HMICFRS & PEEL Reports

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) carries out a range of independent inspections of Cumbria Constabulary.

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner uses the outcomes of the inspections to identify areas of strength and improvement. His responses to those inspections are published below.

• Response to HMIC's Report on Cumbria Constabulary's Response to the Funding Challenge
• Response to HMIC's Rape Monitoring Group Report
• Response to HMIC's Report on Cumbria Constabulary's Approach to Tackling Domestic Abuse
• Response to HMIC's Report on Strategic Policing Requirement
• Response to HMIC Report 'Responding to austerity'
• Response to HMIC Report on 'Core Business: an inspection into crime prevention, police attendance and the use of police time'
• Response to HMIC's Report on Crime Data Integrity
• Response to HMIC's PEEL Police Legitimacy Report
• Response to HMIC Firearms Licensing Inspection
• Response to HMIC Custody Inspection
• Response to HMIC PEEL Inspection Report (October 2015)
• Response to HMIC PEEL Inspection Report (Vulnerability) December 2015
• Response to HMIC PEEL Effectiveness Report (Feb 2016)
• Response to HMIC PEEL Assessment (Feb 2016)
• Response to HMIC Report into Missing and Absent Children
• Response to HMIC Report Rape Monitoring Group (October 2016)
• Response to HMIC PEEL Assessment of Police Efficiency 2016
• Response to HMIC Peel Inspection Legitamacy and Leadership 8.12.16
• Response to HMIC National Child Protection Inspections 26.1.17
• Response to HMIC Peel Inspeciton 23.3.17
• Response to HMIC State of Policing 24.4.17
• Response to HMIC Police Efficiency and Legitamcy (2016) 18.4.17
• Response to HMIC Child Protection 20.9.17
• Response to HMIC Abuse of Power 5.10. 17
• Response to HMICFRS Modern Slavery 24.10.17
• Response to HMICFRS PEEL Efficiency 8.11.17
• Response to HMICFRS PEEL Legitamcy 12.12.17
• Response to HMICFRS PEEL Police Leadership 9.2.18
• Response to HMICFRS PEEL Effectiveness Report 22.3.18
• Response to HMICFRS Fraud: Time to Choose National Thematic Inspection April 2019
• Response to HMICFRS Integrated PEEL Assessment 2018/2019
• Response to HMICFRS Crime Data Integrity Inspection May 2019
• Response to HMICFRS Both sides of the coin (countylines)
• Response to HMICFRS Child Protection Inspections 2019 Thematic Report
• Response to HMICFRS Counter-terrorism policing -An inspection of the police's contribution to the Governments Prevent Programme
• Response to HMICFRS A Joint Thematic Inspection of Integrated Offender Management
• Response to HMICFRS A Joint Inspection - Evidence Led Domestic Abuse Prosecutions
• Response to HMICFRS A Call for Help - Police Contact Management through Call Handling & Control Rooms in 2018-2019
• Response to HMICFRS PEEL Spotlight Report - Diverging Under Pressure - Overview of themes from PEEL Inspections
• Response to HMICFRS PEEL Spotlight Report - The Hard Yards - Police to Police Collaboration
• Response to HMICFRS Roads Policing- An Inspection of Roads Policing in E&W
• Response to HMICFRS State of Policing - The Annual Assessment of Policing in E&W 2019
• Response to HMICFRS Pre-charge bail & release under investigation - striking a balance - 08.12.2020
• Response to HMICFRS on the Impact of the Pandemic on the CJS - January 2021
• Response to HMICFRS Policing in the pandemic - The police response to the coronavirus pandemic during 2020 & Custody services in the pandemic - April 2021
• Response to HMICFRS on Getting the Balance Right - An Inspection of how effectively the Police deal with Protest - March 2021
• Response to HMICFRS on Disproportionate Use of Police Powers - A spotlight on stop and search and the use of force - February 2021
• Response to HMICFRS Police response to violence against women and girls - Final Inspection report
• Response to HMICFRS Report - A Joint thematic inspection of the criminal justice journey for individuals with mental health needs and disorders
• Response to HMICFRS Report - Neurodiversity in the criminal justice system, A review of evidence 2021
• Response to HMICFRS Report - A Joint Thematic Inspection of the Police and Crown Prosecution Service's Response to Rape - Phase One: From Report to Police or CPS decision to take no further action
• Response to HMICFRS Report - State of Policing The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2020
• Response to HMICFRS PEEL Report 2021 2022 An Inspection of Cumbria Constabulary
• Response to HMICFRS Report - A shared confidence: A Summary of how Law Enforcement Agencies use sensitive intelligence
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #22374 The impact of Covid 19 pandemic on the Criminal Justice System - a progress report
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #22090 State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2021
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #19122 Review of policing domestic abuse during the pandemic 2021
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #21866 A joint thematic inspection of the police and Crown Prosecution Service's response to rape - Phase two: Post Charge
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #20263 A review of 'Fraud: Time to Choose'
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #22678 Twenty years on, is MAPPA achieving its objectives
• Response to HMICFRS Report - ~19491 Interim Report: Inspection into how effectively the police engage with women and girls
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #23389 PEEL Spotlight - The Police response to burglary, robbery, and other acquisitive crime - Finding Time for Crime
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #24247 A report into the effectiveness of vetting and counter-corruption arrangements in Cumbria Constabulary
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #23684 An inspection of vetting, misconduct and misogyny in the police service
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #25298 An inspection into how well the police and other agencies use digital forensics in their investigations
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #25922 An inspection of how well the police tackle serious youth violence.
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #26226 Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in Cumbria
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #27179 An inspection of how well the police and National Crime Agency tackle the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #28004 State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2022
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #28138 PEEL Spotlight - Police performance: Getting a grip.
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #28325 An inspection of how effective police forces are in the deployment of firearms
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #28740 – Management of terrorist offenders in the wake of terrorist attacks
• Response to HMICFRS Report - HMICFRS Report - #28790 Homicide Prevention: An inspection of the Police contribution to the prevention of homicide.
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #29045 – Race and Policing, An inspection of race disparity in police criminal justice decision-making- Recommendation 11
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #28992 – Race and Policing, A review of the Police service’s leadership and governance arrangements for race-related matters
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #27831 Values and culture in fire and rescue services
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #29536 An inspection of the north-west regional response to serious and organised crime
• Response to HMICFRS Report – #29779 An inspection of the effectiveness of the police and law enforcement bodies’ response to group-based child sexual exploitation in England and Wales
• Response to HMICFRS Report - #30073 – Meeting the needs of victims in the criminal justice system
• HMICFRS CFRS Action Plan 2024
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