This group will meet as and when it is felt necessary throughout the year. The results are collated and scrutinised at Force Headquarters. Corporate Services are currently evaluating the system with a view to extending the checks and allow the results to assist in the formulation of an Inspection Strategy that will move the Force forward in this arena. March 2001 HMIC notes the progress undertaken to date in relation to work on Best Value service reviews and the strategic audit plan. This matter will be examined as part of the Primary Inspection.
Suggestion is seen as discharged.
The force recognises that while the present practice has provided dog handlers and traffic officers with opportunities to develop and operate in a manner which was not previously possible, it is now appropriate that we review the impact of such a practice. It was therefore the intention of senior management that this would be reviewed and it is included in the force Service Review schedule. Supporting Evidence Service Review Schedule HMIC Comments Noted and will be revisited at the next Review Inspection. A Service Review was conducted into General Purpose Police Dogs in 2000 as a result of a direction by Policy Group and a suggestion by HMIC contained in our Primary Inspection of 1998. All aspects of the dog handlers roles were considered as part of the review.