BEST VALUE REVIEW INSPECTION REPORTS

Links to Best Value Review Inspection Reports are given below, ordered alphabetically by police force.

For Joint Best Value Inspection Report please click here.

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               (A-B)   (C-D)   (E-F)   (G-J)   (K-L)   (M-R)   (S-T)   (U-Z) 

Avon and Somerset Constabulary -

• Facilities Services - June 2002  (file size 68kb)
  
• Personnel - June 2002 (file size 67kb)
  
• Scientific Investigations - June 2002 (file size 87kb)

Bedfordshire Police -

• Crime Intelligence - April/May 2002 (file size 41kb)
  
• Crime Investigation - April/May 2002 (file size 46kb)
  
• Crime Recording - April/May 2002  (file size 40kb)
  
• Divisional Boundaries - February 2004   (file size 78kb)

Cambridgeshire Constabulary -

• Administrative Support to the Prosecution Process - October 2001 (file size 52kb)
  
• Catering - June 2004 (file size 58kb)
  
• The Force Executive Group and Police Authority Support - May 2003 (file size 78kb)

Cheshire Constabulary -

• Call Management - September 2001 (file size 89kb)
• Case Management  - October 2002   (file size 138kb)
• Crime Reduction Partnerships - September 2003   (file size 107kb)
• Financial Processes - October 2002   (file size 138kb)
• General Crime Investigation - September 2003   (file size 107kb)
• Incident Management - October 2002   (file size 138kb)
• Roads Policing - July 2004   (file size 96kb)

City of London Police-

• Human Resources - December 2001 (file size 57kb)
  
• Managing Technology - December 2001 (file size 54kb)
• Managing Public Disorder - July 2003 (file size 67kb)
  
• Scanning, Setting, Monitoring, Maintaining and Prioritising Force Policy - December 2001 (file size 52kb)

Cleveland Police -

• Call Management - June 2003 (file size 152kb)
  
• Consultation - April 2002 (file size 211kb)
  
• Drugs - April 2002 (file size 211kb)
  
• Estates Management - August 2001 (file size 179kb)
  
• Estates Management (follow up inspection) - April 2003 (file size 98kb)
  
• Intelligence - August 2001 (file size 78kb)
  
• Marine - April 2002 (file size 211kb)
  
• Procurement - August 2001 (file size 188kb)
  
• Procurement (follow up inspection) - April 2003 (file size 98kb)
  
• Scientific Services - June 2003 (file size 152kb)
  
• Strategic Planning - April 2002 (file size 211kb)
  
• Vehicle Fleet Management - August 2001 (file size 177kb)
  
• Vehicle Fleet Management (follow up inspection) - April 2003 (file size 98kb)

Cumbria Constabulary -

• Crime Management - July 2002 (file size 147kb)
  
• Crime Recording - July 2002   (file size 147kb)
  
• Driver Training - July 2002   (file size 147kb)
  
• Firearms - May 2003   (file size 132kb)
  
• Health Management and Ill Health Retirement and Injury Pensions - July 2001 (file size 92kb)
  
• Information Management and Information Technology - May 2004 (file size 59kb)
  
• Scientific Support - May 2003   (file size 132kb)

Derbyshire Constabulary-

• Administration of Justice - July 2001 (file size 76kb)
  
• Child Protection and Domestic Violence Units - October 2002 (file size 53kb)
  
• Crime - October 2002 (file size 54kb)
   
• Drugs Squad - June 2003 (file size 54kb)
  
• Road Traffic - June 2003 (file size 63kb)
  
• Scientific Support - October 2002 (file size 57kb)

Devon & Cornwall Police -

• Accessibility of Police Services - September 2002 (file size 143kb)
  
• The Consultation Process - November 2001 (file size 107kb)
  
• Crime Reduction - March 2002 (file size 119kb)
  
• Criminal Justice - September 2002 (file size 148kb)
  
• Information Systems - March 2002 (file size 121kb)
  
• Public Order Issues - November 2001 (file size 115kb)
  
• Road Safety Strategies - March 2002 (file size 117kb)
  
• Scientific Support - March 2002 (file size 124kb)

Dorset Police -

• Air Operations - December 2004 (file size 120kb)
  
• Call Handling - March 2002 (file size 120kb)
  
• Call Handling and Force Control Room: Re-inspection - March 2003   (file size 75kb)
  
• Contingency Planning - January 2003 (file size 65kb)
  
• Crime Investigation and Detection - March 2002 (file size 124kb)
  
• Criminal Justice Department - December 2001 (file size 123kb)
  
• High Visibility Policing and Public Reassurance - December 2001 (file size 108kb)
  
• Human Resources - January 2003 (file size 75kb)
  
• Leadership and Support for the Front Line - December 2001 (file size 109kb)
  
• Operational Support Unit - May 2001 (file size 113kb)
  
• Purchasing, Supplies and Contract Services - March 2002 (file size 307kb)

Durham Constabulary -

• Child & Family Protection Units - May 2001 (file size 62kb)
  
• Complaints and Discipline - May 2001 (file size 77kb)
  
• Corporate Development Department - May 2001 (file size 59kb)
  
• Crime Investigation - November 2003 (file size 118kb)
  
• Operations Division and Headquarters CID - October 2002 (file size 112kb)
  
• Roads Policing Strategy- November 2003 (file size 118kb)

Dyfed Powys Police -

• Accident Investigation Unit - October 2001 (file size 109kb)
  
• Dog Section - October 2001  (file size 109kb)
  
• Firearms Response - October 2001 (file size 109kb)
  
• Marine Unit - October 2001 (file size 109kb)
  
• Public Order - March 2003 (file size 57kb)
  
• Uniform Patrol - March 2003 (file size 62kb)

Essex Police -

• Force Restructuring - December 2001 (file size 60kb)
  
• Integrating Intelligence - April 2003 (file size 99kb)
  

Gloucestershire Constabulary-

• Cotswold and Stroud Division- November 2003 (file size 88kb)
  
• Facilities Management - July 2002 (file size 117kb)
  
• Financial Services - July 2002 (file size 117kb)
  
• Headquarters CID - December 2001 (file size 124kb)
  
• Vehicle Fleet Management - July 2002 (file size 117kb)

Greater Manchester Police -

• Cleaning - October 2002 (file size 93kb)
  
• Crime Operations Department - April 2003 (file size 157kb)
  
• Dealing With The Public - April 2003 (file size 157kb)
  
• Design and Print - October 2002 (file size 93kb)
  
• Estates Management - October 2002 (file size 93kb)
  
• Finance - June 2001 (file size 206kb)
  
• Oldham Division - June 2002 (file size 135kb)
  
• Procurement and Supplies - October 2002 (file size 93kb)
  
• South Manchester Division - June 2002 (file size 135kb)
  
• Transport - October 2002 (file size 93kb)
  
• Wigan 'L' Division - June 2001 (file size 79kb)

Gwent Police -

• Call Handling & Force Control Room - December 2002   (file size 80kb)
  
• Corporate Services - December 2002 (file size 62kb)
  
• Crime Scene Investigation - August 2004 (file size 143kb)
  
• Criminal Justice Department Prisoner Handling and Identification - April 2004 (file size 143kb)
  
• Family Support Units Incorporating Child Protection and Domestic Abuse - April 2004 (file size 70kb)
  
• Press and Public Relations - December 2002 (file size 96kb)
  
• Standards Unit, Civil Claims and Risk Management - April 2004 (file size 60kb)

Hampshire Constabulary -

• Air Operations - December 2004 (file size 120kb)
  
• ACPO - January 2002 (file size 96kb)
  
• Cleaning Services - January 2002 (file size 96kb)
  
• Crime Reduction and Prevention and Community Engagement - October 2002 (file size 71kb)
  
• Crime Intelligence Function - June 2001 (file size 110kb)
  
• Custody - January 2002 (file size 114kb)
  
• Lost and Seized Property - July 2001 (file size 108kb)
  
• Personnel - March 2004 (file size 82kb)

Hertfordshire Constabulary -

• Detecting Crime - April 2002 (file size 66kb)
  
• Developing and Driving Organisational Values - April 2002 (file size 55kb)
  
• Managing Organisational Performance:- April 2002 (file size 50kb)
  
• Managing Money, - January 2004 (file size 74kb)
  
• Promoting Public Safety - April 2002 (file size 57kb)
  
• Reducing Road Collisions and Enforcing Traffic Legislation - April 2002 (file size 55kb)
  
• Scientific Services - March 2004 (file size 67kb)

Humberside Police -

• Crime Investigation - October 2003 (file size 130kb)
  
• Crime Recording - October 2002 (file size 164kb)
  
• Force Medical Examiners - November 2001 (file size 240kb)
  
• Helicopter Support Section - November 2001 (file size 240kb)
  
• Intelligence - October 2002 (file size 164kb)
  
• Visible Patrol - October 2003 (file size 130kb)

Kent County Constabulary-

• Criminal Justice - April 2003 (file size 150kb)
  
• Equipment, Services and Supplies - January 2002 (file size 390kb)
  
• Information Services - May 2003 (file size 94kb)
  
• Management Support and Administration - January 2002 (file size 111kb)
  
• Reactive Policing - January 2002 (file size 134kb)
  
• Transport - January 2002 (file size 106kb)

Lancashire Constabulary -

• Call Management - September 2002   (file size 130kb)
  
• Community Safety (Part 1) - September 2002   (file size 130kb)
  
• Crime Management - July 2001 (file size 82kb)
  
• Criminal Justice - July 2003 (file size 92kb)
  
• Strategic Planning and Performance Management - July 2003 (file size 92kb)

Leicestershire Constabulary -

• Administration of Justice - September 2001 (file size 404kb)
  
• Community Affairs - September 2001 (file size 404kb)
  
• Crime Management - November 2002 (file size 64kb)
  
• Crime Recording - September 2001 (file size 404kb)
  
• Domestic Incidents - November 2002 (file size 64kb)
  
• Fingerprint and Scenes of Crime - September 2001 (file size 404kb)
  
• Hate Crime - November 2002 (file size 66kb)
  
• Incident Management - September 2001 (file size 404kb)
  
• Procurement - September 2001 (file size 404kb)
  
• Traffic Management & Accident Investigation - September 2001 (file size 404kb)

Lincolnshire Police  -

• Best Value Structures, Processes and Methodology - February 2002 (file size 285kb)
  
• Complaints and Misconduct- February 2002 (file size 285kb)
  
• Corporate Development - March 2003   (file size 58kb)
  
• Criminal Justice Support - May 2004 (file size 65kb)
  
• Information Technology - February 2002 (file size 285kb)
  
• Legal Services - February 2002 (file size 285kb)
  
• Personnel Department - March 2003   (file size 61kb)
  
• Police Authority -  February 2002 (file size 285kb)
  
• Property Management - May 2004 (file size 58kb)
  
• Professional Standards and Data Protection - March 2003   (file size 62kb)

Merseyside Police -

• Cleaning Services - September 2001 (file size 105kb)
  
• Crime and Disorder Partnerships - November 2002 (file size 170kb)
  
• Crime Recording and Audit - November 2002 (file size 170kb)
  
• Criminal Justice - September 2001 (file size 71kb)
  
• Major Crime Processes - November 2003 (file size 129kb)
  
• Procurement Service - November 2002 (file size 76kb)
  
• Professional Standards Department & Force Solicitors Unit - November 2003 (file size 129kb)
  
• Scientific Support - November 2002 (file size 170kb)
  
• Vehicle Fleet Management Services (Transport) - November 2002 (file size 79kb)

Metropolitan Police Service-

• Complaints, Discipline and Anti-Corruption Functions - December 2001 (file size 48kb)
  
• Consultation - June / July 2002 (file size 46kb)
  
• Crime Management - June / July 2002 (file size 57kb)

Norfolk Constabulary - 

• Consultation - March 2002 (file size 52kb)
  
• Income Generation and Sponsorship - April 2002 (file size 41kb)
  
• Information Communications Technology - May 2004 (file size 84kb)
  
• Managing Finance - April 2002 (file size 41kb)
  
• Managing Meetings and Decision Making - March 2002 (file size 42kb)
  
• Managing Proactive Policing - March 2002 (file size 45kb)
  
• Managing the Human Recourses Function - March 2002 (file size 43kb)

North Wales Police -

• Information Management - November 2002 (file size 70kb)
  
• Medical Services - November 2002 (file size 55kb)
  
• Operational Support Division - May 2004 (file size 61kb)
  
• Press and Public Relations (Media Liaison) - November 2002 (file size 62kb)
  
• Professional Standards Department - November 2002 (file size 57kb)
  
• Property and Exhibit Management - November 2002   (file size 57kb)
  

North Yorkshire Police -

• Community Safety - November 2002 (file size 107kb)
  
• Consultation and Community Engagement - October 2003 (file size 100kb)
  
• Corporate Development Unit - March 2002 (file size 277kb)
  
• Press and Media - March 2002 (file size 277kb)
  
• Rural Policing - March 2002 (file size 277kb)
  
• Vehicle Fleet - March 2002 (file size 277kb)

Northamptonshire Police  -

• Bought in Services Processes - November 2001 (file size 73kb)
  
• Burglary in a Dwelling - July 2004 (file size 64Kb)
  
• Case Files - August 2002 (file size 61kb)
  
• Community Safety - May 2003 (file size 62kb)
  
• Ensuring Professional Standards and Integrity - September 2002 (file size 68kb)
  
• Financial Processes - November 2001 (file size 62kb)
  
• Intelligence Led Policing and Proactive Investigation of Crime - August 2001 (file size 84kb)
  
• Managing Equality of Service Delivery - August 2002 (file size 61kb)
  
• Personnel Planning, Recruitment, Selection, Retention and Deployment - Aug 2002 (file size 57kb)
  
• Public Call Handling - November 2002 (file size 61kb)
  
• Strategic Planning and Organisational Change- September 2002 (file size 68kb)

Northumbria Police-

• Administrative Support Units and Crown Court Liaison - October 2001 (file size 242kb)
  
• Catering and Cleaning Services - March 2003 (file size 80kb)
  
• Child Protection and Domestic Violence - March 2003 (file size132kb)
  
• Crime and Disorder Units - October 2001 (file size 242kb)
  
• Custody Procedures - October 2001 (file size 242kb)
  
• Fleet Management - March 2003 (file size132kb)
  
• Force Crime Teams - March 2003 (file size132kb)
  
• Identification Unit - October 2001 (file size 242kb)
  
• North East Air Support Unit - March 2004  (file size 96kb)

Nottinghamshire Police-

• Crime - January 2003 (file size 68kb)
  
• Personnel and Training - November 2001 (file size 187kb)
  
• Scientific Support - November 2001 (file size 187kb)

South Wales Police -

• Call Handling - July 2001 (file size 69kb)
  
• Communications Support and Network Centre - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Community Consultation - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Crime and Disorder Management Units - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Estates Management Service- April 2003 (file size 92kb)
  
• Fleet Management and Workshops - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Force Intelligence Bureau - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Major Crime Investigation - April 2003 (file size 51kb)
  
• Personal Development and Quality Assurance Unit - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Prisoner Handling - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Professional Standards Department and Proactive Investigations Unit - April 2003 (file size 527kb)
  
• Recruitment and Promotion Assessment Unit - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Research and Planning - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Scientific Support Unit - April 2002 (file size 527kb)
  
• Serious and Organised Crime - September 2004 (file size 58kb)
  
• Victim Care - November 2003 (file size 55kb)
  
• Volume Crime - April 2002 (file size 527kb)

South Yorkshire Police  -

• Headquarters CID - February 2003 (file size 184kb)
  
• Headquarters Personnel - April 2002 (file size 168kb)
  
• Operational Support Services - February 2004 (file size 138kb)
  
• Partnerships - February 2003 (file size 184kb)
  
• Police Surgeons - April 2002 (file size 168kb)
  
• Recruiting - April 2002 (file size 168kb)
  
• Sickness Management - February 2004 (file size 138kb)
  
• Support and Personnel Inspectors - April 2002 (file size 168kb)

Staffordshire Police  -

• Call Handling - August 2001 (file size 66kb)
  
• Communications Systems - April 2004 (file size 98kb)
  
• Contributing to Delivering Justice - March 2003 (file size 70kb)
  
• Estate Management - April 2004 (file size 98kb)
  
• Finance - April 2004 (file size 98kb)
  
• Printing - April 2004 (file size 98kb)
  
• Procurement and Stores - April 2004 (file size 98kb)
  
• Transport - April 2004 (file size 98kb)
  
  

Suffolk Constabulary -

• Consultation - February 2002 (file size 38kb)
  
• Crime and Criminality - April 2004 (file size 59kb)
  
• Estates Management - May 2002 (file size 71kb)
  
• Firearms Licensing - February 2002 (file size 39kb)
  
• Integrity - February 2002 (file size 43kb)
  
• Payroll and Pensions Administration - February 2002 (file size 36kb)
  
• Public Access to the Police - February 2002 (file size 54kb)
  
• The Role and Allocation of Patrol Officers - February 2002 (file size 45kb)

Surrey Police-

• Care for Victims and Witnessses - December 2001 (file size 118kb)
  
• Community Engagement - January 2003 (file size 86kb)
  
• Managing Demand - December 2001 (file size 129kb)

Sussex Police - 

• Air Operations - December 2004 (file size 120kb)
  
• Burglary Investigation - August 2001 (file size 174kb)
  
• Community Consultation - May 2002 (file size 56kb)
  
• Complaints Investigation - February 2003 (file size 78kb)
  
• Managing Human Resources - February 2003 (file size 104kb)
  
• Organisational Health - May 2002 (file size 54kb)
  
  
• Recruitment, Selection and Retention - May 2002 (file size 49kb)
  
• Vehicle Crime Investigation - August 2001 (file size 174kb)
  
• Violent Crime Investigation - August 2001 (file size 174kb)

Thames Valley Police -

• Call Handling - September 2002 (file size 56kb)
  
• Crime Investigation - September 2003 (file size 100kb)
  
• Crime Recording - May 2002 (file size 123kb)
  
• Paperwork - May 2002 (file size 119kb)
  
• Sickness Management - September 2001 (file size 120kb)
  
• Scientific Support - May 2002 (file size 77kb)
  
• Vehicle Fleet Transport - January 2003 (file size 57kb)

Warwickshire Constabulary -

• Consultation - June 2001 (file size 63kb)
  
• Crime - October/November 2001 (file size 73kb)
  
• Organisational Communications - June 2003 (file size 57kb)
  
• Performance Information - January 2003 (file size 62kb)
  
• Reducing Crime and the Fear of Crime - January 2003 (file size 69kb)

West Mercia Police -

• Central Services Administration and Client Services - November 2001 (file size 43kb)
  
• Divisional Support Services - November 2001 (file size 44kb)
  
• Firearms Licensing - November 2001 (file size 42kb)
  
• Front Counters - November 2001 (file size 58kb)
  
• ISTD Communications - May 2001 (file size 51kb)
  
  
• Operations and Communications Rooms (inc. Switchboards and Public Service/Crime Desks) - May 2001 (file size 52kb)
  
• Territorial Policing - December 2002 (file size 82kb)

West Midlands Police-

• Forensic Support - April 2001 (file size 76kb)
  
• Information Technology - November/December 2001 (file size 294kb)
  
• Making Policies - November/December 2001 (file size 294kb)
  
• Managing Scenes of Crimes - November/December 2001 (file size 294kb)
  
• Marketing, Public Relations and Media Relations - November 2003 (file size 67kb)
  
• Operations - November/December 2001 (file size 294kb)
  
• Personnel - November/December 2001 (file size 294kb)
  
• Responding to Calls for Service - February 2003 (file size 83kb)
  
• Sector Policing - May 2004 (file size 64kb)
• Traffic Wardens - November/December 2001 (file size 294kb)

West Yorkshire Police-

• Bradford District - November 2001 (file size 157kb)
  
• Command Team - November 2001 (file size 157kb)
  
• Crime Management - January 2003 (file size 163kb)
  
• Crime Operations Intelligence - January 2003 (file size 163kb)
  
• Leeds District - January 2004 (file size 139kb)
  

Wiltshire Police -

• Building and Cleaning - January 2002 (file size 182kb)
  
• Central Registry - April 2001 (file size 104kb)
  
• Chief Officers' Secretariat - January 2002 (file size 95kb)
  
• Divisional Administration Departments - January 2002 (file size 175kb)
  
• Drugs Investigation - January 2002 (file size 113kb)
  
• Provision of Custody Facilities - January 2002 (file size 135kb)
  
• Firearms Protection and Firearms Response - January 2002 (file size 110kb)
  
• Information & Quality and Collision Records - January 2002 (file size 109kb)
  
• Information Technology - January 2002 (file size 107kb)
  
• Police Authority - January 2002 (file size 109kb)