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News article  —  15 June 2018

HMICFRS has published a report which brings together what we learned from three pilot fire and rescue service inspections and through our consultation with the services, fire authorities and other interested parties.

News article  —  14 June 2018

HMICFRS has published the fourth interim report on Operation Lynemouth.

News article  —  12 June 2018

Dedication and a sense of duty by hard-working officers is masking a failure by senior leaders to adequately assess current and future demand, according to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Thomas Winsor, in his annual State of Policing report published today.

News article  —  1 June 2018

Northamptonshire Police treated those in detention respectfully and was effective in keeping many children and vulnerable adults out of detention, however, an inspection of the force’s two custody suites highlighted areas of concern said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Wendy Williams, HM Inspector of Constabulary.

News article  —  24 May 2018

On behalf of the national Rape Monitoring Group (RMG), HMICFRS has published a new interactive dashboard to enable a more thorough analysis of how rape is dealt with locally at each stage of the criminal justice system in England and Wales.

News article  —  22 May 2018

Police in Gloucestershire are working hard to prioritise the protection of children, according to a post-inspection review published today by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).

News article  —  10 May 2018

Leicestershire Police has demonstrated an improved standard of practice when it comes to keeping children safe from harm, according to a post-inspection review published today by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).

News article  —  23 April 2018

The four Criminal Justice Inspectorates have published a consultation which sets out the proposed joint inspection activity in the criminal justice system for 2018 to 2019. They invite comment from stakeholders and others to inform the finalisation of the programme.

News article  —  11 April 2018

HMICFRS has published the report of an inspection into the roles of counter-terrorism policing commanders.

News article  —  11 April 2018

Today, Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary published their 2017 PEEL assessments. PEEL is HMICFRS’s annual assessment of police forces in England and Wales. Forces are assessed throughout the year on their effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy. At the end of the year, all inspection findings, graded judgments and analysis, along with Her Majesty’s Inspectors’ professional judgments, are brought together to produce a rounded assessment of each force’s performance.