Relevant Background Documents to Bulletin 4

You will find below some documents, or links to documents, which may be of relevance. There are also links to some websites with useful related material. It is, however, very much a selection and is not intended to be comprehensive.

• Bulletin case issues table
  This maps the circumstances and issues arising out of the cases featured in the bulletin
  
• National Call Handling Standards
  This ACPO document sets out common definitions for emergency calls and call grading and lays down response times.
  
• Beyond the Call: An HMIC Thematic Report
  The second phase of HMIC’s inspection on contact management, Beyond the Call, focuses on incident management.
  
• Firearms Law – Guidance to the Police 2002
  This Home Office Guidance is intended to assist consistency of practice between police forces and to encourage an informed understanding among firearms users of the considerations involved.
  
• Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes
  You will find here the PACE Codes referred to in the learning reports on custody issues
  
• Police Road Traffic Incidents
  This IPCC research analyses fatalities arising from road traffic incidents involving police vehicles over recent years in order to identify lessons for policy and practice.
  
• MAPPA Guidance 2007 – Home Office
  Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) support the assessment and management of the most serious sexual and violent offenders.
  
• Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody website
  The Forum aims to capture and promote learning from all institutions which keep people in custody, as well as their various oversight and inspection bodies and other interested organisations.