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HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has today published the report of inspection carried out in November 2016 of the child protection work undertaken by Humberside Police. These inspections are part of a rolling programme of child protection inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.
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Today, Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary published their 2016 PEEL assessments.
PEEL is HMIC’s annual assessment of police forces in England and Wales. Forces are assessed throughout the year on their effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy. At the end of the year, all inspection findings, graded judgments and analysis, along with Her Majesty’s Inspectors’ professional judgment, are brought together to produce a rounded assessment of each force’s performance.
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Most people held in police custody in Sussex were treated decently, but the force needed to make some improvements, said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary. Today they published the report of an unannounced inspection.
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The majority of police forces do a good job in keeping members of the public safe, with two thirds of forces being graded as either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in a report into police effectiveness published today.
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Police custody in Hampshire was generally positive, but there are some further improvements to be made, said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary.
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In September 2016, HMIC conducted a follow-up inspection of the child protection work carried out by Essex Police, to check on the progress made against a series of recommendations to improve practice from a previous inspection in 2015. Today’s report sets out findings from this follow-up inspection.
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In 2015, HMIC found some serious failings in Surrey Police’s response to child protection issues, and made a series of recommendations to improve practice. We returned in 2016 to re-inspect the force, and see if outcomes for children had improved. This report sets out findings from the re-inspection.
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Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has today published an assessment on the accuracy of crime recording in Avon and Somerset Constabulary, which found that the force records only around 90 percent of crimes reported to it. HMIC previously inspected the accuracy of crime recording in Avon and Somerset Constabulary in 2014.
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Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has today published an assessment on the accuracy of crime recording in Devon and Cornwall Police, which found that the force records only around 82 percent of crimes reported to it.
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Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has today published an assessment on the accuracy of crime recording in Northumbria Police, which found that the force records around 93 percent of crimes reported to it.