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Child protection  —  27 October 2015

Protecting children is one of the most important tasks the police undertake. Only the police can investigate suspected crimes, arrest perpetrators and monitor sex offenders. Police officers have the power to take a child who is in danger into a place of safety, or to seek an order to restrict an offender’s contact with children. The police service also has a significant role working with other agencies to ensure the child’s protection and well-being, longer term. This is the report of a post-inspection review of Norfolk Constabulary.

Joint inspection, Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements  —  22 October 2015

Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) provide a forum for different agencies to come together and develop rigorous and robust plans for dealing with dangerous and high profile offenders. The work of this forum needs to be of the highest standard to ensure public safety from dangerous individuals.

Criminal justice joint inspections  —  22 October 2015

Local multi-agency partnerships have been established in a number of complex areas of public policy, such as crime reduction and public health, in order to determine and work towards shared local priorities; oversee services which are provided jointly; and manage the risks and interdependencies between work carried out on a single agency basis. This report presents the findings of an inspection of how these partnerships work.

Efficiency, PEEL  —  20 October 2015

As part of a new annual inspection of police forces in England and Wales, HMIC has published a thematic and individual force reports on the findings of inspections of policing efficiency. The reports are concerned with the question: How efficient are the police at keeping people safe and reducing crime?