Publications

Publication — Effectiveness, Efficiency, Legitimacy, PEEL — 17 March 2023

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 North Yorkshire Police.

Publication — Effectiveness, Efficiency, Legitimacy, PEEL — 17 March 2023

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 Avon and Somerset Constabulary.

Publication — Child protection, Joint inspection — 16 March 2023

Between 23 and 27 January 2023, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission and HMICFRS carried out a joint inspection of the multi-agency response to children and families who need help in Sunderland.

Publication — Research and evaluation, Thematic inspection — 8 March 2023

We examined how well police address serious youth violence to reduce violent crime involving young people.

Publication — Research and evaluation — 8 March 2023

We commissioned User Voice to conduct research on the lived experience of those who have committed, and been on the receiving end, of serious youth violence.

Publication — Integrity and corruption, Terms of reference — 3 March 2023

HMICFRS will carry out an urgent review of the police service’s progress on vetting, misconduct and counter-corruption.

Publication — PEEL, Regional Organised Crime Units, Serious and organised crime — 2 March 2023

As part of our PEEL inspections, we inspected how well police forces tackle serious and organised crime.

Publication — Cause of concern, Effectiveness, Fire & rescue services, Letter — 24 February 2023

Between November 2021 and January 2022, we inspected London Fire Brigade and identified two causes of concern. This letter provides an update on our findings.

Publication — Cause of concern, Effectiveness, Fire & rescue services, Letter, People — 24 February 2023

Between May and June 2021, we inspected Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service. During that inspection, we identified areas of concern. This letter provides an update on our findings.

Publication — Custody suites — 17 February 2023

This report describes our findings following an inspection of Wiltshire Police custody facilities. The inspection was conducted jointly by HMICFRS and the Care Quality Commission in November 2022.