HMICFRS Police Inspections
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services assesses police forces through PEEL inspections and publishes thematic reports with national recommendations.
Thematic reports
Terms of reference: Super-complaint about the length of police investigations into sexual offences
Terms of reference: super-complaint on the Service Police’s access to victims’ work emails and internet browser history
Super-complaint about the length of police investigations into sexual offences
Super-complaint on Service Police access to victims’ work emails and internet browser history
Responses to the super-complaint report on the police response to stalking
Report on the Suzy Lamplugh Trust's super-complaint: The police response to stalking
Joint investigation into police response to stalking following super-complaint by National Stalking Consortium via Suzy Lamplugh Trust. Found failures in identification, investiga…
Report on the Criminal Justice Alliance's super-complaint: Police use of section 60 stop and search powers
Confirmed disproportionate use of section 60 stop and search on ethnic minorities. Found child safeguarding during section 60 searches insufficient. Did not recommend repeal of se…
How the police respond to victims of sexual abuse when the victim is from an ethnic minority background and may be at risk of honour-based abuse: Tees Valley Inclusion Project super-complaint
Found victims of honour-based abuse did not always receive good enough service. Officers sometimes did not recognise risks. Urgent improvements needed in ethnicity data recording.
The hidden victims: Report on Hestia's super-complaint on the police response to victims of modern slavery
Found victims of modern slavery still not receiving the treatment they deserve. Access to support inconsistent across forces. Victims treated as criminals despite s.45 defence in …
Police perpetrated domestic abuse: Report on the Centre for Women's Justice super-complaint
Joint investigation found systemic deficiencies in how police forces deal with domestic abuse allegations against their own officers and staff. Forces not fully recognising risks.
A duty to protect: Police use of protective measures in cases involving violence against women and girls
Super-complaint from Centre for Women's Justice about police failure to use pre-charge bail, DVPOs, NMOs and restraining orders. Found 15 recommendations including 10 for chief co…
Safe to share? Liberty and Southall Black Sisters' super-complaint on policing and immigration status
First ever police super-complaint. Found victims and witnesses with insecure immigration status are fearful their information will be shared with immigration enforcement, deterrin…