Large-scale policing
Large-scale policing involves protecting people from terrorism and public disorder on a national scale. HMICFRS inspects police forces’ preparedness for large-scale and national incidents.
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Specific reviews
In June 2014, the five East Midlands police and crime commissioners commissioned HMIC to inspect the effectiveness and efficiency of the single counter-terrorism grant for the region. The report found good evidence that the single counter-terrorism grant arrangement was a more efficient and effective use of public money than previous separate grant arrangements. Read ‘An…
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, Specific reviews
In July 2013, the police and crime commissioners (PCCs) for the East Midlands region (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire) commissioned HMIC to conduct a review of the arrangements for collaboration between the five forces in the region. The purpose of the commission was: “to provide [the PCCs] with high-level assurance on the overall approach…
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat
2015 inspection of firearms licensing In May 2013, the Association of Chief Police Officers’ Firearms and Explosive Licensing Working Group invited us to inspect firearms licensing. In July 2013, the Home Secretary gave approval for us to examine how well police forces had responded to concerns raised about firearms licensing in previous reports published by…
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat
Events over recent years have shown the need for the emergency services to work together as effectively as possible during major, serious or catastrophic incidents or events. However, reviews following major incidents such as the July 2005 London bombings, the wide-area floods across the UK in 2014, and the shooting of 12 people in Cumbria…
Our Work — Large-scale policing
In early 2013, 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, 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. Victims and offenders are often remote from one another, as are the agencies that tackle fraud. Unlike other crimes, there is a national process for…
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat, Specific reviews
Inspection of the policing of public protests In October 2020, the Home Secretary commissioned HMICFRS to inspect how effectively the police manage protests. Getting the balance right? An inspection of how effectively the police deal with protests – March 2021 Following the Home Secretary’s commission, we inspected ten police forces with recent experience of policing…
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat
August 2011 saw a new departure in major public disturbances in England: widespread, fast-moving and opportunistic riots and criminal attacks on property, loosely organised using social media, and sometimes involving alliances between normally rival gangs. After a long period of relative peace, this presented an exceptional challenge for conventional police training, tactics and organisational capacity,…