Police news

News article  —  11 December 2014

This inspection examined child protection in Great Manchester Police in July 2014. It is part of a rolling programme of inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.

News article  —  10 December 2014

HMIC has published its report into the effectiveness and efficiency of the single counter-terrorism grant in the East Midlands region.

News article  —  9 December 2014

Police custody in South Yorkshire had improved, and was positive overall, but the force needed to focus on improving risk assessments, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary. Today they published the report of an unannounced inspection.

News article  —  18 November 2014

The national average rate of under-recording of crime is almost one in five, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has found in its report, ‘Crime Recording: Making the Victim Count’.

News article  —  7 November 2014

In September 2013, we inspected 18 forces as part of our three-year programme to examine the arrangements that forces have in place to meet the strategic policing requirement. These reports set out what we found.

News article  —  31 October 2014

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

News article  —  28 October 2014

HMIC has today published an inspection report into the child protection work carried out by West Midlands Police, following an inspection in June 2014.

News article  —  16 October 2014

In September 2013, we inspected 18 forces as part of our three-year programme to examine the arrangements that forces have in place to meet the strategic policing requirement. These reports set out what we found.

News article  —  7 October 2014

Despite some good individual care for detainees, the lack of improvement in police custody suites in Bedfordshire was disappointing, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary.

News article  —  30 September 2014

Practice varied across British Transport Police custody suites, but overall detainees were properly cared for, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection.