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News article  —  30 January 2017

The Armed Forces Act 2011 places a duty on Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to inspect and report on the independence and effectiveness of investigations carried out by each police force for the armed services. This reports sets out the findings of an inspection in to the leadership of the Royal Air Force Police.

News article  —  26 January 2017

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has today published the report of inspection, carried out in July 2016, of the child protection work undertaken by Cumbria Police. These inspections are part of a rolling programme of child protection inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.

News article  —  20 January 2017

HMIC has launched a consultation which welcomes views on our proposed inspection activity for the coming year. The consultation will be open until Friday 24 February 2017.

News article  —  21 December 2016

Police custody in Avon and Somerset had improved, but progress had been slow and further work was required, said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary. Today they published the report of an unannounced inspection. Get the report Avon and Somerset – Joint inspection of police custody The inspection…

News article  —  8 December 2016

Police forces are good at treating the majority of people fairly and reinforcing high standards of behaviour, but police leaders need to do much more to tackle the serious problem of the abuse of authority resulting in the sexual exploitation of victims, according to a report published today by HMIC.

News article  —  7 December 2016

Committed staff and managers had made further improvements to police custody in West Yorkshire and detainees were generally held safely and decently, said Martin Lomas, Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary.

News article  —  25 November 2016

Fundamental deficiencies in the way that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) understands and responds to child abuse and sexual exploitation is putting children in London at risk, according to a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.

News article  —  25 November 2016

Police custody in South Wales had improved and the force seemed committed to sustaining those improvements, said Martin Lomas, Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary. Today they published the report of an unannounced inspection.

News article  —  21 November 2016

On Wednesday 16 November 2016, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Thomas Winsor, addressed the Annual Joint APCC and NPCC Conference on Police Reform.

News article  —  17 November 2016

HMIC has published the latest value for money profiles which provide comparative data on a wide range of policing activities.