Vetting, misconduct and misogyny in the police service: review of progress
Following the publication of our report into vetting, misconduct and misogyny in the police service, the Home Secretary asked HMICFRS to provide an urgent update on the progress police forces in England and Wales have made.
On 11 May 2023, Matt Parr, His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, wrote to the Home Secretary and addressed the police service’s progress against the 43 recommendations and 5 areas for improvement HMICFRS made in the report.
HMI Parr’s letter summarised our main findings and provided an annex with additional detail, including an explanation of the work we have done to verify police force self-assessments.
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These data sheets provide all ratings for the police forces included in the annex.
Forces were assessed using red, amber, green (RAG) ratings. Full explanations for these ratings can be found in the annex.
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This data sheet contains each police force’s self-assessment of its progress against the recommendations in our report, using the RAG ratings.
Table containing all RAG ratings by police forces (Spreadsheet)
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This data sheet contains HMICFRS’s RAG rating of each police force’s progress
Table containing all RAG ratings by HMICFRS (Spreadsheet)
Read more about our inspection into vetting, misconduct and misogyny in the police service
Inspections of police capability and capacity to vet and monitor officers and staff