Relevant Background Documents to Bulletin 8

A case issues table has been prepared, and related background documents have been collated to accompany bulletin 8.

Attached is a table which matches the 12 cases that appear in the bulletin to the circumstances of the case and then to key issues.

Background information

Below are a number of web links to different legislation, guidance and information which have been referred to or are relevant to the cases included in the bulletin. It is, however, very much a selection and is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all relevant documents.

Police Road Traffic Incidents

http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/rti_report_11_9_07_new.pdf

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.

Guidelines for the Management of Police Pursuits

www.acpo.police.uk/.../Management%20of%20police%20pursuits%20-%20Final.doc

This ACPO guidance has been developed to improve effectiveness and quality of service when managing Police pursuits.

Guidance on the Safer Detention and Handling of Persons in Police Custody

http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/operational-policing/Safer_Detention_and_Handlin1.html

Guidance produced by ACPO in 2006.

National Call Handling Standards

http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/police-reform/natcall_bkmrk.html

This document outlines the two main aims for national call handling standards: improving the relationship between police and the public and making better use of police officers' time, particularly where telephone resolution can replace police deployment.

HMIC (2008) Protecting Vulnerable People

http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/docs/ba2006sgc/4b-sgc-ba2006.pdf?view=Binary

In 2007 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of the Constabulary (HMIC) inspected arrangements by Police Forces for protecting vulnerable people. The inspection focussed on four different areas of vulnerability:

child protection (the investigation and prevention of child abuse)
domestic abuse (previously termed domestic violence)
public protection (the management of sexual offenders, violent offenders and potentially dangerous persons)
vulnerable missing persons