Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Richard Rhodes, has today received a report from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) regarding their assessment of the effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy with which Cumbria Constabulary keeps people safe and reduces crime. They have all improved. The constabulary has communicated these in various ways, including personal visits by chief officers to police stations and publications on the intranet.
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Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird, said: “The findings of these inspections are reassuring to the people of Northumbria that our police force is doing a good job at keeping people safe by effectively reducing and preventing crime in our region. The force understands the current status of its leadership at every level, which includes an understanding of leadership capacity and capability”.
HMI Wendy Williams said: “I would like to commend Gwent Police for the excellent progress it has made in 2015”. What was evident during this period was the spirit shown by the public and their appreciation and assistance towards the police officers and staff who worked tirelessly to ensure their safety.
“The ethical culture, with a commitment to the wellbeing of the workforce in Sussex Police, is a testament to the strong and visible leadership provided by the chief officer team”.
“This means that the force may not be able to continue to provide the quality of service it aspires to for this very vulnerable group of victims”.
“I am particularly concerned by the force’s approach to protecting some of the most vulnerable people”. It has introduced a neighbourhood management system that helps it to understand the needs of the communities in the area.
“I’m confident that we can build on this overwhelmingly positive assessment and in the next year see Devon and Cornwall Police build on the encouragement this report brings while further maintaining those strong links with our partners and communities which already exist”. “I will be particularly interested in monitoring the continuous improvement of the Gwent multi-agency missing children hub”.
Concerns over how Cleveland Police can reduce crime while meeting financial challenges have been raised by inspectors. Kent was judged “good” overall and was one of only six forces to receive an “outstanding” grading in any of the three areas. This is even more pleasing in light of the criticisms the force has faced previously.
But Suffolk has been criticised for inconsistent assessment of staff abilities and the number and poor targeting of their internal announcement emails while Essex draws criticism for the fact that while it has set up a system for communicating its plans and policies, some staff complained of sending questions to the force’s change programme team and not receiving a reply.
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Mr Johnston added: “It’s been a long road but I have witnessed for myself the impressive efforts and the huge amount of work which has been undertaken by the Force, my office and other partners in the community in pulling together to improve services across the board”.
