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Child protection, Joint inspection  —  4 February 2020

This report draws together findings from six joint targeted area inspections, focusing on the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment.

Domestic abuse, Joint inspection  —  23 January 2020

Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and HMICFRS conducted an inspection to find out whether the guidance and policy on evidence led prosecutions is widely understood by both police officers and prosecutors; and whether they seek to build viable evidence led prosecutions where appropriate.

Force management statement  —  17 January 2020

A force management statement (FMS) is a self-assessment that chief constables (and London equivalents) prepare and submit to HMICFRS each year. These are the observations of the FMS steering group on the second round of statements.

County lines  —  10 January 2020

HMICFRS inspected how county lines drug trafficking is dealt with at local, regional and national levels. We concentrated on how the police and National Crime Agency identify and treat children and other vulnerable people involved in county lines offending.

Force management statement  —  20 December 2019

A force management statement (FMS) is a self-assessment that chief constables (and London equivalents) prepare and submit to HMICFRS each year. This document provides updated guidance for the third round of FMSs.

Cyber  —  24 October 2019

HMICFRS inspected how the police and the National Crime Agency deal with the threat presented by cyber-dependent crime and the wide range of criminals that commit it.

Legitimacy, PEEL, Spotlight  —  27 September 2019

This report provides a national picture of abuse of position for a sexual purpose in police forces, drawing on the finalised findings from the 29 forces in the first two tranches of our integrated PEEL assessments, and the early findings from the third and final tranche of forces.

Speech  —  10 September 2019

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector was invited to speak at the Police Superintendent’s Association of England and Wales annual conference 2019. The title of the speech was ‘Criminal justice – the strains and opportunities we now face’.

Joint inspection, Leadership  —  3 September 2019

HMICFRS and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) carried out a joint inspection to determine how effectively police forces select and train candidates for chief officer roles.

Business Plans, Criminal justice joint inspections  —  21 August 2019

This plan sets out the inspections of the Criminal Justice System for 2019/21 in which two or more of our inspectorates will be working together.