HMICFRS Inspections

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) independently assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces. 

One of the ways it does this is through the PEEL annual assessment which all forces are subjected to.  Forces are assessed on their effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy and graded as outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.      

Police and Crime Commissioners have a legal duty to respond to reports produced by HMICFRS for their force; national reports (PEEL or thematic); and joint inspection reports which are published by HMICFRS.

Listed below are details of recent HMICFRS inspections and reports and, where relevant, a response from the PCC.

2021

Month	Report	PCC's response
September	Interim report: Inspection into how effectively the police engage with women and girls - HMICFRS (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk)	Inspection into how effectively the police engage with women and girls.docx
June	HMICFRS- Policing in the Pandemic.pdf	HMICFRS- Policing in the Pandemic.pdf
May		HMICFRS: An Inspection of the effectiveness of the Regional Organised Crime Units  /   PCC response to effectiveness of the Regional Organised Crime Unit
April	Getting the balance right an inspection of how effectively the police deal with protests	PCC Response to HMICFRS report Getting The Balance Right.pdf
January	Criminal Justice Joint Inspection: Impact of the pandemic on the Criminal Justice System	PCC Response to: ‘Impact of the pandemic on the Criminal Justice System’

2020

Month	Report	PCC's response
December	HMICFRS - Pre-charge bail and released under investigation:  Striking a balance	PCC Response to: ‘Pre-charge bail and released under investigation:  Striking a balance’
	Safe to share? Report on Liberty and Southall Black Sister’s super-complaint on policing and immigration status	PCC Response to: ‘Safe to share? Report on Liberty and Southall Black Sister’s super-complaint on policing and immigration status’
November	HMICFRS - An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s relationship with regional organised crime units	PCC Response to: ‘An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s relationship with regional organised crime units’
July	HMICFRS - PEEL spotlight report: The Hard Yards: Police-to-police collaboration	PCC response to: 'PEEL spotlight report: The Hard Yards: Police-to-police collaboration'
	HMICFRS - Roads Policing: Not optional: An inspection of roads policing in England and Wales	PCC response to 'Roads Policing: Not optional: An inspection of roads policing in England and Wales'
	HMICFRS - A call for help: Police contact management through call handling and control rooms in 2018/19	PCC response to 'A call for help: Police contact management through call handling and control rooms in 2018/19'
	State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2019	PCC response to 'State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2019'
March	HMICFRS - Counter-Terrorism Policing: An inspection of the police's contribution to the government's Prevent programme	PCC response to 'Counter-Terrorism Policing: An inspection of the police's contribution to the government's Prevent programme'
February	CJJI - A joint thematic inspection of Integrated Offender Management	PCC response to: 'A joint thematic inspection of Integrated Offender Management'
	HMICFRS PEEL Spotlight Report: Diverging under pressure	PCC response to: 'PEEL Spotlight Report: Diverging under pressure'
	HMICFRS - National Child Protection Inspections: 2019 thematic report	PCC response to 'National Child Protection Inspections: 2019 thematic report'
	The multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment	PCC response to 'The multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment'
January	CJJI - Evidence led domestic abuse prosecutions	PCC response to 'Evidence led domestic abuse prosecutions'
	HMICRF - Both sides of the coin: The police and National Crime Agency's response to vulnerable in 'county lines' drug offending	PCC response to 'Both sides of the coin: The police and National Crime Agency's response to vulnerable people in 'county lines' drug offending'

2019

Month	Report	PCC's response
December	N/A
November	N/A
October	HMICFRS - Cyber: keep the light on - an inspection of the police response to cyber-dependent crime	PCC response to Cyber: keep the light on - an inspection of the police response to cyber-dependent crime
September	HMICFRS Shining a light on betrayal: Abuse of position for a sexual purpose	PCC response to Shining a light on betrayal: Abuse of position for a sexual purpose
August	N/A
July	HMCPSI & HMICFRS - The poor relation: The police and CPS response to crimes against older people	PCC response to 'The poor relation: the police and CPS response to crimes against older people'
June	N/A
May	HMICFRS PEEL Inspection - Wiltshire May 2019	Response to the 2019 HMICFRS Inspection from the Chief and the PCC
April	HMICFRS Sussex Police response to stalking and harassment	PCC response - stalking and harassment
	HMICFRS - an inspection of the police response to fraud	PCC response - an inspection of police response to fraud
March	N/A
February	Summary of HMICFRS Programme and framework, Feb 2019
	HMICFRS - police response to domestic abuse - an update	PCC response - domestic abuse - an update
January	HMICFRS - public perceptions of policing in England and Wales

2018

2019 PEEL Inspection Response

2019 PEEL assessment for Wiltshire

2017

HMICFRS 2017 Summary page

PEEL Effectiveness 2017

PCC Response to PEEL Effectiveness report

PEEL Legitimacy 2017

PEEL Efficiency 2017

Crime Data Integrity Inspection

2016

HMICFRS Summary report 2016

PEEL Effectiveness 2016

PEEL Legitimacy 2016

PEEL Efficiency 2016

Joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to abuse and neglect in Wiltshire

Joint Inspection of Police Custody

Best Use of Stop and Search

2015

HMICFRS Summary report 2015

PEEL Effectiveness 2015

PEEL Legitimacy 2015

PEEL Efficiency 2015

2014

PEEL assessment 2014