Joint inspection highlights ‘depressingly familiar’ failings on victims’ services and a focus on ‘box ticking’

10th January 2024Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

A new joint report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, and HM Inspectorate of Probation into victims’ services has found that despite agencies recognising the need to improve services for victims, poor communications and a focus on meeting the Victims’ Code meant that the findings highlighted ‘depressingly familiar’ shortcomings, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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