Publications

Publication — 10 October 2014

A presentation providing more detail on the first PEEL assessment, to be published on 27 November 2014.

Publication — Custody suites — 7 October 2014

This report is one of a series on police custody inspections carried out jointly by HMIC and HMI Prisons. The inspections look at strategy, treatment and conditions, individual rights and health care. They also make a key contribution to the United Kingdom's response to its international obligation to ensure regular and independent inspection of all places of detention.

Publication — Custody suites — 30 September 2014

Summary This report is one of a series on police custody inspections carried out jointly by HMIC and HMI Prisons. The inspections look at strategy, treatment and conditions, individual rights and health care. They also make a key contribution to the United Kingdom’s response to its international obligation to ensure regular and independent inspection of...

Publication — Child protection — 30 September 2014

This inspection examined child protection in South Yorkshire Police in May 2014. It is part of a rolling programme of inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.

Publication — 24 September 2014

The aim of this concordat is to specify the common understanding and intended approach of each body in its relations with the other in respect of their roles and responsibilities.

Publication — 4 September 2014

This report examines all 43 police forces in England and Wales. It looks at three principal aspects of day-to-day policing: the prevention of crime; how crime is investigated and offenders are brought to justice; and freeing up and using police time more efficiently (which includes the use of modern technology).

Publication — Child protection — 29 August 2014

Summary 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...

Publication — Crime recording — 28 August 2014

Summary In its 2013/14 inspection programme, approved by the Home Secretary under section 54 of the Police Act 1996, HMIC committed to carry out an inspection into the way the 43 police forces in England and Wales record crime data. This inspection, carried out between February and August 2014, was the most extensive of its...

Publication — Custody suites — 28 July 2014

Police custody in Northumbria was mixed and some improvements were necessary, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection.

Publication — Police and Crime Commissioners — 25 July 2014

At the request of the South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner, HMIC assessed the effectiveness of the force's approach to protecting children from sexual exploitation, and made recommendations in our November 2013 report. Following a revist carried out in May 2014, HMIC provided this feedback.