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This is the first new style 'Review' inspection of Fife Constabulary by HMIC. In this case it focuses on the action taken by the force in respect to the HMIC Intermediate Inspection of the force in June 1999. In the future the focus will be on the HMIC Primary Inspection.
Every force is now the subject of an HMIC Primary Inspection every fourth year. A Primary Inspection deals with a broad range of activity and makes recommendations which are usually quite substantive. A number of observations (suggestions) for improvement are made in a supporting context.
HMIC recognises that the recommendations (and observations/suggestions) need to be carefully considered by the force, often have resource implications and may need to be approached in a phased and prioritised way.
A force may choose not to follow or adopt an HMIC recommendation or suggestion and set out an agreed case for not doing so. In turn, HMIC may comment on this but the debate is a public one for the police authority, ministers and wider public to take a view.
This Review, which is made public through the Police Authority and the HMIC website, is a part of the transparency and accountability process of a police force.
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