Police legitimacy 2015 – Merseyside Police
Summary
As part of its annual inspections into police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL), HMIC’s legitimacy programme assessed how legitimate the force is at keeping people safe and reducing crime. The inspection focused on whether a force was consistently behaving in a way that is fair, reasonable, effective and lawful, and if it has the consent of the public. HMIC assessed legitimacy at a force level, as well as drawing out overarching themes on a national level which are set out in the national overview.
The legitimacy report follows on from reports on efficiency and vulnerability (part of effectiveness) in 2015 and will be followed by reports on overall effectiveness in spring 2016.
Get the report
PEEL: Police legitimacy 2015 – Merseyside Police (PDF document) – Wording in paragraph 1 on p.37 corrected on 15 April 2016.
Revisit report
The 2015 legitimacy inspection revealed that Merseyside Police was one of 19 forces which were failing to comply with one or two areas of the Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme (PDF document). HMIC revisited Merseyside in 2016.
This letter sets out the findings from that revisit inspection.
Best Use of Stop and Search letter – Merseyside Police
Get the national overview
PEEL: Police legitimacy 2015 – National overview
Get the press release
Get the police and crime commissioners’ responses to the report
Merseyside police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police legitimacy 2015’ (PDF document)