Source · HMICFRS
PEEL: Police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy 2018/19 – Warwickshire Police
PEEL Force Inspection
13 recommendations
Recommendations
1
Completed
HMIC recommends that the force should immediately: agree arrangements with West Mercia Police to secure a smooth transition to its future operating model, ensuring no disruption to public services;
Warwickshire Police
2
Completed
HMIC recommends that the force should immediately: clearly define its new operating model, ensuring all operational and support services are affordable and fit to protect the communities of Warwickshire;
Warwickshire Police
3
Completed
HMIC recommends that the force should immediately: conduct a review of the capability and capacity of officers to manage their investigative workload, to better understand investigative demand and the pressures placed upon officers.
Warwickshire Police
4
Completed
HMIC recommends that the force should immediately: expand the skills project work to include an assessment of all skills, not only operational, and potential future skills requirements too, using this assessment to inform workforce planning;
Warwickshire Police
5
Completed
HMIC recommends that the force should immediately: put in place plans to maintain the full range of public services by October 2019, particularly in the areas of highest risk;
West Mercia Police
6
Completed
HMIC recommends that the force should immediately: the force should improve its arrangements both to consult with the public about business planning and to feed back on changes made to service delivery as a result of such consultation.
Warwickshire Police
7
Completed
HMIC recommends that within six months the force should: ensure regular and active supervision of the quality and progress of investigations. This supervision should be properly recorded;
Warwickshire Police
8
Completed
HMIC recommends that within six months the force should: improve how it responds to reports of crimes, allocates them, (ensuring investigations are allocated to appropriately trained and supported officers) and that it reviews this allocation appropriately throughout the investigation;
Warwickshire Police
9
Completed
HMIC recommends that within six months the force should: improve its ability to retrieve digital evidence from mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices quickly enough to ensure investigations are not delayed;
West Mercia Police
10
Completed
HMIC recommends that within six months the force should: improve its understanding of suspects released under investigation and the management of those released on bail;
West Mercia Police
11
Completed
HMIC recommends that within six months the force should: introduce consistent processes to effectively manage the risk posed by suspects who are under investigation but have not yet been arrested or circulated as wanted on the PNC.
Warwickshire Police
12
Completed
HMIC recommends that within six months the force should: introduce effective arrangements to ensure it complies fully with its disclosure obligations.
Warwickshire Police
13
Superseded
HMIC recommends that within six months the force should: take steps to better understand the data relating to its crime outcomes and put actions in place to ensure that it is effectively pursuing justice on behalf of victims;
West Mercia Police