It was formed in 2001 to target serious and violent offences across the region
Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has taken over regional oversight of an East Midlands policing unit graded ‘inadequate’ by a watchdog. The East Midlands Special Operations Unit was formed in 2001 to target serious and violent offences across the region.
It found variations in force performance and officers seconded to the unit only following their respective force’s policies and procedures. It meant supervisors were using different approaches and were not adequately collaborating on major investigations. During the same period, 128 operations targeted drug and gun crime. In the report, HMICFRS said: “We found several concerns in the EMSOU that prevented it from being effective and efficient.
Christine Goldstraw, the panel’s independent chair, said: “It does raise issues of confidence, issues of value for money and value-added time for releasing secondments onto the unit. “We’ve had the first meeting of my East Midlands regional colleagues and I’ve been speaking about how we need to collaborate better. “To me, this is five forces but it’s one team and criminals don’t respect boundaries. Collaboration is essential.
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