Police publications

Publication  —  Effectiveness, Efficiency, National Crime Agency, PEEL  —  National Crime Agency  —  12 November 2020

HMICFRS inspected the National Crime Agency as part of our PEEL inspections. See our recommendations.

Publication  —  Terms of reference  —  Greater Manchester  —  19 October 2020

In July 2020 HM Inspector Phil Gormley wrote to the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to inform the force of HMICFRS’s intention to carry out a Victim Service Assessment.

Publication  —  Protest, Terms of reference  —  Avon and Somerset, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, City of London, Cleveland, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, Dyfed-Powys, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Gwent, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Metropolitan, Norfolk, North Wales, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, South Wales, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley, Warwickshire, West Mercia, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire  —  5 October 2020

In October 2020, the Home Secretary commissioned HMICFRS to inspect how effectively the police manage protests.

Publication  —  Inspection  —  St Helena  —  25 September 2020

In 2019, His Excellency, The Governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha invited HMICFRS to inspect the St Helena Police Service.

Publication  —  Effectiveness, Efficiency, Legitimacy  —  Police Service of Northern Ireland  —  10 September 2020

On 6 January 2020, the Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) commissioned us to complete an inspection of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. This inspection focused on the legitimacy of the service and provides an update on its effectiveness and efficiency.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  Gwent  —  2 September 2020

Summary Between 2 and 6 December 2019, Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW), HMICFRS, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, HMI Probation and Estyn carried out a joint inspection of the multiagency response to abuse and neglect in Newport. This inspection included an evaluation of how local services responded to child exploitation. This was the pilot inspection for Joint inspection…

Publication  —  Crime recording  —  Northamptonshire  —  31 July 2020

In November 2015, HMICFRS announced that it would inspect forces’ crime-recording practices in a rolling programme of every force in England and Wales. This rolling programme will be completed over a period of several years and will report on the progress made by forces since the 2014 crime data integrity inspection. This report sets out the findings of an inspection of Northamptonshire Police.

Publication  —  Crime recording  —  Dorset  —  24 July 2020

In November 2015, HMICFRS announced that it would inspect forces’ crime-recording practices in a rolling programme of every force in England and Wales. This rolling programme will be completed over a period of several years and will report on the progress made by forces since the 2014 crime data integrity inspection. This report sets out the findings of an inspection of Dorset Police.

Publication  —  Crime recording  —  South Yorkshire  —  24 July 2020

During our South Yorkshire Police Crime Data Integrity inspection, in May 2018, we identified a cause of concern about crime recording arrangements. We revisited South Yorkshire in January 2020 to complete an audit of incident records.

Publication  —  Crime recording  —  Avon and Somerset  —  24 July 2020

During our Avon and Somerset Constabulary Crime Data Integrity inspection, in July 2016, we identified crime recording arrangements required improvement. We revisited Avon and Somerset in January 2020 to assess the progress made since that report.