Dyfed-Powys Police commissioner defends force over service failure
By Jenny Rees
image captionPolice commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn said was reassured crime victims were being safeguarded
A police and crime commissioner has defended his force after a report found it had again failed to record thousands of crimes.
Inspectors issued a cause for concern notice after finding Dyfed-Powys Police had documented just 87.6% of reported crime.
The force had previously been told to improve two-and-a-half years ago.
But Dafydd Llywelyn said he had been reassured that victims were being safeguarded despite the findings.
Inspectors estimate 4,400 crimes are not recorded, including around 2,400 violent crimes and domestic abuse. Similar findings were identified in 2018.
Dyfed-Powys Police chief constable Claire Parmenter has responded to Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services concerns over crime data integrity. This follows the latest inspection by HMICFRS, but Dyfed-Powys Police has remained positive with the force s reaction since then. Claire Parmenter said: We accept the concerns and recommendations published by HMICFRS in respect of crime data integrity. As an organisation, we are firmly committed to supporting victims and putting them at the heart of everything we do. The force has plans in place to improve its crime recording and I am determined we will get this right.
Police respond to crime data integrity concerns Dyfed-Powys Police chief constable Claire Parmenter says that plans are in place to improve the force s crime recording and data integrity. She was responding to concerns raised by Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services in their latest inspection. Dyfed-Powys Police has remained positive with the force s reaction since then. We accept the concerns and recommendations published by HMICFRS in respect of crime data integrity, she said. As an organisation, we are firmly committed to supporting victims and putting them at the heart of everything we do. The force has plans in place to improve its crime recording and I am determined we will get this right.
Dyfed-Powys Police Dyfed-Powys Police chief constable Claire Parmenter has responded to Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services concerns over crime data integrity. This follows the latest inspection by HMICFRS, but Dyfed-Powys Police has remained positive with the force s reaction since then. Claire Parmenter said: We accept the concerns and recommendations published by HMICFRS in respect of crime data integrity. As an organisation, we are firmly committed to supporting victims and putting them at the heart of everything we do. The force has plans in place to improve its crime recording and I am determined we will get this right.
A POLICE force in Wales is putting the safety of the public at risk by failing to record thousands of crimes a year, according to inspectors today.
Dyfed-Powys Police has been issued with an “accelerated cause of concern” by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) due to missing out on an estimated 4,400 crimes every 12 months.
The watchdog revealed the force was only recording 87.6 per cent of all reported crime, and only 85.4 per cent of violent crime some of which involved domestic abuse or vulnerable victims.
Its report found “minimal evidence of crime recording being effectively supervised” by officers which would otherwise allow the force to make sure a victim is safeguarded and an appropriate investigation is completed.