welfare of vulnerable people in police custody “including, but not limited to, those with mental health problems, those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds and children”.