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Recommendation 16
16
Deferred
Paragraph: 46
Increase PCC responsibility to update HMICFRS on recommendation implementation and impact
Conclusion
Police and Crime Commissioners should drive systemic improvements in local forces, for example by taking steps to assure themselves that misconduct and competence processes are fit for purpose, rather than intervening in individual cases. HMICFRS has noted that Police and Crime Commissioners currently only have to comment on its reports once, within 56 days of publication, when forces have may not yet have made changes as a result of the Inspectorate’s recommendations. As a result, “the obligation has proved insufficient in making sure Police and Crime Commissioners are holding chief constables to account for implementing improvements.” We call for increased responsibility upon Police and Crime Commissioners to update HMICFRS on the impact of its recommendations.
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The government will await the findings of an independent IOPC review into governance structures and will consider any recommendations in due course, deferring action to a future report.
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Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
23. This recommendation aligns with the recommendations made in HMCI Cooke’s State of Policing Report, published on 6 June. 24. There is currently no legislative vehicle through which to legislate for increased powers for HMICFRS, and any changes to legislation would need extensive consultation due to divergent views within the sector. Therefore, the previous Home Secretary asked policing leaders to come together and agree a way forward to address the issues raised in HMCI Cooke’s report. Policing leaders met in September and broadly agreed that it would be beneficial for PCCs to report on a more regular basis, but there is not yet agreement on how this would operate in practice. 25. We are still considering HMCI Cooke’s recommendations and will respond in due course.
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