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divdiv class=story-body readability=53 span class=story-date#13; span class=date25 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time01:02 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A review of policing in England and Wales will call for an overhaul of standards to make it more professional./p#13; pFormer Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens says in his report that officers should gain chartered status when they are properly accredited./p#13; pThe report is also expected to suggest changes to the service's structure to make it more efficient and effective, with a cut in the number of forces./p#13; pThe review, set up by Labour in 2011, will be published on Monday morning./p#13; pLabour said it would consult on the recommendations of the Independent Police Commission report./p#13; span class=cross-headSerious misconduct/span#13; pLord Stevens' long-awaited review is being billed as the most comprehensive analysis of policing for half a century./p#13; pHe said there would be 37 radical recommendations, including a commitment to neighbourhood policing - an idea revealed in the press at the weekend./p#13; pTo raise standards of professionalism, Lord Stevens said there should be a publicly available register of officers showing their qualifications./p#13; pThose found to have committed serious misconduct would be struck off./p#13; pThe review said the Inspectorate of Constabulary and the Independent Police Complaints Commission should be replaced by a more powerful body that would ensure failings were addressed without delay./p#13; pAs for the governance and structure of the service, the review is expected to call for reforms to the system of police and crime commissioners which was introduced last year./p#13; pLord Stevens will say some police forces should be merged, an idea Labour tried but failed to introduce seven years ago./p#13; span class=cross-head'Profound concern'/span#13; pWhen the report is launched, Labour leader Ed Miliband will say: This review is the first step in setting a new direction for policing in the 21st Century./p#13; pNeighbourhood policing was pioneered by Labour. It wasn't just a slogan, it was a different philosophy of policing; policing rooted in local communities, doing more than reacting to crimes by also preventing them, and working in partnership with local authorities, schools and the NHS./p#13; pSo it is of profound concern to me that the independent commission concludes that neighbourhood policing is under threat. We don't want to see services retreating back to their silos, becoming more remote from communities./p#13; pPolicing and criminal justice minister Damian Green said: Recorded crime has fallen by more than 10% since the government came to power and we have put in place long-term reforms to help the police continue that downward trend./p#13; pWe have stripped away targets and red tape to free police from desk-bound jobs; we have installed the National Crime Agency to take on organised crime; we have installed a College of Policing to professionalise policing; we have modernised outmoded pay and conditions; and we have introduced a newly-reinforced ethical framework to ensure police conduct is on an equal footing to cutting crime./p#13; pThe report will say the neighbourhood system is the building block of fair and effective policing and bobbies on the beat are disappearing and neighbourhood policing must be saved./p#13; pRecommendations will include:/p#13; ulli A national procurement strategy to increase the amount of collaboration between forces - to include standardised uniforms/li#13; li Electronic submission of case files to courts and prosecutors/li#13; li Mobile access to intelligence, including the Police National Computer/li#13; li Cybercrime experts to be recruited directly into police forces/li#13; li Restrictions on the use of private companies such as G4S and Serco for policing functions/li#13; /ulpa href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10469304/Lord-Stevens-We-must-bring-back-neighbourhood-policing.htmlWriting in the Sunday Telegraph/a, Lord Stevens warned that officers were beating a retreat from the beat./p#13; pHe said every local area should be given a guaranteed level of neighbourhood policing, as well as guaranteed response times when a crime is reported./p#13; pPolice should investigate every reported crime, he said, but if this is not possible the victim should be told why./p#13; pThe Plebgate, Jimmy Savile and Hillsborough controversies had tarnished the reputation of the police service, he warned./p#13; pLabour announced the review at its 2011 party conference, saying it was time for a serious vision. /p#13; pCrossbench peer Lord Stevens stressed the commission, which included police figures, academics and judges, would be non-political./p#13; pAt the time Nick Herbert, the then policing minister, said Labour's decision to establish an inquiry was an abdication of any kind of political leadership and the government had a coherent package of reforms./p#13; pThe overall structure of the police service was last examined by a royal commission in 1962./p#13; pLord Stevens was the head of the Metropolitan Police between 2000 and 2005./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center