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News article  —  14 July 2020

Today we published the findings of our inspection of the National Crime Agency’s criminal intelligence function.

News article  —  2 July 2020

Chief Inspector of Constabulary: 43-force model needs reform; police need secure investment conditions to get ahead of crime; Home office hands-on policy necessary for efficiency

News article  —  10 January 2020

Police forces and the National Crime Agency have successfully improved their understanding of ‘county lines’ drug offending, according to a new report. However, current policing models are too disjointed to allow for the most effective response.

News article  —  24 October 2019

Police forces and the National Crime Agency are generally effective at tackling cyber-dependent crime, according to a new report. However, there are too many local variations in the response to a national threat.

News article  —  4 July 2019

Profound and far-reaching aspects of police reform are needed, or services face unacceptable compromises in quality of service levels of public safety, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary has warned.

News article  —  24 January 2019

HMICFRS and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate carried out a joint inspection to assess whether the National Crime Agency has made improvements in how it deals with applications to search premises and obtain productions orders, following recommendations in a 2015 review.

News article  —  12 July 2018

New inspections into hate crime, county lines and older people in the justice system, are central to the programme and framework of policing inspections published today by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services.

News article  —  12 July 2018

In a written ministerial statement laid before Parliament today, the Home Secretary published HMICFRS’s fourth inspection of the National Crime Agency.

News article  —  12 June 2018

Dedication and a sense of duty by hard-working officers is masking a failure by senior leaders to adequately assess current and future demand, according to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Thomas Winsor, in his annual State of Policing report published today.

News article  —  1 December 2017

This is HMICFRS’ third inspection of the National Crime Agency. We looked at the capability and capacity of three related teams: the specialist operations centre; crime operational support; and the serious crime analysis section.