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Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found that progress has been made but that further improvements are required to the way legacy investigation work is carried out, as the challenge for enhancing public trust and confidence continues.

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Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary is publishing today its report of an inspection into British Transport Police on police integrity and corruption. It examines the extent to which the force has put in place arrangements to ensure that its workforce acts with integrity.

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Implementation of a planned new structure for police custody in the Metropolitan Police Service should support standardisation and improvements in Barnet, Brent and Harrow, said Martin Lomas, Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary.

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In March 2014, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary reported concerns about how Bedfordshire Police tackled domestic abuse. HMIC was concerned with how the force operated in certain areas and recommended improvements it should make.

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A report which scrutinises how well the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) make decisions around charging suspects indicates that there has been improvement in how they both make charging decisions. Pre-charge bail is now better managed by the police, and the digital transfer of information has speeded up some parts of the process.

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Police custody in Cleveland was generally positive, but needed to make some further improvements, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary. Today they published the report of an unannounced inspection.

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A follow up review into how the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the probation service deal with disability hate crime reports that all three organisations have failed to comply and act on recommendations made in a previous report from March 2013.

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There were some weaknesses in the management of police custody in Warwickshire and West Mercia, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary. Today they published the report of an unannounced inspection.

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Police custody in North Wales had improved and was generally positive, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary. Today they published the report of an unannounced inspection.

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The most recent crime and victim satisfaction data have been published on HMIC’s Crime and Policing Comparator. These data cover the 12 months to December 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.