Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) independently assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces and fire & rescue services – in the public interest.
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Cleveland Police has made notable improvements to how it protects vulnerable people, but some areas remain a concern – in particular, cases involving children and how it records domestic abuse, a report published today has found.
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The London Fire Brigade still has more work to do to fully address its failings from the Grenfell Tower fire, a new report has found.
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Today we published a letter on the London Fire Brigade’s progress against a cause of concern we gave in our inspection in 2019.
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Today we published a report on the effectiveness of Regional Organised Crime Units.
Our purpose
To promote improvements in policing and fire & rescue services to make everyone safer.
Our role
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) independently assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces and fire & rescue services – in the public interest.
In preparing our reports, we ask the questions that citizens would ask, and publish the answers in accessible form, using our expertise to interpret the evidence and make recommendations for improvement.
We provide authoritative information to allow the public to compare the performance of their police force – and, in future, their fire & rescue service – against others. Our evidence is used to drive improvements in the services they provide to the public.
Our work
The public want the police and fire & rescue services (FRSs) to succeed in their duties to keep people safe and secure. It is in the public interest that the quality of policing and fire & rescue in England, Wales and Northern Ireland keeps improving.
At HMICFRS, we inspect, monitor and report on the efficiency and effectiveness of the police and FRSs with the aim of encouraging improvement.
By providing accessible information on the performance of forces and FRSs, we allow their public, and peers, to see how they are doing. This will place pressure on those forces and FRSs requiring improvement in aspects of policing and fire & rescue to raise their game.
Who we inspect
For over 160 years, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary independently assessed and reported on the efficiency and effectiveness of police forces and policing, in the public interest.
In summer 2017, HMIC (now HMICFRS) took on inspections of England’s fire & rescue services, assessing and reporting on their efficiency, effectiveness and leadership.
Who we are
Sir Thomas Winsor
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and HM Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services
Zoë Billingham
HM Inspector of Constabulary and HM Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services
Matt Parr, CB
HM Inspector of Constabulary and HM Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services
Wendy Williams
HM Inspector of Constabulary and HM Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services