HMICS Annual Report 2016-17

20 December 2017

This annual report from Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland, provides an update on how Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) has carried out its statutory function for the period of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 and details its activity since the previous Annual Report, which was published on 22 December 2016.

The report highlights how HMICS continues to meet the scrutiny challenges of an ever-changing policing landscape and deliver against the Scrutiny Plan. In addition to reporting on HMICS activity in the past year, it offers an assessment of policing in Scotland and comments on the performance of Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) during 2016-17.

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