Abuse of position for a sexual purpose

Published on: 5 October 2017

Publication types: Legitimacy and PEEL

Police Forces: All local forces in England and Wales

Summary

In our 2016 legitimacy inspections, a national cause of concern was identified in forces’ ability to seek intelligence on potential abuse of position for sexual gain.

HMICFRS recommended that all forces should have started to implement a plan to achieve the capability and capacity required to seek intelligence on potential abuse of position for sexual gain.

In 2017, we reviewed all plans and associated documentation provided by forces in response to this recommendation. Each force was sent a letter setting out our assessment of its individual plans.

This national report sets out an overview of our findings, including national work to address the recommendation.

Get the national overview

Abuse of position for a sexual purpose – A review of forces’ plans in response to our PEEL legitimacy 2016 national report recommendation (PDF document)

Get the press release

Insufficient progress on police force plans to tackle the abuse of position for a sexual purpose

Get the force reports

Abuse of position assessment letter – Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Bedfordshire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Cheshire Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – City of London Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Cleveland Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Cumbria Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Derbyshire Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Devon and Cornwall Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Dorset Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Durham Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Dyfed-Powys Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Essex Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Gloucestershire Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Greater Manchester Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Gwent Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Hampshire Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Hertfordshire Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Humberside Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Kent Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Lancashire Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Leicestershire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Lincolnshire

Abuse of position assessment letter – Merseyside Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Metropolitan Police Service

Abuse of position assessment letter – Norfolk Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – North Wales Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – North Yorkshire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Northamptonshire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Northumbria Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Nottinghamshire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – South Wales Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – South Yorkshire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Staffordshire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Suffolk Constabulary

Abuse of position assessment letter – Surrey Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Sussex Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Thames Valley Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Warwickshire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – West Mercia Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – West Midlands Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – West Yorkshire Police

Abuse of position assessment letter – Wiltshire Police

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