HMICFRS Inspection Reports
The PCC has a statutory duty to comment on reports published by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service (HMICFRS) about Sussex Police. To make these easily accessible and to keep the public fully informed about any responses the PCC has made to HMICFRS, a copy of the response will be published below, together with links to the relevant report.
Protecting children is one of the most important tasks the police undertake. Only the police can investigate suspected crimes, arrest perpetrators and monitor sex offenders. Police officers have the power to take a child who is in danger into a place of safety, or to seek an order to restrict an offender’s contact with children. The police service also has a significant role working with other agencies to ensure the child’s protection and well-being, longer term.
This inspection examined child protection in Sussex Police in June and July 2018. It is part of a rolling programme of inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
The 'Effectiveness' strand of the 2017 Police Effectiveness Efficiency and Legitimacy (PEEL) inspection looked at:
• How effective are police forces at preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe?
• How effective are forces at investigating crime and reducing re-offending?
• How effective are forces at protecting those who are vulnerable from harm, and supporting victims?
• How effective are forces at tackling serious and organised crime?
• How effective are the forces’ specialist capabilities?
The national report can be viewed here. The Sussex report can be viewed here.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
The 'Legitimacy' strand of the 2017 Police Effectiveness Efficiency and Legitimacy (PEEL) inspection looked at how:
- forces treat people with fairness and respect;
- they ensure their workforces act ethically and lawfully; and
- those workforces feel they have been treated with fairness and respect by the forces.
The national report can be viewed here. The Sussex report can be viewed here.
The ‘Legitimacy’ report will be followed by an 'Effectiveness' report early in 2018. These two reports, together with the 'Efficiency' report make up the three pillars of the annual PEEL assessment.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
The 'Efficiency' strand of the 2017 Police Effectiveness Efficiency and Legitimacy (PEEL) inspection looked at:
• how well forces understand the demand for their service, how well they match their resources to that demand, and how well they are planning to meet future demand; and
• provides an assessment of their efficiency.
The national report can be viewed here. The Sussex report can be viewed here.
The ‘Efficiency’ report will be followed by reports on ‘Legitimacy’ in December 2017 and ‘Effectiveness’ in early 2018, which together make up the three pillars of the annual PEEL assessment.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
The 'Effectiveness' strand of the 2016 Police Effectiveness Efficiency and Legitimacy (PEEL) inspection looked at:
- How effective are police forces at preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe?
- How effective are forces at investigating crime and reducing re-offending?
- How effective are forces at protecting those who are vulnerable from harm, and supporting victims?
- How effective are forces at tackling serious and organised crime?
- How effective are the forces’ specialist capabilities?
The national report can be viewed here. The Sussex report can be viewed here.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
The 'Legitimacy' strand of the 2016 Police Effectiveness Efficiency and Legitimacy (PEEL) inspection looked at:
- To what extent does the force treat all of the people it serves with fairness and respect?
- How well does the force ensure that its workforce behaves ethically and lawfully?
- To what extent does the force treat its workforce with fairness and respect?
The national report can be viewed here. The Sussex report can be viewed here.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
The 'Efficiency' strand of the 2016 Police Effectiveness Efficiency and Legitimacy (PEEL) inspection looked at:
- How well does the force understand its current and likely future demand?
- How well does the force use its resources to manage current demand?
- How well is the force planning for demand in the future?
The national report can be viewed here. The Sussex report can be viewed here.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary presented a report to the Secretary of State under section 54(4A) of the Police Act 1996. As required by that section, it contains an assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing in England and Wales in respect of the inspection year 2015.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
The primary role of the police is to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour, and to protect individuals, communities and victims – especially those who are vulnerable. This report sets out findings from an inspection of how effectively the 43 police forces in England and Wales are meeting these objectives. HMIC defines an effective force as one that reduces crime, and keeps people safe. After consultation with the public, forces, police and crime commissioners, Government and other interested parties, HMIC has assessed forces’ effectiveness by asking how well they:
- prevent crime and anti-social behaviour, and keep people safe;
- investigate crime and manage offenders;
- protect those who are vulnerable, and support victims; and
- tackle serious and organised crime, including their arrangements for fulfilling their national policing responsibilities.
This is one strand of HMIC’s PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) annual, all-force assessment. The effectiveness report follows reports on efficiency and legitimacy, published in October 2015 and February 2016 respectively. The findings relating to question 3 above were published in December 2015, so that forces could start making immediate improvements to ensure that all vulnerable people receive the protection and support which they need.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.
As part of its annual inspections into police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL), HMIC’s legitimacy programme assessed how legitimate the force is at keeping people safe and reducing crime. The inspection focused on whether a force was consistently behaving in a way that is fair, reasonable, effective and lawful, and if it has the consent of the public.
PCC's Response
The PCC's response can be viewed here.