Source · HMICFRS

PEEL 2021/22 – An inspection of Greater Manchester Police

PEEL Force Inspection 13 recommendations

National — applies to all forces

Recommendations

1 Completed Greater Manchester Police should, within three months, make sure that investigations are actively and regularly supervised to check progress and to check that all proportionate lines of enquiry are pursued. Greater Manchester Police

2 Completed Greater Manchester Police should, within three months, make sure that officers investigate crimes in a timely manner, and investigation plans are completed at an early stage to give direction and establish lines of enquiry. Greater Manchester Police

3 Completed Greater Manchester Police should, within three months, make sure that the force pursues evidence-led prosecutions when a victim withdraws support for the investigation. Greater Manchester Police

4 Completed Greater Manchester Police should, within three months, make sure that victim personal statements are offered when appropriate and recorded. Greater Manchester Police

5 Completed Greater Manchester Police should, within three months, make sure that victims are regularly updated in line with the Victims’ Code of Practice. Greater Manchester Police

6 Completed Within 12 months Greater Manchester Police should improve its records management IT system so that it meets the needs of the force and its workforce. Greater Manchester Police

7 Completed Within six months Greater Manchester Police should continue to develop its governance and performance framework to alert senior managers of underperformance and allow timely action to be taken to address performance problems. Greater Manchester Police

8 Completed Within six months Greater Manchester Police should ensure it has the capacity and capability to analyse police and information and intelligence from other organisations in order to produce the reports it needs to comprehensively understand and manage its demand. Greater Manchester Police

9 Completed Within six months Greater Manchester Police should fairly and consistently identify those with the potential to become senior leaders and nurture and encourage them to gain the skills for future leadership roles. Greater Manchester Police

10 Completed Within six months Greater Manchester Police should improve its understanding of the skills and capabilities of its workforce so to increase efficiency and support succession planning for future resource management. Greater Manchester Police

11 Completed Within six months Greater Manchester Police should improve workforce planning to better align its workforce with current and future demand. Greater Manchester Police

12 Completed Within six months Greater Manchester Police should understand the performance of its workforce, support staff development and deal with poor performance fairly and consistently. Greater Manchester Police

13 Completed Within six months Greater Manchester Police should work with its workforce to understand the risks and threats to staff wellbeing, and use this to inform the actions it takes. Greater Manchester Police