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Criminal justice joint inspections, Joint inspection  —  12 November 2015

This report sets out the findings of a review of the quality of criminal case files. It examines how effective the police are in providing accurate information of the circumstances of the case, identifying the vulnerability of victims and witnesses, and assessing and managing risks so the needs of witnesses and victims are met.

Data, Rape Monitoring Group  —  5 November 2015

On behalf of the national Rape Monitoring Group (RMG), HMIC has published 42 local area digests to provide a data set to enable more thorough analysis of how rape is dealt with in a particular area of England and Wales.

Efficiency, PEEL  —  20 October 2015

As part of a new annual inspection of police forces in England and Wales, HMIC has published a thematic and individual force reports on the findings of inspections of policing efficiency. The reports are concerned with the question: How efficient are the police at keeping people safe and reducing crime?

Stop and search  —  20 August 2015

In March 2015, HMIC published ‘Stop and search powers 2: are the police using them effectively and fairly?’. This report looked at the progress forces had made since the previous stop and search report, ‘Stop and Search Powers: Are the police using them effectively and fairly?’, published in 2013.

Child protection  —  2 July 2015

Dealing with child sexual exploitation in a virtual world requires a different style of policing from the conventional methods of the past. This report sets out findings from an inspection of the police service’s efforts to tackle online child sexual exploitation, and concludes that forces need to better understand the nature and potential scale of the this type of offending to ensure that more is done to protect children from harm, and bring perpetrators to justice.

Speech  —  1 July 2015

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, gave a speech at The Centre for Social Justice about the role HMIC plays in helping to promote the well-being of vulnerable people when they come into contact with the police.

Stop and search  —  24 March 2015

This report sets out the findings of an inspection into the progress made by forces since HMIC’s 2013 stop and search report and addresses the Home Secretary’s new commission for HMIC to examine the way the police use powers to stop motor vehicles and strip search people.

Data, Rape Monitoring Group  —  12 March 2015

On behalf of the national Rape Monitoring Group (RMG), HMIC has published 42 local area digests to provide a data set to enable more thorough analysis of how rape is dealt with in a particular area of England and Wales.

30 January 2015

This report sets out our findings on the arrangements that police forces have in place to ensure police act honestly and with integrity, and on the capability of police forces in England and Wales to respond to complaints, internal reports and intelligence about misconduct and corruption.

Joint inspection  —  18 December 2014

This report sets out the findings from our inspection of both the police service’s adherence to the Achieving Best Evidence (ABE) Guidance and Crown Prosecution Service’s evidential use of the resultant ABE recorded interview.