HMIC Responses

Sensitive Intelligence is clearly an important area of policing, but one which PCC’s have less oversight.   I therefore welcome HMICFRS looking into this area to provide PCC’s with assurance on how sensitive intelligence is used.   I have asked the Chief Constable to comment on this report.  His response was as follows: I welcome the HMICFRS’s [...]

Fraud and the impact on victims has been raised a number of times by residents since I took office and this report is timely as I finalise my Police and Crime Plan.   Surrey is one of the areas most affected by fraud.  I agree with HMICFRS that there needs to be more resources put into [...]

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I welcome this report on Neurodiversity in the Criminal Justice System.  There is clearly more to be done on a national level and the recommendations within the report will help improve the experience of going through the CJS for neurodivergent people.   Surrey Police has recognised the need to improve awareness of neurodiversity for both its [...]

I welcome Surrey Police’s involvement as one of the four forces included in this inspection. I am encouraged by the force’s strategy to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), which recognises impact of coercive and controlling behaviour and the importance of ensuring policy and practice is informed by those with lived experience.   Surrey’s partnership [...]

As a new PCC Elected in May 2021, this report was extremely helpful in providing an assessment of the challenges faced by policing, what is working well and where there needs to be focus for improvement by Chief Constables and PCCs.  Much of what was covered in the report chimes with my own experience [...]

Read the PCC's response here.

Read the PCC's response here.

Read the PCC's response here.

Read the PCC's response here.