Police custody suites
HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HMIC recently carried out joint inspections of custody facilities in Humberside and Redbridge.
HMIC business plan consultation
We are seeking your views on what – and how – we will inspect in 2012/13.
Sir Denis to retire
Sir Denis O’Connor will retire on 31 July as HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, the Home Secretary announced today.
Inspecting policing in the public interest
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) independently assesses police forces and policing activity ranging from neighbourhood teams through serious crime to the fight against terrorism – in the public interest.
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Crime and Policing Comparator
The Crime and Policing Comparator is HMIC’s online tool that brings together data from all 43 police forces across England and Wales for the past three years. It enables the public to explore the raw data in one place or interactively draw graphs of their choice.
Crime and Policing Comparator supports the Government’s agenda to increase democratic accountability through transparency.
The Rules of Engagement: A review of the August 2011 Disorders
August 2011 saw a new departure in major public disturbances in England: widespread, fast-moving and opportunistic criminal attacks on property, loosely organised using social media, and sometimes involving alliances between normally rival gangs.
After a long period of relative peace, this presented an exceptional challenge for conventional police training, tactics and organisational capacity, which had been developed largely to deal with set-piece, single site confrontations between police and protestors.
Find out more and read the Rules of Engagement report
Media Centre
09 May 2012
HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HMIC recently carried out joint inspections of custody facilities in Humberside and Redbridge.
28 February 2012
Rapists could be convicted more quickly and successfully if the police and the Crown Prosecution Service made better use of available intelligence.
07 February 2012
Young victims and witnesses left to flounder in an imperfect justice system.
Featured Publications
Police crime and incident reports
25 January 2012
Improvements needed to the systems and processes of police crime and incident reports.
20 December 2011
HMIC found police need to be better prepared, trained and ready to protect the public if they are to improve upon their response to public disorder.
A review of police relationships
13 December 2011
Corruption not endemic in the police service but police need more robust systems.