Policing on the beat
Our Work — Policing on the beat
We carried out inspections, in 2010 and 2012, to examine how well police forces in England and Wales understand and respond to their local anti-social behaviour (ASB) problems. Anti-social behaviour inspections are part of the PEEL programme. 2012 inspection The 2012 inspection repeated the main elements of the 2010 review, so that we could track…
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat
Between 2015 and 2020, HMICFRS carried out a programme of work to test whether crimes were being recorded by the police when they should be and categorised correctly. The crime data integrity inspections are part of the PEEL programme. Rolling programme of crime data integrity inspections After 55 inspections and follow-up reviews, this rolling programme…
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat
The process for determining overall graded judgments for the crime data integrity (CDI) programme consists of three stages. These were updated in 2017 to marginally reduce, and broaden, the recording rates needed to enable each judgment to be applied. We also separated the 16 judgment criteria of this inspection into three core questions for which…
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat
The Home Secretary uses these powers to require chief constables to give regular data on the number of crimes they record. This data must be recorded in accordance with the Home Office Counting Rules. These rules aim to bring more consistency to the process of creating and maintaining crime records at force level.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat
2015 inspection of firearms licensing In May 2013, the Association of Chief Police Officers’ Firearms and Explosive Licensing Working Group invited us to inspect firearms licensing. In July 2013, the Home Secretary gave approval for us to examine how well police forces had responded to concerns raised about firearms licensing in previous reports published by…
Our Work — Policing on the beat, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
Living in a different world: Joint review of disability hate crime – 2013 This joint inspection assessed how the police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and probation trusts deal with crimes against disabled people. This involved reviewing how the three agencies work and revealed problems in the detection and recording of crimes targeted against people because…
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat
Events over recent years have shown the need for the emergency services to work together as effectively as possible during major, serious or catastrophic incidents or events. However, reviews following major incidents such as the July 2005 London bombings, the wide-area floods across the UK in 2014, and the shooting of 12 people in Cumbria…
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat, Specific reviews
Inspection of the policing of public protests In October 2020, the Home Secretary commissioned HMICFRS to inspect how effectively the police manage protests. Getting the balance right? An inspection of how effectively the police deal with protests – March 2021 Following the Home Secretary’s commission, we inspected ten police forces with recent experience of policing…
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Policing on the beat
In July 2020, we announced our intention to inspect the police response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our inspection took a snapshot of policing and assessed what happened from March to November 2020. We consulted many interested parties about the aspects of policing that our inspection should cover. Our inspection focused on: preparation for the pandemic;…
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat
August 2011 saw a new departure in major public disturbances in England: widespread, fast-moving and opportunistic riots and criminal attacks on property, loosely organised using social media, and sometimes involving alliances between normally rival gangs. After a long period of relative peace, this presented an exceptional challenge for conventional police training, tactics and organisational capacity,…