Power grab or practical support? How chief officers and PCCs reacted to HMCIC calls for more powers

19th September 2023Ian Weinfass, Policing Insight

Earlier this year Andy Cooke, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the UK (excluding Scotland), asked the Home Office for a suite of legal changes, including the unprecedented ability for him to give directions to police forces, the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs’ Council. Policing Insight’s Ian Weinfass examines the calls and reveals how they have gone down within the service, and in Whitehall.

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