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News article  —  19 December 2014

Police custody in Durham was generally positive, but too many people with mental health issues were brought into custody instead of taken to health facilities, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary.

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  —  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  —  4 September 2014

A member of the public will receive a different response from the police for the same kind of crime or incident, depending on where they live, a report from HMIC found today.

News article  —  22 July 2014

Police forces in England and Wales have met the financial challenge of the spending review – crime continues to fall, victim satisfaction is up, and forces are protecting their front line services as best they can, an HMIC report found today.