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News article  —  4 February 2020

Children sexually abused by family members are going unseen and unheard in too many cases, while abusers evade justice, according to a new report.

News article  —  23 January 2020

A joint report published by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and HMICFRS has concluded that the handling of evidence led domestic abuse prosecutions requires improvement.

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  —  18 December 2019

Today, Ofsted published a report with findings from a joint inspection of multi-agency arrangements for responding to children’s mental health in Milton Keynes. The inspection was undertaken by HMICFRS, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission and HMI Probation.

News article  —  31 October 2019

HMICFRS has published the latest Value for Money profiles, which provide comparative data on a wide range of policing activities for each police force in England and Wales.

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  —  27 September 2019

HMICFRS has today published our findings for the second group of 14 forces inspected in the PEEL 2018/19 assessment, and Cleveland Police, which we inspected in the third group. The first 14 forces findings were published in May 2019. In early 2020, we will publish the findings from inspections in the remaining 14 forces in England and Wales.

News article  —  27 September 2019

Police forces need to do more to ensure they are able to detect and root-out ‘abuse of position for a sexual purpose’ by officers and staff, HMICFRS has said in a report published today.

News article  —  3 September 2019

Police forces do not always identify the best candidates for senior leadership positions because of questionable selection procedures, according to a new report.

News article  —  29 August 2019

The number of rape charges has decreased, despite an increase in the amount of rapes reported, data released today shows.