His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)

Understanding our PEEL (police efficiency, effectiveness, and legitimacy) assessments 🔍 We conduct PEEL assessments to promote improvements across police forces in England and Wales to help make communities safer. We look at various aspects, such as how forces prevent and investigate crime, treat the public, and manage resources. We continuously adapt our approach and publish a framework for each cycle of inspections. This outlines the characteristics of what good performance looks like. Watch our Head of PEEL, Suzette, explain more about PEEL inspections in the video below.

Sir Andy Cooke QPM DL welcomes the latest developments on the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, including plans to put 13,000 more officers into neighbourhood policing roles. These new measures are important steps in making communities safer and improving outcomes for victims.

Are you a woman currently working operationally for a fire and rescue service in the UK? We need you! 🚨 One of our Directors, Amy Beams, is speaking at the NFCC's PPE conference in May and we're collecting research on women's experiences with PPE and sizing. Please fill out this short survey: https://lnkd.in/e43JXUkZ and be part of an important conversation to drive change. 👆 If you are a woman that has worked operationally in a UK fire and rescue service in the past and want to share your experience, please contact marketing@wfs.org.uk. 💜

Today we published our latest inspection of Dorset Police. The force prioritises the prevention and deterrence of crime. However, it must improve how it responds to the public, and achieve better outcomes for victims of crime. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eT98Rejz

We have published our latest inspection of Cleveland Police (UK). We found that the force has made progress in all areas since its previous inspection, but must improve how it investigates crime and protects vulnerable people. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e3547cSJ

We’ve published an update on Nottinghamshire Police's progress against three causes of concern. We recognise the considerable work that the force has carried out to support improvements and have closed two causes of concern, but there is still more work to do. Read more 🔽 https://lnkd.in/emeU_rRt

Want to know more about what a social researcher working in government does? Meet Charlie 👋 Charlie is a Social Research Apprentice working in His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). Here, Charlie talks about why she chose a career in social research, what the first six months of the apprenticeship have been like, and how her work is already impacting society.

Important report released today where I comment on the context of the challenges currently facing the service.

We have published our inspection of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. We found that the service needs to improve how it prevents crime and manages offenders and suspects. 🔽 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eEukgsni

Our latest report found numerous examples of initiatives forces have introduced to improve the standard of crime investigations and achieve better outcomes for victims. However, the report also highlights that investigators’ efforts are hampered by ineffective ways of recording, assessing, allocating and investigating crime. We found that these ineffective investigation processes are not always putting the victim first, with forces often focusing on quantity rather than quality when measuring support for victims. HMI Lee Freeman urges chief constables to consider how they can use the examples of positive practice within the report to improve the effectiveness of crime investigations and the service they give to victims.