Large-scale policing
Our Work — Large-scale policing
HMICFRS’s work on counter terrorism policing is designed to identify best practice, and help improve counter terrorism policing and the management of risk at the highest levels.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Protecting people from violence and abuse
‘County lines’ is a term used to describe crimes involving gangs and organised criminal networks moving illegal drugs around the UK. Typically, this will involve moving drugs out from large cities and urban areas to sell in rural communities.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat
Firearms are lethal weapons. The decision whether someone may possess a firearm rests with the police and, ultimately, the courts. We inspect how well police forces carry out their firearms licensing responsibilities.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Protecting people online, Victims and resolutions
Fraud is a unique type of crime. There is more of it than there is of other crimes, it is often complex and it has no respect for jurisdictional boundaries. In 2018, HMICFRS inspected the effectiveness of the police response to fraud, including online fraud.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat
The Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles aim to “ensure the blue light services are trained and exercised to work together as effectively as possible at all levels of command in response to major or complex incidents (including fast moving terrorist scenarios) so that as many lives as possible can be saved.”
Our Work — Large-scale policing
In early 2013, HMICFRS (then HMIC) carried out an inspection of police force compliance with the ‘Memorandum of Understanding between the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) and the Police Forces and Partner Law Enforcement Agencies of England and Wales’.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat, Specific reviews
In October 2020, the Home Secretary commissioned HMICFRS to inspect how effectively the police manage protests. We inspected ten police forces with recent experience of policing protests and consulted a wide range of other bodies, including protest groups and – through a survey of over 2,000 people – the general public.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Protecting people from violence and abuse
As part of our overall police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy inspections, we inspect how well police forces and regional organised crime units tackle serious and organised crime.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Protecting people online
The Strategic Policing Requirement requires that police forces are capable of dealing with terrorism, civil emergencies, organised crime, threats to public order, and large-scale cyber incidents. We inspected how prepared the police are for all of these national threats.