Catalogue description Home Office: Inspectorate of Constabularies (IC Symbol Series) Files

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Details of HO 504
Reference: HO 504
Title: Home Office: Inspectorate of Constabularies (IC Symbol Series) Files
Description:

This series of files contains records of training, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary conferences and meetings, personnel issues, audits and inspections of police forces in England and Wales, crime prevention issues and new technology, and legislation such as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. They also include significant high profile cases such as the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings enquiry, the Jeremy Bamber and Carl Bridgewater murder cases, the Cleveland child abuse inquiry, the Birmingham Six Appeal, and the Hillsborough Inquiry.

Date: 1963-1999
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: IC Symbol Series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, 1856-

Home Office, 1782-

Physical description: 198 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2017 Home Office

Selection and destruction information: Documents created during the formulation and implementation or interpretation of major policies, showing where there have been significant changes in policy, and the interaction between the department and other areas of public and private life will be selected. Records of events which give rise to significant contemporary interest or controversy, including the Hillsborough Disaster, will also be selected.
Accruals: Series is accruing

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