PEEL Force Inspection

PEEL 2021-22 CoC Recommendations: Cleveland Police

Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Cleveland Police (2021-22)

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Applicable Forces
Cleveland Police
Recommendations (5)
# Recommendation Directed at Status
T1 Cause of concern: The force hasn’t fully addressed the cause of concern relating to strategic planning, organisational management and value for money identified in its 2019 PEEL inspection.#10267"Cleveland Police doesn’t adequately understand the demand it faces. A thorough understanding of demand is required to underpin all strategic planning. This failure means it doesn’t have coherent workforce and financial plans to meet demand and deliver the necessary outcomes." Recommendation: Cleveland Police should continue to develop co-ordinated financial and workforce plans based on demand, which should be integrated into the force's strategic planning cycle. Cleveland Police Completed
T2 Cause of concern: The force hasn’t fully addressed the cause of concern relating to strategic planning, organisational management and value for money identified in its 2019 PEEL inspection.#10267"Cleveland Police doesn’t adequately understand the demand it faces. A thorough understanding of demand is required to underpin all strategic planning. This failure means it doesn’t have coherent workforce and financial plans to meet demand and deliver the necessary outcomes." Recommendation: Cleveland Police should continue to develop its assessment of current and potential future demand across all operational areas to inform the force’s operating model. This should include latent demand and the demand generated by internal processes. Cleveland Police Completed
T3 Cause of concern: The force hasn’t fully addressed the cause of concern about preventing crime and antisocial behaviour identified in the 2019 PEEL inspection.#10265 "The force doesn’t appropriately prioritise crime prevention. There is a lack of strategic direction, and the force doesn’t allocate enough resources to prevention work. Staff who carry out prevention work lack an understanding of the priorities they should be tackling." Recommendation: Cleveland Police should take immediate steps to integrate preventative practice across the organisation and provide the capacity and capability to carry out structured problem-solving and prevention activity aligned with its priorities. Cleveland Police Completed
T4 Cause of concern: The force hasn’t fully addressed the cause of concern about preventing crime and antisocial behaviour identified in the 2019 PEEL inspection.#10265 "The force doesn’t appropriately prioritise crime prevention. There is a lack of strategic direction, and the force doesn’t allocate enough resources to prevention work. Staff who carry out prevention work lack an understanding of the priorities they should be tackling." Recommendation: Cleveland Police should take immediate steps to provide strategic direction and co-ordination of all prevention activity. Cleveland Police Completed
T5 Cause of concern: The force hasn’t fully addressed the cause of concern about preventing crime and antisocial behaviour identified in the 2019 PEEL inspection.#10265 "The force doesn’t appropriately prioritise crime prevention. There is a lack of strategic direction, and the force doesn’t allocate enough resources to prevention work. Staff who carry out prevention work lack an understanding of the priorities they should be tackling." Recommendation: Cleveland Police should take immediate steps to raise the organisational profile of evidence-based policing, thoroughly evaluate problem-orientated activity, and arrange the storage and sharing of good practice. Cleveland Police Completed