Police publications
Publication — Custody suites, Joint inspection —
This report describes our findings following an inspection of Essex Police custody facilities. The inspection assessed the effectiveness of custody services and outcomes for detained people throughout the different stages of detention.
Publication — Consultations —
This consultation document sets out our intended inspection programme for policing between April 2025 and March 2029.
Publication — Harassment and stalking, Super-complaint —
HMICFRS, the College of Policing, and the IOPC have published a report in response to the super-complaint about the police response to stalking.
Publication — Cause of concern, Letter, Revisit —
In August 2024, Devon and Cornwall Police provided data showing that it had made sustained improvements in responding to the public. As a result, we have closed this cause of concern.
Publication — PEEL —
PEEL is HMICFRS’s assessment of police forces in England and Wales. PEEL stands for police effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy. This report sets out the findings for Norfolk Constabulary.
Publication — PEEL —
PEEL is HMICFRS’s assessment of police forces in England and Wales. PEEL stands for police effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy. This report sets out the findings for Staffordshire Police.
Publication — Child protection, Joint inspection —
Care Inspectorate Wales, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and Estyn carried out a joint inspection of the multi-agency response to abuse and neglect of children in Wales’s six regional safeguarding board areas between 2019 and 2024.
Publication — Cause of concern, Engage, Letter, PEEL —
During our inspection of West Midlands Police we identified causes of concern. This letter gives an update on our findings.
Publication — Equality and diversity, Ethics and accountability, Protest, Thematic inspection —
In this report, we explore how the police deal with politicised and contested matters. We examine whether the police allow politics, activism or impartiality to unduly influence them.
Publication — Child protection, Joint inspection —
Between 15 and 19 July 2024, Ofsted, HMICFRS, and the Care Quality Commission carried out a joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to identification of initial need and risk in Richmond upon Thames.