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A review of national police units which provide intelligence on criminality associated with protest

Click here to read the report Summary: HMIC reviewed the use of undercover officers by the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU), now part of the National Domestic Extremism Unit (NDEU). The NPOIU was funded by the Home Office to gather and coordinate intelligence in order to reduce criminality and disorder from domestic extremism, and [...]

National report - 2 Feb 2012

The rules of engagement: A review of the August 2011 disorders

Click here to read the report. Summary: Following the August 2011 riots, the Home Secretary wrote to HMIC to request “further work to support clearer guidance to forces on the size of deployments, the need for mutual aid, pre-emptive action, public order tactics, the number of officers (including commanders) trained in public order policing and [...]

National report - 20 Dec 2011

HMRC’s use of information and intelligence to counter fraud in the tax credits system

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HMRC - 16 Dec 2011

A review of police relationships

Click here to read the report. Summary: On 18 July 2011 the Home Secretary made an oral statement to Parliament about the Metropolitan Police Service when she stated that “current allegations about phone hacking are not, unfortunately, the only recent example of alleged corruption in the police service.” On 20 July 2011 HMIC was formally [...]

National report - 13 Dec 2011

Adapting to Austerity: A review of police force and authority preparedness for the 2011/12 – 14/15 CSR period

Adapting to Austerity – full report

National report - 21 Jul 2011