Publications

Publication — Data quality — 25 January 2012

This report looks at the quality of crime and incident data, and the arrangements in place to ensure standards are maintained and improved across the 43 police forces in England and Wales.

Publication — Data quality — 25 January 2012

This report looks at the quality of crime and incident data, and the arrangements in place to ensure standards are maintained and improved across the 43 police forces in England and Wales.

Publication — Custody suites — 18 January 2012

Summary Where good practice is found on an inspection it is highlighted in the individual report, however in order to make these examples more easily accessible they have been collected together in this summary of good practice. This document will be regularly updated. Get the document Police custody: good practice examples (PDF, 199KB, new window)...

Publication — Custody suites — 11 January 2012

Get the report Nottinghamshire – Joint inspection of police custody suites (PDF, 212KB, new window) (PDF document) Get the free PDF Reader from Adobe (external link) Get the press release Press release for Nottinghamshire – Joint inspection of police custody suites

Publication — Custody suites — 4 January 2012

Get the report Northumbria – Joint inspection of police custody suites (PDF, 468KB, new window) (PDF document) Get the free PDF Reader from Adobe (external link) Get the press release Press release for Northumbria – Joint inspection of police custody suites

Publication — National report — 20 December 2011

Summary Following the August 2011 riots, the Home Secretary wrote to HMIC to request “further work to support clearer guidance to forces on the size of deployments, the need for mutual aid, pre-emptive action, public order tactics, the number of officers (including commanders) trained in public order policing and an appropriate arrests policy”. HMIC found...

Publication — HMRC — 16 December 2011

Get the report HMRC’s use of information and intelligence to counter fraud in the tax credits system (PDF, 468KB, new window) (PDF document) Get the free PDF Reader from Adobe (external link)

Publication — Criminal justice joint inspections — 15 December 2011

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Publication — National report — 15 December 2011

Summary This joint thematic inspection of six Youth Offending Teams and police force areas examined the experiences of children and young people under 17 years while in police custody. We found that Appropriate Adult provision has evolved into being another part of the custody process, with a focus on complying with PACE 1984 rather than...

Publication — Custody suites — 14 December 2011

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...