Report Says Lincolnshire Police Needs Improvements to Reduce Crime

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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A report on the Police force’s effectiveness has stressed that Lincolnshire Police ‘requires improvement at keeping people safe and reducing crime.’ The report detailing HM Inspectorate of Constabulary’s (HMIC) overall judgement of the force’s effectiveness was released on Thursday.

According to the report’s subheading, the inspectorate graded Lincolnshire Police as good at ‘preventing crime and anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe’ and how effective it was at ‘tackling serious and organised crime, including fulfilling national policing responsibilities’. However, the report also pointed out that the force required improvement under the headings ‘investigating crime and managing offenders’ and ‘protecting from harm those who are vulnerable and supporting victims’. In his remarks, HM Inspector Zoë Billingham revealed that “I commend the force for having made improvements since HMIC’s last inspection in 2014 but I remain concerned that Lincolnshire Police still needs to improve the quality and consistency of its approaches to investigating crime and dealing with offenders.”

Billingham stated that “I am encouraged that there are advanced plans in place to improve crime investigations and to invest in the integrated offender management scheme. I will continue to monitor with interest how these plans develop into improving services to victims of crime,” adding that “I am pleased that the force is performing well in other areas. It works well to reduce crime and to manage persistent local crime issues. It also has developed a number of initiatives to divert young and vulnerable offenders away from crime, in particular using a restorative justice approach.”