Nottinghamshire Police have been asked to “urgently produce an improvement plan” after being put into special measures.
The force has been moved to an enhanced level of monitoring by watchdog His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).
They said, “the force needs to improve how it manages and carries out effective investigations” and “doesn’t have adequate processes, planning or governance arrangements in place”.
His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Roy Wilsher said: “We move police forces into our enhanced level of monitoring, known as Engage, when a force is not responding to our concerns, or if it is not managing, mitigating or eradicating these concerns.
“The Engage process provides additional scrutiny and support from the inspectorate and other external organisations in the policing sector to help the force improve and provide a better service for the public.
“Nottinghamshire Police has been asked to urgently produce an improvement plan and will meet regularly with our inspectors. We will work closely with the force to monitor its progress against these important and necessary changes.”
It comes after the force has faced intense criticism over the handling of the case of paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane, who stabbed to death university friends Grace O’Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both 19, and 65-year-old school caretaker Ian Coates in Nottingham last June.
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Nottinghamshire Police is being investigated by both the police watchdog the Independent Office of Police Conduct and the College of Policing, while the victims’ families have hit out at its leadership.
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