Police publications

Publication — Effectiveness, Revisit, Vulnerability — 22 March 2018

As part of PEEL 2016, HMICFRS’ effectiveness programme inspected how well forces keep people safe and reduce crime. This included an assessment of how effectively forces protect vulnerable people from harm, and support victims. This report sets out the findings from the revisit inspection of Nottinghamshire Police.

Publication — Efficiency, PEEL — 15 March 2018

In this inspection of efficiency in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services assessed how the force makes the best use of its available resources with the overall question ‘How efficient is the force at keeping people safe and reducing crime?’

Publication — Effectiveness, PEEL — 15 March 2018

In this inspection of effectiveness in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services examined the overall question ‘How effective is the force at keeping people safe and reducing crime?’

Publication — Child protection — 8 March 2018

Protecting children is one of the most important tasks the police undertake. Only the police can investigate suspected crimes, arrest perpetrators and monitor sex offenders. Police officers have the power to take a child who is in danger into a place of safety, or to seek an order to restrict an offender’s contact with children. The police service also has a significant role working with other agencies to ensure the child’s protection and well-being, longer term. This is the report of an inspection of Lancashire Constabulary.

Publication — Criminal justice joint inspections, Custody suites — 6 March 2018

This inspection into Dyfed-Powys Police is one of a series on police custody inspections carried out jointly by HMI Prisons and HMICFRS. The programme looks at strategy, treatment and conditions, individual rights and health care. It also contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligation to ensure regular and independent inspection of all places of detention.

Publication — Criminal justice joint inspections, Custody suites — 6 March 2018

This inspection into Humberside Police is one of a series on police custody inspections carried out jointly by HMI Prisons and HMICFRS. The programme looks at strategy, treatment and conditions, individual rights and health care. It also contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligation to ensure regular and independent inspection of all places of detention.

Publication — Child protection — 22 February 2018

This report is the final quarterly update to be published, following the publication of a report into the Metropolitan Police Service's preparedness to deal with child protection issues.

Publication — Specialist inspection — 20 February 2018

HMICFRS has published the third interim report into the inspection of the Metropolitan Police Service's review and reassessment of alleged criminal offences arising from the 2014 mayoral election in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Publication — Crime recording — 15 February 2018

In November 2015, HMICFRS announced that it would inspect forces’ crime-recording practices in a rolling programme of every force in England and Wales. This rolling programme will be completed over a period of several years and will report on the progress made by forces since the 2014 crime data integrity inspection. This report sets out the findings of an inspection of Thames Valley Police.

Publication — Crime recording — 15 February 2018

In November 2015, HMICFRS announced that it would inspect forces’ crime-recording practices in a rolling programme of every force in England and Wales. This rolling programme will be completed over a period of several years and will report on the progress made by forces since the 2014 crime data integrity inspection. This report sets out the findings of an inspection of Durham Constabulary.