Police Vetting Inconsistencies
Inconsistent vetting practices across police forces and the ability of officers to evade re-vetting upon transfer.
61 items
1 source
13 inquiries
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Inquiry recommendation
90match
ANG-9 - Improve vetting decision-making quality and consistency
By March 2025, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting units, should take steps to improve the quality and consistency of police vetting decision-making. This should include encouraging the use of greater professional rigour and curiosity when investigating lines of enquiry, in order to prevent those who commit sexually motivated crimes against women and those otherwise...
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terms: police, vetting
Inquiry recommendation
90match
ANG-8 - Strengthen recruitment and vetting practices
By June 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting units, should take further steps to prevent those unsuitable for policing from joining the policing profession. This should include further developing the Vetting Code of Practice, Authorised Professional Practice on Vetting, and other guidance on recruitment and vetting practices in order to prevent those who commit...
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terms: police, vetting
Inquiry recommendation
82match
R20 - Standards for police vetting checks
HMIC should develop, with ACPO and the CRB, the standards to be observed by police forces in carrying out vetting checks. These should cover the intelligence databases to be searched, the robustness of procedures, guidance, training, supervision and audit.
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terms: police, vetting
Inquiry recommendation
82match
ANG-13 - Stronger vetting aftercare and randomised re-vetting
By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with all force vetting units, should develop a stronger approach to force vetting aftercare in order to monitor an individual effectively throughout their career with the police and be aware of any change in circumstances as soon as possible to ensure that potential risks/red flags are identified and assessed....
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terms: police, vetting
Inquiry recommendation
81match
ANG-7 - In-person interviews and home visits for police candidates
With immediate effect, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force recruitment, should ensure that every new candidate applying to become a police officer in any police force undergoes an in-person interview and home visit. This should be designed to provide a holistic picture of the candidate and a better understanding of the candidate's motivations for joining the...
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terms: police, vetting
Inquiry recommendation
78match
ANG-11 - Strengthen information-sharing practices
By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting and recruitment units, should ensure that information-sharing practices, including data retention policies, are strengthened in order to prevent those who commit sexually motivated crimes against women and those otherwise unsuitable for policing from remaining in, or moving across, the policing profession. In particular, there should be...
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terms: police, vetting
Inquiry recommendation
78match
ANG-10 - Vetting Code compliance for officer transfers
With immediate effect, all recruiting forces should have regard to the new Vetting Code of Practice, which requires the parent force to provide all relevant information requested about the transferee to enable an effective assessment of risk by the force conducting a full re-vet of the transferee.
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terms: vetting
Inquiry recommendation
65match
R31 - Additional database access for CRB
As a priority, legislation should be brought forward to enable the CRB to access the following additional databases for the purpose of vetting: Her Majesty's Customs & Excise; National Criminal Intelligence Service; National Crime Squad; British Transport Police; and the Scottish and Northern Ireland equivalents of the Protection of Children Act List and the Protection of Vulnerable Adults...
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terms: police, vetting
Inquiry recommendation
64match
ANG-6 - Review sexual offence allegations against serving officers
By September 2024, the National Police Chiefs' Council, in collaboration with all force vetting units, and building on the results of the recent data-washing exercise, should conduct a review of the circumstances of all allegations of indecent exposure and other sexual offences recorded on the Police National Database and the Police National Computer against serving officers. This is...
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terms: police, vetting
Inquiry recommendation
62match
R28 - Broader consent on Police Check Form
The consents that applicants currently give on the 'Police Check Form' should be sufficiently broad to enable the requisite checks to be undertaken.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
61match
MACP-59 - Home Office review and monitor police selection and promotion standards for senior officers
That the Home Office review and monitor the system and standards of Police Services applied to the selection and promotion of officers of the rank of Inspector and above. Such procedures for selection and promotion to be monitored and assessed regularly.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
61match
DM-15 - Regular security clearance updates for police
Security clearance processes for police officers and police staff are fundamental to any anti-corruption strategy. Regular updating of the security status of each individual is essential to identify any concerns and to enable action to be taken in respect of such concerns. Notwithstanding the assurance received by the Panel from the Metropolitan Police in December 2020, the Metropolitan...
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
56match
DM-2 - DNA samples from Police Officer Z31's relatives
The Panel recommends that the Metropolitan Police consider the desirability and explore the possibility of obtaining samples of DNA from former Police Officer Z31's relatives, to compare it with the outstanding DNA recovered from the axe.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
53match
R27 - Information verification confirmation
Registered Bodies should be required to confirm that they have checked the information on the 'Police Check Form' in accordance with CRB guidance.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
52match
DM-14 - Register membership of organisations like Freemasons
All police officers and police staff should be obliged to register in confidence with the Chief Officer of their police force, at either their point of recruitment to the police force or at any point subsequent to their recruitment, their membership of any organisation, including the Freemasons, which might call their impartiality into question or give rise to...
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
48match
MACP-64 - Require policing plans to include targets for minority ethnic staff recruitment and retention
That the Home Secretary and Police Authorities' policing plans should include targets for recruitment, progression and retention of minority ethnic staff. Police Authorities to report progress to the Home Secretary annually. Such reports to be published.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
48match
MACP-66 - Require HMIC to inspect and report on police minority ethnic staff progress
That HMIC include in any regular inspection or in a thematic inspection a report on the progress made by Police Services in recruitment, progression and retention of minority ethnic staff.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
48match
MACP-65 - Facilitate initiatives to increase qualified minority ethnic recruits in police services
That the Home Office and Police Services should facilitate the development of initiatives to increase the number of qualified minority ethnic recruits.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
48match
MACP-3 - Grant Her Majesty's Inspectors full powers to inspect all Police Services.
That Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary (HMIC) be granted full and unfettered powers and duties to inspect all parts of Police Services including the Metropolitan Police Service.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
48match
R3 - Police IT procurement review
The procurement of IT systems by the police should be reviewed to ensure that, wherever possible, national solutions are delivered to national problems.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
48match
AG-3 - Code of Practice on New Weapons Approval
The Home Secretary should ensure that the new Code of Practice on Police use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons contains an express prohibition on the use of a new weapon system by the police service until the approval process set out in the Code has been completed.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
48match
SP30 - Autism spectrum disorder police training
1. Lancashire Constabulary should strengthen its autism spectrum disorder‑related training for new officers and through continuous development. 2. National policing bodies, with input from the Department of Health and Social Care, should consider whether reforms to guidance or training are required.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
48match
FENN-25 - Discuss closer links between British Transport Police and other forces
The British Railways Board as employers of the British Transport Police shall discuss with the Home Office closer links between the British Transport Police and other police forces.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
47match
AG-2 - HMICFRS Thematic Inspection of Armed Policing
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) should conduct a thematic inspection or inspections concerning: (i) the selection and training of officers authorised to use weapons requiring special authorisation; (ii) the selection and training of officers authorised to command incidents involving the use of weapons requiring special authorisation; (iii) the selection and training of...
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
47match
ANG-15 - Remove barriers to reporting sexual offences by colleagues
With immediate effect, all police forces should take action to understand and confront the barriers that police officers and staff face when reporting sexual offences committed by a person that they work with or in the workplace. This is in order to encourage victims, who are also police officers or police staff, to come forward and submit complaints,...
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
45match
COVID-M2.6 - Enact Socio-economic Duty
The UK government should bring into force in England section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, implementing the socio-economic duty. The Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive should consider an equivalent provision within section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
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Inquiry recommendation
44match
L78 - PNC Access Auditing
The Police Service should re-examine the rigour of the auditing process and the frequency of the conduct of audits in relation to access to the Police National Computer (PNC). Additional consideration should also be given to the number of people given access to the PNC and the associated rules which govern its usage.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
43match
R19 - Registration scheme for working with children
New arrangements should be introduced requiring those who wish to work with children, or vulnerable adults, to be registered. This register – perhaps supported by a card or licence – would confirm that there is no known reason why an individual should not work with these client groups. The new register would be administered by a central body,...
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
43match
R8 - Information management Code of Practice
A Code of Practice should be produced covering record creation, review, retention, deletion and information sharing. This should be made under the Police Reform Act 2002 and needs to be clear, concise and practical. It should supersede existing guidance.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
43match
R5 - PNC Code of Practice implementation
The new Code of Practice, made under the Police Reform Act 2002, dealing with the quality and timeliness of PNC data input, should be implemented as soon as possible.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
41match
R30 - Overseas applicant checking
Proposals should be brought forward as soon as possible to improve the checking of people from overseas who want to work with children and vulnerable adults.
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Inquiry recommendation
41match
MAI-161 - Review CCTV monitoring SIA licence requirements
The requirement that only those monitoring CCTV under a contract for services need to hold an SIA licence should be reviewed.
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Inquiry recommendation
41match
MAI-20 - Review licensing for security contractors
Consideration should be given to whether contractors who carried out security services should be required to be licenced.
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Inquiry recommendation
36match
R29 - Incomplete applications returned to Registered Body
Incomplete or withdrawn applications should in future be returned to the Registered Body, and not to the applicant.
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Inquiry recommendation
36match
AG-4 - North West Armed Policing SOP Amendment
The North West Armed Policing Standard Operating Procedure on Weapons and Ammunition should be amended so that it only permits the use of new specialist munitions that have been approved in accordance with the Code of Practice for Armed Policing and Less Lethal Weapons.
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Inquiry recommendation
35match
AR-3 - Commissioner to Appoint Debrief Officer
In the event of a shooting by an MPS officer that results in death or serious injury, the Commissioner should thereupon appoint a senior officer to conduct a full, operational debriefing. The officer must have sufficient seniority to not be inhibited from critical appraisal of involved units including CO19. The appointment should be made immediately following the incident...
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
R23 - Database access for identity verification
Registered Bodies, or the CRB, should be able to check passports and driving licences presented as proof of identity against the Passport Service and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) databases.
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
R21 - Enhanced Disclosure for school staff
All posts, including those in schools, that involve working with children, and vulnerable adults, should be subject to the Enhanced Disclosure regime.
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Inquiry recommendation
32match
DM-9 - Regulation of private investigators
The Government should act on its stated intention in 2013 to require licensing measures, introduce legislation to ensure the creation and use of standards, and implement the recommendation in the 2016 review concerning the regulation of private investigators.
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Inquiry recommendation
31match
R9 - Key principles of information management
The Code of Practice must clearly set out the key principles of good information management (capture, review, retention, deletion and sharing), having regard to policing purposes, the rights of the individual and the law.
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Inquiry recommendation
31match
R7 - Court results PNC transfer
The transfer of responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC should be reaffirmed by the Court Service and the Home Office and, if possible, accelerated ahead of the 2006 target. At the least, that deadline must be met.
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Inquiry recommendation
31match
AR-1 - Full Review of Operation Tayport
I recommend that, as soon as is reasonably practicable, the MPS undertake a full, thorough review of all aspects of Operation Tayport. The review should be conducted by a senior officer appointed by the Commissioner with no inhibitions about critical examination of the conduct of SCD7, SCD11, and CO19. The object of the exercise is to serve the...
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Inquiry recommendation
31match
L80 - ACPO Post-employment Restrictions
Consideration should be given to the terms upon which ACPO rank officers are appointed and, in particular, whether these terms should include some limitation upon the nature of any employment within or by the media that can be undertaken without the approval of the relevant authority for a period of 12 months following the cessation of the appointment.
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
R25 - Fingerprints for identity verification
Fingerprints should be used as a means of verifying identity.
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27match
R22 - Identity checking responsibilities
The Registered Bodies' precise responsibilities for checking identities need to be clarified urgently.
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27match
R6 - PNC data quality inspection
The quality and timeliness of PNC data input should be routinely inspected as part of the Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF) and the Baseline Assessments, which are being developed by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
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Inquiry recommendation
27match
R4 - PNC investment
Investment should be made available by Government to secure the PNC's medium and long-term future, given its importance to intelligence-led policing and to the criminal justice system as a whole. I note that PITO has begun this work.
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Inquiry recommendation
23match
L79 - ACPO Guidance on Hospitality
The recent ACPO Guidance should more specifically spell out the dangers of consuming alcohol in a setting of casual hospitality (without necessarily specifying a blanket ban).
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Inquiry recommendation
23match
R26 - Address verification guidance
Guidance should be issued to Registered Bodies on how to verify that applicants have given a full and accurate account of their current and past addresses.
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23match
R24 - Photograph requirement for identity documents
There should be an expectation that documents produced to confirm identity should, wherever possible, include a photograph.
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