Source · Police learning recommendations

IOPC Learning Recommendations

361 cases 747 recommendations 656 accepted 37 not accepted 54 awaiting

747 recommendations across 361 police conduct investigations. Data scraped from policeconduct.gov.uk.

361 cases

Road traffic collision following police pursuit – Metropolitan Police Service, November 2019

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 8 Dec 2020Reference 2019/1286172 indexed recommendations

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

National recommendation - The National Police Chiefs' Council, December 2020

Recommended 8 Dec 2020Reference 2019/1297941 indexed recommendation

Custody and detention

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Traffic pursuit prior to man's death - Metropolitan Police Service, December 2020

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 4 Dec 2020Reference 2019/1177192 indexed recommendations

Death and serious injury · Road traffic incidents

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

Investigations into the actions surrounding a missing persons enquiry - Metropolitan Police Service, December 2019

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 3 Dec 2020Reference 2019/1290221 indexed recommendation

Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Greater Manchester Police, December 2020

Greater Manchester PoliceRecommended 1 Dec 2020Reference 2012/0040681 indexed recommendation

Use of force and armed policing

Recommendation 1: Accepted

National recommendation - National Police Chiefs' Council, November 2020

Recommended 30 Nov 2020Reference 2016/0731231 indexed recommendation

Use of force and armed policing

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendations - Kent Police, November 2020

Kent PoliceRecommended 27 Nov 2020Reference 2019/1162853 indexed recommendations

Corruption and abuse of power · Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted

Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service, November 2020

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 25 Nov 2020Reference 2020/1341321 indexed recommendation

Death and serious injury

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Bedfordshire Police, November 2020

Bedfordshire PoliceRecommended 24 Nov 2020Reference 2020/1342262 indexed recommendations

Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service, November 2020

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 19 Nov 2020Reference 2019/1232261 indexed recommendation

Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Derbyshire Constabulary, November 2020

Derbyshire ConstabularyRecommended 18 Nov 2020Reference 2019/1283101 indexed recommendation

Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Northumbria Police, November 2020

Northumbria PoliceRecommended 5 Nov 2020Reference 2019/1290461 indexed recommendation

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Hampshire Constabulary, November 2020

Hampshire ConstabularyRecommended 4 Nov 2020Reference 2019/1219461 indexed recommendation

Custody and detention

Recommendation 1: Accepted

National recommendation - National Police Chiefs Council, November 2020

Recommended 4 Nov 2020Reference 2019/1219461 indexed recommendation

Custody and detention

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendations - Suffolk Constabulary, October 2020

Suffolk ConstabularyRecommended 28 Oct 2020Reference 2020/1349303 indexed recommendations

Death and serious injury

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted

Recommendation - Cambridgeshire Constabulary, October 2020

Cambridgeshire ConstabularyRecommended 23 Oct 2020Reference 2020/1346271 indexed recommendation

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Metropolitan Police, October 2020

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 22 Oct 2020Reference 2020/1346761 indexed recommendation

Death and serious injury · Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Not Accepted

Recommendation - South Wales Police, October 2020

South Wales PoliceRecommended 14 Oct 2020Reference 2020/1307501 indexed recommendation

Death and serious injury

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service, October 2020

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 9 Oct 2020Reference 2019/1232851 indexed recommendation

Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Police contact with a woman before her death and a subsequent complaint about the handling of linked allegations – Cleveland Police, August 2018

Cleveland PoliceRecommended 9 Oct 2020Reference 2018/1082501 indexed recommendation

Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Derbyshire Constabulary, October 2020

Derbyshire ConstabularyRecommended 7 Oct 2020Reference 2019/1277781 indexed recommendation

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Police response to a domestic incident - Essex Police, September 2020

Essex PoliceRecommended 29 Sep 2020Reference 2019/1279182 indexed recommendations

Domestic abuse · Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

Recommendation - Sussex Police, September 2020

Sussex PoliceRecommended 29 Sep 2020Reference 2019/1225721 indexed recommendation

Custody and detention

Recommendation 1: Accepted

National recommendation - The College of Policing, September 2020

Recommended 10 Sep 2020Reference 2019/1152741 indexed recommendation

Death and serious injury · Domestic abuse · Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendations - Surrey Police, September 2020

Surrey PoliceRecommended 10 Sep 2020Reference 2019/1152743 indexed recommendations

Death and serious injury · Domestic abuse

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted

Recommendation responses by force

Acceptance rate is the share of all indexed recommendations in cases naming each force that are marked accepted, rounded to a whole percent. Awaiting and unknown statuses remain in the denominator. This table covers the full collection, regardless of the filters above. Acceptance does not establish implementation.

Overall acceptance status

Unknown statuses are not shown in this chart.


Avon and Somerset Constabulary	8	8	0	0	100%
Bedfordshire Police	5	12	0	0	100%
Cambridgeshire Constabulary	7	14	0	0	100%
Cheshire Constabulary	4	5	0	0	100%
City of London Police	1	1	0	0	100%
Civil Nuclear Constabulary	1	1	0	0	100%
Cumbria Constabulary	2	2	0	0	100%
Durham Constabulary	3	6	0	0	100%
Gloucestershire Constabulary	1	8	0	0	100%
Home Office	1	1	0	0	100%
Lancashire Constabulary	4	5	0	0	100%
Leicestershire Police	2	7	0	0	100%
Lincolnshire Police	1	1	0	0	100%
North Wales Police	2	4	0	0	100%
North Yorkshire Police	5	8	0	0	100%
Northamptonshire Police	2	3	0	0	100%
Northumbria Police	6	10	0	0	100%
Nottinghamshire Police	4	8	0	0	100%
Staffordshire Police	3	3	0	0	100%
Warwickshire Police	1	1	0	0	100%
West Mercia Police	1	1	0	0	100%
South Wales Police	11	20	1	0	95%
Cleveland Police	8	16	1	0	94%
Suffolk Constabulary	7	15	0	1	94%
Wiltshire Police	5	16	1	0	94%
Derbyshire Constabulary	6	13	0	1	93%
Devon and Cornwall Police	6	11	0	1	92%
Greater Manchester Police	24	36	2	1	92%
West Midlands Police	6	12	0	1	92%
Kent Police	5	10	1	0	91%
Hertfordshire Constabulary	4	9	0	1	90%
Surrey Police	5	9	0	1	90%
Sussex Police	18	44	0	5	90%
British Transport Police	2	8	1	0	89%
Humberside Police	4	6	1	0	86%
Metropolitan Police Service	68	126	11	9	86%
Thames Valley Police	7	14	3	0	82%
Essex Police	17	29	4	3	81%
Hampshire Constabulary	6	8	2	0	80%
South Yorkshire Police	4	15	4	0	79%
West Yorkshire Police	20	32	6	3	78%
Merseyside Police	8	7	3	0	70%
Norfolk Constabulary	5	4	3	0	57%
Dorset Police	1	0	1	0	0%
Gwent Police	1	0	2	0	0%