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Basic Command Units - England and Wales

Please click here to download Going Local: the BCU Inspection Handbook (file size 464kb)

Please click here to download Back to Basics: Emerging findings from BCU inspections in 2001 (file size 78kb)

Please click here to download Going Local Again: Key Questions (file size 38kb) and here to download NIM Issues for BCU Inspections (file size 27kb)

BCU Inspection Reports

Avon and Somerset Constabulary:

Bath and North East Somerset BCU Inspection Report, July 2003 (file size 250kb)
Bath and North East Somerset BCU Follow-Up Report, August 2004 (file size 46kb)
Central Bristol BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 919kb)
North Bristol BCU Inspection Report, September 2002 (file size 285kb)
North Bristol BCU Follow-Up Report, November 2003 (file size 50kb)
Somerset East BCU Inspection Report, January 2002 (file size 172kb)
Somerset West BCU Inspection Report, August 2001 (file size 1.2mb)
South Bristol BCU Inspection Report, March 2003 (file size 249kb)
South Bristol BCU Follow-up Report, September 2004 (file size 50kb)
South Gloucestershire BCU Inspection Report, January 2003 (file size 167kb)
South Gloucestershire BCU Follow-Up Report, March 2004 (file size 41kb)

Bedfordshire Police:

Luton BCU Inspection Report, May 2002 (file size 520kb)
Luton BCU Follow-Up Report, July 2003 (file size 48kb)
North Bedfordshire BCU Inspection Report, March 2003 (file size 1mb)
North Bedfordshire BCU Follow-up Report, March 2004 (file size 42kb)

Cambridgeshire Constabulary:

Central Cambridgeshire BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 173kb)
Central Cambridgeshire BCU Follow-up Report, May 2003 (file size 105kb)
Northern Cambridgeshire BCU Inspection Report, October 2001:
Part 1
Part 2
Northern Cambridgeshire BCU Follow-up Report, June 2003 (file size 43kb)
Southern Cambridgeshire BCU Inspection Report, December 2003 (file size 122kb)

Cheshire Constabulary:

Chester and Ellesmere Port BCU Inspection Report, February 2003 (file size 95kb)
Chester and Ellesmere Port BCU Follow-up Report, March 2004 (file size 60kb)
Chester and Ellesmere Port BCU Second Follow-Up Report, September 2004 (file size 54kb)
Congleton and Vale Royal BCU Inspection Report, February 2004 (file size 113kb)
Halton BCU Inspection Report, March 2002 (file size 90kb)
Halton BCU Follow-Up Report, April 2003 (file size 36kb)

City of London Police:

Bishopsgate BCU Inspection Report, December 2001 (file size 550kb)
Bishopsgate BCU Follow-up Report, February 2003 (file size 42kb)
Snow Hill BCU Inspection Report, December 2001 (file size 737kb)
Snow Hill BCU Follow-up Report, February 2003 (file size 41kb)

Cleveland Police:

Hartlepool BCU Inspection Report, July 2003 (file size 150kb)
Hartlepool BCU Revisit Report, August 2004 (file size 69kb)
Middlesbrough BCU Inspection Report, December 2002 (file size 110kb)
Middlesbrough BCU Follow-Up Report, June 2004 (file size 61kb)
Langbaurgh BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 130kb)
Stockton BCU Inspection Report, May 2004 (file size 140kb)

Cumbria Constabulary

North Cumbria BCU Inspection Report, October 2003 (file size 107kb)
South Cumbria BCU Inspection Report, April 2004 (file size 115kb)
West Cumbria BCU Inspection Report, June 2004 (file size 131kb)

Derbyshire Constabulary:

Alfreton (A Division) BCU Inspection Report, November 2001 (file size 78kb)
Buxton BCU Inspection Report, June 2004 (file size 110kb)
Derby (D Division) BCU Inspection Report, November 2001 (file size 74kb)

Devon and Cornwall Constabulary:

Area 1: Cornwall BCU Inspection Report, September 2002 (file size 501kb)
Area 1: Cornwall BCU Follow-up Report, September 2003 (file size 60kb)
Area 2: Plymouth BCU Inspection Report, October 2002 (file size 124kb)
Area 2: Plymouth BCU Follow-up Report, October 2003 (file size 45kb)
North and East Devon BCU Inspection Report, February 2004 (file size 124kb)
South Hams BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 780kb)

Dorset Police:

Bournemouth BCU Inspection Report, April 2002 (file size 340kb)
Bournemouth BCU Follow-up Report, April 2003 (file size 35kb)
East Dorset BCU Inspection Report, April 2004 (file size 947kb)
Poole BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 1.4mb)
Western Dorset BCU Inspection Report, June 2003 (file size 142kb)
Western Dorset BCU Follow-Up Report, July 2004 (file size 50kb)

Durham Constabulary:

Chester-le-Street/Durham BCU Inspection Report, August 2001 (file size 60kb)
Durham North BCU Inspection Report, October 2004 (file size 163kb)

Dyfed-Powys Police:

Carmarthenshire BCU Inspection Report, August 2001 (file size 66kb)
Ceredigion BCU Inspection Report, February 2004 (file size 82kb)
Pembrokeshire BCU Inspection Report, August/September 2001 (file size 76kb)

Essex Police:

Basildon BCU Inspection Report, July 2004 (file size 160kb)
Braintree BCU Inspection Report, April 2004 (file size 225kb)
Colchester BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 530kb)
Colchester BCU Follow-up Report, May 2003 (file size 100kb)
Southend BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 683kb)
Southend BCU Follow-up Report, December 2004 (file size 50kb)
Thurrock BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 150kb)
Thurrock BCU Follow-up Report, May 2003 (file size 96kb)

Gloucestershire Constabulary:

Cheltenham & Tewkesbury BCU Inspection Report, June 2002 (file size 370kb)
Forest and Gloucester BCU Inspection Report, June 2003 (file size 210kb)

Greater Manchester Police:

Bolton BCU Inspection Report, November 2004 (file size 137kb)
Bury BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 93kb)
North Manchester BCU Inspection Report, June 2003 (file size 183kb)
North Manchester BCU Follow-Up Report, September 2004 (file size 66kb)
Rochdale BCU Inspection Report, July 2002 (file size 97kb)
Rochdale BCU - Follow-up Report, May 2004 (file size 49kb)
Salford BCU Inspection Report, July 2003 (file size 157kb)
South Manchester BCU Inspection Report, May 2003 (file size 146kb)
South Manchester BCU Follow-Up Report, July 2004 (file size 146kb)
Stockport BCU Inspection Report, August 2001 (file size 198kb)
Stockport BCU Follow-Up Report, October 2004 (file size 67kb)
Tameside BCU Inspection Report, September 2004 (file size 185kb)
Trafford BCU Inspection Report, November 2003 (file size 105kb)
Stockport BCU Follow-Up Report, October 2004 (file size 67kb)
Wigan BCU Inspection Report, August 2001 (file size 136kb)
Wigan BCU - Follow-up Report, January 2003 (file size 34kb)

Gwent Police:

Caerphilly BCU Inspection Report, August 2001 (file size 95kb)
Newport BCU Inspection Report, July 2002 (file size 95kb)
Pontypool BCU Inspection Report, August 2001 (file size 95kb)

Hampshire Constabulary:

Andover BCU Inspection Report, June 2003 (file size 373kb)
Basingstoke BCU Inspection Report, April 2003 (file size 462kb)
Basingstoke BCU, Follow-up Report, June 2004 (file size 71kb)
Central Hampshire BCU Inspection Report, May 2004 (file size 149kb)
Isle of Wight BCU Inspection Report, December 2001 (file size 404kb)
Isle of Wight BCU Follow-up Report, July 2003 (file size 47kb)
North East Hampshire BCU Inspection Report, September 2004 (file size 243kb)
Portsmouth BCU Inspection Report, December 2002 (file size 427kb)
Portsmouth BCU Follow-Up Report, January 2004 (file size 77kb)
Southampton BCU Inspection Report, October 2002 (file size 691kb)
Southampton BCU Follow-up Report, February 2004 (file size 79kb)

Hertfordshire Constabulary:

Central BCU Inspection Report, April 2002 (file size 345kb)
Central Hertfordshire BCU Follow-up Report, May 2003 (file size 48kb)
Western Area BCU Inspection Report, January 2004 (file size 199kb)

Humberside Police

East Riding (C Division) BCU Inspection Report, February 2004 (file size 126kb)
North-East Linclonshire BCU Inspection Report, October 2002 (file size 345kb)
North-East Lincolnshire BCU Follow-Up Report, January 2004 (file size 42kb)
North Lincolnshire BCU Inspection Report, September 2003 (file size 190kb)

Kent County Constabulary:

Canterbury BCU Inspection Report, July 2002 (file size 140kb)
Canterbury BCU Follow-up Report, July 2003 (file size 37kb)
North Kent BCU Inspection Report, October 2001 (file size 1.2mb)
South East Kent BCU Inspection Report, December 2002 (file size 380kb)
Swale Kent BCU Inspection Report, December 2002 (file size 248kb)
Swale Kent BCU Follow-up Report, December 2003 (file size 56kb)
Thanet BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 780kb)
Weald Kent BCU Inspection Report, September 2003 (file size 220kb)
Weald Kent BCU Follow-up Report, October 2004 (file size 39kb)

Lancashire Constabulary:

Central Division BCU Inspection Report, August 2004 (file size 139kb)
Eastern Division BCU Inspection Report, December 2003 (file size 104kb)
Northern Division BCU Inspection Report, December 2001 (file size 93kb)
Northern Division BCU Follow-Up Report, July 2003 (file size 93kb)
Western Division BCU Inspection Report, October 2001 (file size 89kb)
Western Division BCU Follow-Up Report, July 2003 (file size 31kb)

Leicestershire Constabulary:

Central Area BCU Inspection Report, January 2004 (file size 86kb)
East Area BCU Inspection Report, October 2001 (file size 74kb)
West Area BCU Inspection Report, October 2001 (file size 81kb)

Lincolnshire Police:

Lincolnshire East BCU Inspection Report, November 2003 (file size 89kb)
Lincolnshire South BCU Inspection Report, January 2002 (file size 81kb)
Lincolnshire West BCU Inspection Report, January 2002 (file size 77kb)

Merseyside Police:

Knowsley BCU Inspection Report, March 2003 (file size 96kb)
Knowsley BCU Follow-Up Report, September 2004 (file size 66kb)
Liverpool North BCU Inspection Report, March 2004 (file size 128kb)
St. Helens BCU Inspection Report, September 2002 (file size 96kb)
St. Helens BCU Follow-Up Report, June 2004 (file size 70kb)

Metropolitan Police Service:

Barking and Dagenham BCU Inspection Report, September 2004 (file size 256kb)
Brent BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 89kb)
Brent BCU Follow-up Report, February 2003 (file size 40kb)
Bromley BCU Inspection Report, April 2004 (file size 411kb)
Camden BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 233kb)
Camden BCU Follow-up Report, February 2003 (file size 48kb)
City of Westminster BCU Inspection Report, March 2004 (file size 261kb)
Ealing BCU Inspection Report, October 2002 (file size 720kb)
Ealing BCU, Follow-up Report, September 2004 (file size 42kb)
Greenwich BCU Inspection Report, June 2002 (file size 353kb)
Greenwich BCU Follow-up Report, September 2003 (file size 40kb)
Hackney BCU Inspection Report, June 2004 (file size 148kb)
Haringey BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 131kb)
Haringey BCU Follow-up Report, February 2002 (file size 46kb)
Harrow BCU Inspection Report, May 2003 (file size 389 kb)
Harrow BCU, Follow-up Report, July 2004 (file size 50 kb)
Havering BCU Inspection Report, November 2002 (file size 634 kb)
Havering BCU, Follow-up Report, June 2004 (file size 55 kb)
Hillingdon BCU Inspection Report, November 2003 (file size 448kb)
Hillingdon BCU Follow-Up Report, October 2004 (file size 39kb)
Kensington and Chelsea BCU Inspection Report, July 2003 (file size 197kb)
Lambeth BCU Inspection Report, November 2001 (file size 750kb)
Lambeth BCU Follow-Up Report, February 2003 (file size 50kb)
Lewisham BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 131kb)
Lewisham BCU Follow-Up Report, March 2003 (file size 53kb)
Newham BCU Inspection Report, July 2003 (file size 257kb)
Newham BCU, Follow-up Report, October 2004 (file size 41kb)
Redbridge BCU Inspection Report, March 2003 (file size 315kb)
Redbridge BCU, Follow-up Report, June 2004 (file size 50kb)
Richmond-upon-Thames BCU Inspection Report, August 2004 (file size 153kb)
Southwark BCU Inspection Report, March 2003 (file size 289kb)
Southwark BCU Follow-up Report, August 2004 (file size 42kb)
Tower Hamlets BCU Inspection Report, July 2002 (file size 120kb)
Tower Hamlets BCU Follow-up Report, July 2003 (file size 57kb)
Wandsworth BCU Inspection Report, September 2003 (file size 270kb)
Wandsworth BCU Follow-Up Report, December 2004 (file size 38kb)

Norfolk Constabulary:

Central Area BCU Inspection Report, August 2001 (file size 86kb)
Central Area Norfolk, BCU Follow-up Report, November 2002 (file size 45kb)
Western Area BCU Inspection Report, March 2002 (file size 98kb)
Western Area Norfolk, BCU Follow-up Report, May 2003 (file size 40kb)

North Wales Police:

Central BCU Inspection Report, August 2004 (file size 109kb)
Eastern BCU Inspection Report, April 2002 (file size 71kb)

Northamptonshire Police:

Northampton BCU Inspection Report, September 2002 (file size 106kb)
Northern BCU Inspection Report, October 2003 (file size 122kb)
Eastern BCU Inspection Report, September 2002 (file size 107kb)

Northumbria Police:

Newcastle West BCU Inspection Report, June 2002 (file size 85kb)
Newcastle West BCU Follow-Up Report, November 2003 (file size 85kb)
South Tyneside BCU Inspection Report, July 2004 (file size 129kb)
Sunderland West BCU Inspection Report, October 2001 (file size 118kb)
Sunderland West BCU Follow-Up Report, April 2003 (file size 45kb)

North Yorkshire Police:

Central Area BCU Inspection Report, December 2001 (file size 101kb)
Central Area BCU Follow-Up Report, July 2003 (file size 32kb)
Eastern Area BCU Inspection Report, July 2004 (file size 128kb)
Western Area BCU Inspection Report, September 2003 (file size 133kb)
Western Area BCU, Follow-up Report, November 2004 (file size 43kb)

Nottinghamshire Police:

Mansfield and Ashfield BCU Inspection Report, March 2004 (file size 81kb)
Nottingham City BCU Inspection Report, January 2003 (file size 101kb)
Nottingham City BCU, Follow-up Report, November 2004 (file size 79kb)

South Wales Police:

Bridgend BCU Inspection Report, June 2004 (file size 67kb)
Cardiff BCU Inspection Report, November 2002 (file size 121kb)
Merthyr Tydfill BCU Inspection Report, July 2004 (file size 81kb)
Swansea BCU Inspection Report, March 2002 (file size 101kb)
Vale of Glamorgan BCU Inspection Report, March 2002 (file size 91kb)

South Yorkshire Police:

Barnsley BCU Inspection Report, January 2003 (file size 79kb)
Barnsley BCU Follow-Up Report, July 2004 (file size 103kb)
Doncaster BCU Inspection Report, January 2004 (file size 79kb)
Rotherham BCU Inspection Report, April 2004 (file size 120kb)
Sheffield North BCU Inspection Report, February 2002 (file size 81kb)
Sheffield North BCU Follow-Up Report, September 2004 (file size 75kb)

Staffordshire Police:

Chase BCU Inspection Report, August 2004 (file size 114kb)
North Staffordshire BCU Inspection Report, March 2002 (file size 74kb)
Stoke-on-Trent BCU Inspection Report, March 2002 (file size 78kb)

Suffolk Constabulary:

Eastern Area BCU Inspection Report, August 2002 (file size 339kb)
Eastern Suffolk BCU Follow-up Report, February 2004 (file size 54kb)
Southern Area BCU Inspection Report, January 2003 (file size 448kb)

Surrey Police:

East Surrey BCU Inspection Report, October 2002 (file size 299kb)
East Surrey BCU Follow-up Report, November 2003 (file size 57kb)
North Surrey BCU Inspection Report, March 2003 (file size 184kb)
North Surrey BCU Follow-Up Report, April 2004 (file size 31kb)
North West Surrey BCU Inspection Report, December 2003 (file size 127kb)
West Surrey BCU Inspection Report, July 2003 (file size 169kb)
West Surrey BCU Follow-Up Report, September 2004 (file size 169kb)

Sussex Police:

Brighton and Hove BCU Inspection Report, November 2003 (file size 190kb)
East Downs BCU Inspection Report, December 2003 (file size 1.3mb)
Forest BCU Inspection Report, March 2002 (file size 1.3mb)
Senlac BCU Inspection Report, March 2002 (file size 1mb)
Weald BCU Inspection Report, January 2002 (file size 1mb)

Thames Valley Police:

Aylesbury Vale BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 970kb)
Chiltern Vale BCU Inspection Report, April 2002 (file size 202kb)
Milton Keynes, BCU Inspection Report, February 2004 (file size 163kb)
Reading with Wokingham BCU Inspection Report, December 2001 (file size 363kb)
Slough BCU Inspection Report, October 2001 (file size 934kb)
South Oxfordshire BCU Inspection Report, August 2002 (file size 428kb)
Thames Forest BCU Inspection Report, April 2003 (file size 215kb)
Thames Forest BCU Follow-Up Report, August 2004 (file size 58kb)

West Mercia Constabulary:

Hereford BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 106kb)
Redditch BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 94kb)
Telford and Wrekin BCU Inspection Report, October 2003 (file size 176kb)
Telford and Wrekin BCU Follow-up Report, December 2004 (file size 186kb)

West Midlands Police:

Belgrave Road (E3) BCU Inspection Report, August 2004 (file size 104kb)
Birmingham Central (F1) BCU Inspection Report, May 2002 (file size 102kb)
Bourneville Lane (E1) BCU Inspection Report, December 2003 (file size 100kb)
Coventry (M1) BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 173kb)
Dudley (J2) BCU Inspection Report, May 2002 (file size 108kb)
Dudley North (J1) BCU Inspection Report, April 2004 (file size 90kb)
King's Heath (E2) BCU Inspection Report, October 2002 (file size 110kb)
Queens Road (D1) BCU Inspection Report, September 2003 (file size 110kb)
Rose Road (F2) BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 74kb)
Sandwell North (K1) BCU Inspection Report, September 2004 (file size 122kb)
Smethwick (K2) BCU Inspection Report, September 2001 (file size 132kb)
Walsall (H1) BCU Inspection Report, July 2002 (file size 96kb)
Willenhall (H2) BCU Inspection Report, July 2001 (file size 168kb)
Wolverhampton West (G1) BCU Inspection Report, September 2002 (file size 101kb)

West Yorkshire Police:

Bradford North BCU Inspection Report, March 2003 (file size 110kb)
Bradford North BCU Follow-Up Report, June 2004 (file size 69kb)
Bradford South BCU Inspection Report, October 2004 (file size 125kb)
Calderdale BCU Inspection Report, August 2004 (file size 131kb)
Chapeltown BCU Inspection Report, October 2003 (file size 118kb)
City and Holbeck BCU Inspection Report, November 2003 (file size 101kb)
Killingbeck BCU Inspection Report, May 2002 (file size 86kb)
Wakefield BCU Inspection Report, May 2004 (file size 133kb)
Weetwood BCU Inspection Report, July 2002 (file size 138kb)

Wiltshire Constabulary:

North and West Wiltshire BCU Inspection Report, September 2003 (file size 131kb)
North and West Wiltshire BCU Follow-Up Report, September 2004 (file size 48kb)
Swindon BCU Inspection Report, June 2002 (file size 375kb)
Swindon BCU Follow-up Report, July 2003 (file size 45kb)

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