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Publication  —  Child protection  —  22 September 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 an inspection of Devon and Cornwall Police.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  2 July 2015

Dealing with child sexual exploitation in a virtual world requires a different style of policing from the conventional methods of the past. This report sets out findings from an inspection of the police service’s efforts to tackle online child sexual exploitation, and concludes that forces need to better understand the nature and potential scale of the this type of offending to ensure that more is done to protect children from harm, and bring perpetrators to justice.

Publication  —  Speech  —  1 July 2015

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, gave a speech at The Centre for Social Justice about the role HMIC plays in helping to promote the well-being of vulnerable people when they come into contact with the police.

Publication  —  Data, Rape Monitoring Group  —  12 March 2015

On behalf of the national Rape Monitoring Group (RMG), HMIC has published 42 local area digests to provide a data set to enable more thorough analysis of how rape is dealt with in a particular area of England and Wales.

Publication  —  Criminal justice joint inspections  —  4 February 2015

This is the summary of the joint thematic inspection by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate together with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary of the investigation and prosecution of offences arising from fatal road traffic incidents by the police and the Crown Prosecution Service respectively.

Publication  —  30 January 2015

This report sets out our findings on the arrangements that police forces have in place to ensure police act honestly and with integrity, and on the capability of police forces in England and Wales to respond to complaints, internal reports and intelligence about misconduct and corruption.

Publication  —  Integrity and corruption  —  27 November 2014

This inspection was designed to focus on the arrangements in place to ensure those working in police forces act with integrity.