Source · HMICFRS
PEEL: Police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy 2018/19 – Cleveland Police
PEEL Force Inspection
30 recommendations
Recommendations
1
Superseded
The force must take immediate action to ensure that: • it promptly attends incidents involving vulnerable people, and any regrading of incidents is based on a structured and recorded risk assessment with supervisory oversight;
Cleveland Police
2
Completed
The force must take immediate action to ensure that: • it safeguards all victims of domestic abuse, through the effective completion of a structured risk assessment, adequately supervising any changes to the initial assessment;
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3
Completed
The force must take immediate action to ensure that: • it supplies people with the information they need and are entitled to under the provisions of Clare’s Law and Sarah’s Law.
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4
Completed
The force must take immediate action to ensure that: • officers and staff can identify vulnerable people and repeat victims effectively;
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5
Completed
The force must take immediate action to ensure that: • referrals for ongoing safeguarding are made at the appropriate time;
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6
Completed
The force must take immediate action to ensure that: • the cumulative effect of numerous incidents involving the same victim or household is properly risk assessed, considered and responded to;
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7
Completed
The force must take immediate action to ensure that: • there are effective processes in place for catching criminals which are subject to supervision and scrutiny, and it uses the available legal powers to prevent re-offending; and
Cleveland Police
8
Completed
The force must take immediate action to ensure that: • there is sufficient supervision of domestic abuse cases assessed as having a standard level of risk;
Cleveland Police
9
Superseded
The force should immediately take steps to improve its communication and engagement with the public of Cleveland. This should include informing them of changes to policing services, communicating the action it has taken to address force priorities, and the provision of community and personal safety advice.
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10
Completed
The force should immediately take steps to improve its understanding of local communities, including those who are less likely to complain or those who engage less with the police.
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11
Completed
The force should immediately take steps to: • understand what services its communities want and how the force's plans and its operating model reflect these expectations;
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12
Completed
The force should immediately take steps to: • engage the public in the scrutiny of its data and processes, including the use of force and stop and search, to help it improve. This may be through an independent advisory group or other means. It should ensure that these people have the relevant training, and are provided with sufficient data and analysis for them to scrutinise and challenge in a constructive way.
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13
Superseded
The force should immediately: • carry out a comprehensive assessment of current and potential future demand across all operational areas to inform the force’s operating model. This should include latent demand, and the demand generated by internal processes;
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14
Superseded
The force should immediately: • develop co-ordinated financial and workforce plans based on demand, which should be integrated into the force's strategic planning cycle.
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15
Completed
The force should immediately:• provide senior leaders with the relevant information, support and skills to inform their understanding of demand; and
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16
Completed
The force should take immediate action to: • create a culture where officers and staff are honest and take responsibility for their work and action taken;
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17
Completed
The force should take immediate action to: • embed the Code of Ethics principles and behaviours within the organisation;
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18
Completed
The force should take immediate action to: • ensure there is a process for the workforce to discuss ethical dilemmas regularly and understand decisions made by the force about fairness that also influence policy and practice.
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19
Completed
The force should take immediate action to: • hold the entire workforce to account for inappropriate behaviour and poor performance;
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20
Superseded
The force should take immediate steps to: • provide strategic direction and co-ordination of all prevention activity;
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21
Completed
The force should take immediate steps to:• ensure officers and staff working within neighbourhood teams understand the needs of local communities, their priorities, and the threats they face; and
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22
Superseded
The force should take immediate steps to:• ensure there are the right resources, in the right place, to carry out structured problem-solving and prevention activity aligned to its priorities;
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23
Superseded
The force should take immediate steps to:• monitor the effectiveness of its crime prevention activity, evaluating and sharing effective practice both internally and with other organisations.
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24
Completed
The force should: • communicate with the workforce, so they have a clear understanding of what is happening in the force;
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25
Completed
The force should: • ensure that promotion processes are transparent, fair and perceived as such by the workforce.
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26
Completed
The force should: • fairly and consistently identify those with the potential to become senior leaders and support them to gain the skills for future leadership role;
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27
Completed
the force should: • improve the timeliness of its grievance handling processes;
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28
Completed
The force should: • involve the workforce in decision making; listening to their feedback, acting on it, and communicating action taken;
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29
Completed
The force should: • understand the performance of its workforce, support their development, and deal with poor performance fairly and consistently;
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30
Completed
The force should: • understand the risks and threats to the wellbeing of its workforce and use this to inform the actions it takes;
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