Inspectorate publishes report on National Crime Agency's relationship with regional organised crime units

12 Nov 2020 01:44 PM

Today we published a report into the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) relationship with the regional organised crime unit (ROCU) network.

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An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s relationship with regional organised crime units

We sought to establish how effectively the NCA works with one of its most important partners, the ROCU network, to tackle serious and organised crime. This was an inspection of the National Crime Agency not of the police or the ROCUs. The inspection asked:

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Matt Parr said:

“We sought to establish how effectively the NCA works with one of its most important partners, the ROCU network, to tackle serious and organised crime.

“This is a largely encouraging report, which found that the NCA and ROCUs work well together in some areas of law enforcement. We have made recommendations for the NCA and other bodies in areas improvements can be made. In particular, the Home Office should conduct a review of the funding arrangements for ROCUs that would reduce barriers to better integrated working between the National Crime Agency and the ROCU network.

“We are exploring the wider serious and organised crime network through our current inspection programme, including inspecting ROCUs and exploring serious and organised crime management in forces through our PEEL inspections.”

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An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s relationship with regional organised crime units

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