2012 Annual Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner
Figure 11 – Comparison of Police Force and LEA Inspection Results, 2010 - 2012
0%
Poor
3%
10%
24%
Satisfactory
2012
28%
2011
32.5%
2010
76%
Good
69%
57.5%
My inspectors found that the vast majority of police forces and law enforcement agencies had
fully implemented their previous recommendations. As a consequence, an overwhelming number
had either improved or sustained their good level of compliance with the Act and Code of
Practice.
“For the first time since the inspection regime started in 2005, none of the
police forces emerged from their inspections with a poor level of compliance.”
I outlined earlier in this report that a traffic light system (red, amber, green) has been adopted
for the recommendations that emanate from the inspections. This enables public authorities to
prioritise the areas where remedial action is necessary. This year 237 recommendations were
made by my inspectors during the 42 police force and LEAs inspections, which is again an average
of 6 recommendations per public authority. Figure 12 shows the breakdown of recommendations
by colour.
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