Specific reviews
Police and crime commissioners and the Home Secretary can commission HMICFRS inspections. Commissions tend to focus on reviews of police responses to specific incidents or reviews of local policing arrangements.
Our Work — Police engagement with women and girls, Specific reviews
Super-complaints provide a voice for designated bodies to raise concerns on behalf of the public about patterns or trends in policing that are, or appear to be, significantly harming the interests of the public. On 19 March 2019 we received a super-complaint from the Centre for Women’s Justice. This super-complaint is about the police use of…
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 — International and specialist agencies, Specific reviews
This inspection has been carried out at the request of the British Transport Police Authority and was conducted by HM Inspector Mr Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM, MBA, MA (Oxon), CCMI.
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat, Specific reviews
The police and crime commissioner for Kent commissioned an inspection to determine whether the people of Kent can have confidence in Kent Police’s crime figures.
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 — Police engagement with women and girls, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Specific reviews
At the request of the Chief Constable (and with the agreement of the police and crime commissioner), we examined whether risks to victims of domestic abuse are now being well managed in Essex. The inspection also examined whether our concerns that the significant resources Essex Police invested in tackling domestic abuse had a detrimental effect…
Our Work — Specific reviews
In 2019, HMICFRS was commissioned by the Mayor’s Office of Greater Manchester Combined Authority to inspect the implementation of their new integrated ICT system, at the request of Greater Manchester Police’s chief constable.
Our Work — Protecting people from violence and abuse, Specific reviews
HMICFRS inspection following the East London Inquests of the deaths of the victims of Stephen Port.
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Specific reviews
In 2007, the Deputy Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) invited HMIC to conduct an inspection of resource leverage. Resource leverage is the way in which organisations maximise their resource capacity and productivity. This is achieved not simply by cutting services or staff but using a full range of approaches including: accumulating, conserving and concentrating…
Our Work — Police ethics and accountability, Specific reviews
In August 2021, the Home Secretary commissioned HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services to undertake a thematic inspection of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) following the independent panel review of the MPS’s handling of the investigation into Daniel Morgan’s murder.