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Recommendation 15
15
Deferred
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Evaluate impact of police misconduct changes and improve disproportionality data collection
Recommendation
We recommend the Home Office evaluate the impact of regulatory and other changes to policing misconduct and disciplinary processes 12 months after implementation. The evaluation should include consideration of the proportion of cases resulting in a finding of gross misconduct, changes in dismissal rates, the speed of misconduct cases, challenges against decisions and disproportionality in dismissal outcomes. We support in principle the recommendations made following the Home Office’s own review, that “the Government, with the policing sector, [ … ] consider the way data is reported, where there are possible gaps, and how to improve collection to enable more meaningful data across England and Wales”, and that the Home Office carry out multi-variate analysis to “identify any disproportionality related to intersectional characteristics.” We recommend these considerations and analysis commence immediately and invite the Home Office to set out its timetable for completion in its response to our report.
Government Response Summary
The government states that an independent review of the IOPC was commissioned in March 2023, and they will await its findings before considering wider implications or committing to the requested evaluation and data analysis.
Paragraph Reference:
43
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
39. The previous Home Secretary commissioned the IOPC review in March 2023 as part of the Cabinet Office’s public bodies review programme. The review has been considering the IOPC’s governance, accountability, efficacy, and efficiency. Though we do not wish to pre-judge the findings of the independent review, we look forward to considering the report in full and thank Dr Gillian Fairfield and the review team for their continued work. 40. It remains important that the independent review is given opportunity to report its findings before considering any wider implications.