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Recommendation 17
17
Deferred
Paragraph: 47
PCCs should provide annual follow-up comments on HMICFRS recommendations concerning their forces
Conclusion
We support HMICFRS’s call for Police and Crime Commissioners to be required to provide follow-up comments, at least annually, where HMICFRS have not yet confirmed that recommendations pertaining to them and their local force have been sufficiently addressed. We will return to matters of local accountability in our inquiry into Police and Crime Commissioners.
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The government states that responsibility for collecting and publishing data on complainants, including protected characteristics, sits with the IOPC, which already publishes annual statistics and quarterly bulletins, thus deflecting from the recommendation about PCCs providing follow-up comments to HMICFRS.
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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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