Police service integrity reviews
Part of: Police ethics and accountability
Please note: In July 2017 HMIC took on responsibility for fire & rescue service inspections and was renamed HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). Inspections carried out before July 2017 may continue to refer to HMIC.
2012 – Revisiting police relationships: progress report
In 2012, HMIC conducted a review to track forces’ progress against the recommendations of our 2011 report, Without Fear or Favour. This revisit found that while forces have made some progress, particularly around putting in place processes and policies to manage threats to integrity, more needs to be done. The pace of change also needs to increase, not least to demonstrate to the public that the service is serious about managing integrity issues, which have retained a high media profile over the last year.
Read Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Read the press release for Revisiting police relationships: progress report
To see the research findings that contributed to our 2012 report please visit our data section
Force reports
Avon and Somerset Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Bedfordshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
British Transport Police Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Cambridgeshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Cheshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
City of London Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Cleveland Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Cumbria Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Derbyshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Devon and Cornwall Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Dorset Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Durham Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Dyfed-Powys Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Essex Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Gloucestershire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Greater Manchester Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Gwent Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Hampshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Hertfordshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Humberside Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Kent Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Lancashire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Leicestershire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Lincolnshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Merseyside Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Metropolitan Police Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Norfolk Revisiting police relationships: progress report
North Wales Revisiting police relationships: progress report
North Yorkshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Northamptonshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Northumbria Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Nottinghamshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
South Wales Revisiting police relationships: progress report
South Yorkshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Staffordshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Suffolk Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Surrey Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Sussex Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Thames Valley Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Warwickshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
West Mercia Revisiting police relationships: progress report
West Midlands Revisiting police relationships: progress report
West Yorkshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
Wiltshire Revisiting police relationships: progress report
2011 – Without Fear or Favour – a review of police relationships
On 20 July 2011 HMIC was formally commissioned by the Home Secretary to consider instances of undue influence, inappropriate contractual arrangements and other abuses of power in police relationships with the media and other parties and to make recommendations about what needs to be done.
HMIC’s report, ‘Without Fear or Favour – A review of police relationships’, published on 13 December 2011, looked at the system of controls that seek to prevent and tackle relationships that create a conflict of interest and therefore a risk to police impartiality. In other words, police relationships that lead to the public not being treated fairly by the police. The review included relations with the media, disclosure of information, hospitality, gratuities, procurement, contracts and business interests. HMIC examined the data (where available), systems for seeking out wrong doing, the work of governing bodies, corporate governance and oversight, training, intelligence and enforcement.
Read Without Fear or Favour – A review of police relationships
Read the press release for Without Fear or Favour – A review of police relationships
To see the research findings that contributed to our 2011 report please visit our data section
You can see the Review’s terms of reference here.