Highlights
- Over 100 visits to custody suites by our volunteers, checking on the welfare of over 400 detainees
- Our Police Powers panel have had direct influence in changing training received by Humberside Officers
- We now have almost 70 volunteers across all our panels who give up their time to help our community
- New Panels and expansion of existing schemes in 2025, focusing on Domestic Abuse (DA), Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), as well as Animal Welfare
- Our DA & VAWG panel have seen an investigation re-opened for further questioning.
- Our Custody Panel influenced policy change regarding Appropriate Adults whilst in the Custody Suite
- We are the only OPCC to run an open Hate Crime Victim Survey to try and gauge how victims in our region are truly feeling
Behind the Scrutiny: How OPCC Volunteers Are Helping Improve Policing
We are pleased to launch the first ever combined OPCC Scrutiny Panels and Independent Custody Visiting (ICV) Progress Report, bringing together the findings, observations and recommendations from all our scrutiny panels and volunteer schemes into one easy to access quarterly report. This new report provides greater transparency about how independent volunteers help our PCC with his statutory duty of holding the force to account. They also look to review police practices, identify areas for improvement and help ensure community voices are heard. Covering activity from June to August 2026, the report highlights key findings, positive developments, recurring themes, and the actions being taken to improve services across our region. It also showcases the invaluable contribution of local volunteers who dedicate their time to making Humberside Police more accountable, transparent and responsive to the communities it serves. Read the report to learn how independent scrutiny is helping to drive positive change across the region.
Meeting Reports
Past reports and action trackers across all our Scrutiny Panel Meetings can be found here
Read the full report from the May 2026 meeting here.
Annual Update
In 2025/26, our ICVs completed over 100 visits to the custody suites in Grimsby and Hull. During these visits, over 400 detainees of all ages and backgrounds were spoken with, ensuring they have been given their rights, entitlements and that they are being treated with dignity and respect. View our annual report here.
Quarterly Update
Between January to March 2026, our visitors completed 24 visits, speaking to 81 detainees about their welfare and care needs. In the previous quarter we achieved 26 visits, so it is great to see consistency in this area yet again. Part of our goals for this year was to ensure we once again complete over 100 visits in a financial year, and we are on target to achieve this.
Our latest ICV team meeting minutes and notes can be front here.
Read the full report from the May 2026 meeting here.
