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News article  —  11 February 2015

HMIC has today published an inspection report into the child protection work carried out by Nottinghamshire Police, following an inspection in September 2014. This is part of a rolling programme of child protection inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.

News article  —  6 February 2015

Other than in health care, standards had not improved at police custody suites in Kent, which was disappointing, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary.

News article  —  4 February 2015

Crown Prosecutors are failing to provide a much needed specialist role prosecuting fatal road traffic incidents largely because of a lack of tailor-made training.

News article  —  30 January 2015

Police forces have made significant progress in putting in place the processes to prevent and tackle corruption, according to a report launched today by HMIC, and this is in part due to strong leadership being demonstrated by senior police officers.

News article  —  28 January 2015

HMIC has launched a consultation which welcomes views on our proposed inspection activity for the coming year. The consultation will be open until Wednesday 25 February 2015.

News article  —  15 January 2015

Youth offending teams were playing an important part in the Troubled Families (TF) programme in their work to reduce reoffending by young people, but needed to address some practical issues, according to independent inspectors. Today they published the report of an inspection of the work of youth offending teams (YOTs) in developing and delivering their local TF schemes.

News article  —  13 January 2015

This inspection examined child protection in West Yorkshire Police in August 2014. It is part of a rolling programme of inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.

News article  —  5 January 2015

The statement made this morning by the Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales in relation to my remarks about the police response to crime is regrettably intemperate and wholly misconceived.

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  —  19 December 2014

Youth offending teams and staff in secure establishments were working hard with girls who commit criminal offences to reduce reoffending and reduce the risk the girls posed. However, many of those girls had potentially been exposed to sexual exploitation in the community and staff needed to be better equipped to deal with it, according to independent inspectors.