HMICFRS inspections: evaluation of remote inspection methods

Published on: 29 April 2022

Publication types: Evaluation

Police Forces: Relevant to police forces

Fire and Rescue Services: Relevant to fire and rescue services

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services independently assesses and reports on the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces and fire and rescue services with the aim of encouraging improvement.

The pandemic required us to move to remote inspections, rather than on-site and face-to-face.

We evaluated how the move to remote methods went, to:

identify where improvements were required;
understand what happens when we change the way we inspect; and
consider whether inspecting remotely is something we could continue to do in the future.

This report sets out our findings.

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