Abuse of position assessment - West Midlands Police

Published on: 5 October 2017

Publication types: Legitimacy and PEEL

Police Forces: West Midlands

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 letter was sent to West Midlands Police’s chief constable, setting out our assessment of their force’s plan.

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Abuse of position assessment letter – West Midlands Police

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

Get the press release

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

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