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Transparency Reports and Governance HMICFRSHMICFRS
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) independently inspects police forces and fire and rescue services. It assesses how well they perform and whether they use public money effectively, in the public interest
PEEL Inspections
PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) is HMICFRS’s main inspection programme.
It brings together evidence from inspections across all police forces to assess:
- effectiveness (how well the force prevents crime and protects people)
- efficiency (how well resources are used and value for money is achieved)
- legitimacy (whether the force acts fairly, ethically and within the law)
These assessments help the public understand how their police force is performing
You can read the latest PEEL inspection report for Cheshire Constabulary.
Thematic inspections
HMICFRS also carries out thematic inspections. These focus on specific areas of policing to:
- examine issues in more detail
- identify good practice
- highlight areas for improvement
The findings support and contribute to PEEL assessments.
HMICFRS Responses
Under the Police Act 1996 (as amended) the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) must respond to HMICFRS reports.
This includes:
- reviewing findings
- providing comments to the Home Secretary
- publishing a response within 30 working days.
We publish responses to national and local reports to support transparency.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service – The effectiveness of diverting children from the criminal justice system: meeting needs, ensuring safety, and preventing reoffending. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service – Inspection of the effectiveness of police and law enforcement bodies’ response to group-based child sexual exploitation: A progress report. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – How effectively do the police record crime? You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire and Fire & Rescue Services – Joint case building by the police and Crown Prosecution Service. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – Improving the response to organised immigration crime.You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection of the police response to the public disorder in July and August 2024 Tranche 2.You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection into how effectively the police investigate crime. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An Inspection of Cheshire Constabulary. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An Inspection of the police response to the public disorder in July and August 2024.You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – The policing response to anti-social behaviour: PEEL spotlight report. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – Multi-agency responses to serious youth violence: working together to support and protect children. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection into impartiality and activism in policing. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2023. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – Meeting the needs of victims in the criminal justice system. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection of the effectiveness of law enforcement bodies’ response to group-based child sexual exploitation in England and Wales. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection of the north-west regional response to serious and organised crime. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – Race and Policing: A review of the police service’s leadership and governance arrangements for race related matters. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.And Race and Policing: An inspection of race disparity in police criminal justice decision making. You can view the full HMICFS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An Inspection of the police contribution to the prevention of homicide. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Probation – Counter Terrorism Joint Inspection – National security division and multi-agency arrangements for the management of terrorist offenders in the wake of terrorist attacks. You can view the full Criminal Justice Joint Inspection here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection of how effective police forces are in the deployment of firearms. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – Police Performance: Getting a grip. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – A report into the effectiveness of vetting and counter-corruption arrangements in Cheshire Constabulary. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2022. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – Cheshire – National Child Protection Inspection post-inspection review. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection of how well the police and National Crime Agency tackle the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – Values and culture in fire and rescue services. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection of how well the police tackle serious youth violence. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection of vetting, misconduct, and misogyny in the police service. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – An inspection into how well the police and other agencies use digital forensics in their investigations. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services – PEEL – The police response to burglary, robbery and other acquisitive crime. You can view the full HMICFRS report here.
- Joint targeted area inspection of Cheshire East. You can view the full Ofsted, Care Quality Commission and HMICFRS report here.
Why this matters
HMICFRS inspections help you:
- understand how Cheshire Police is performing
- see where improvements are needed
- have confidence that policing is independently checked
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