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Tayside police review inspection
29/07/2004
Tayside Police has demonstrated significant progress in
its work according to a report published today by Her
Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
The first review inspection report focuses on the
current activities undertaken by Tayside Police, including
action taken in response to the recommendations made in
HMIC's Primary Inspection of the force in 2002.
Of the 16 recommendations in the primary inspection
report, 10 have been fully implemented. In addition, a
number of areas considered worthy of review have been
revisited. This indicates that a substantial number of
issues have been comprehensively addressed by Tayside
Police.
As part of the inspection process HMIC also examined a
number of other areas including race relations, community
planning, preparation for Airwave - the new digital radio
system being adopted by all Scottish police forces - and
call management.
HMIC acknowledges the positive progress being made by
the force across a number of areas, which improves the
service being provided to the communities of Angus, Dundee
and Perth and Kinross. These include success in
mainstreaming the National Intelligence Model, efforts to
develop community consultation and sustained improvements
in sickness absences for both police and support staff.
The next review of Tayside Police will be conducted
during 2005/2006. At that time HMIC will revisit those
recommendations which have not yet been fully implemented,
and examine progress in relation to those review areas
where HMIC retains an interest.
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Mr Andrew
Brown, said:
"Tayside Police has responded very positively to the
Primary Inspection Report of 2002 and made significant
progress towards implementing the recommendations and
suggestions in that report. A number of very positive
developments have occurred in the interim and the force is
clearly committed to continuous improvement in service
delivery."
Following a review in 2002, HMIC introduced an enhanced
inspection schedule. This is a continuing cyclical process
comprising of a primary inspection and two successive risk
assessed follow-ups. It can be summarised as follows:
(i) A primary inspection of each police force
and common police service is made every five years. This
includes a comprehensive examination of all aspects of a
force or organisation's activity at a strategic level.
There is also subsequent field work focusing on areas of
business which attract particular attention due to
performance levels, variations from common practice or
concerns identified about the approaches followed. The
process also seeks to identify good practice from which
other forces or common services could learn. A report is
placed before the appropriate Police Board/Authority,
published and placed on the HMIC website.
(ii) In the intervening years, two review
inspections take place at 18 month intervals. These focus
on a range of issues including progress against
recommendations made in the primary inspection, progress
made against recommendations made in recent thematic
inspections and national developments in policing. Reports
of these inspections are also presented to the Police
Board/Authority and a copy posted on the HMIC website.