Latest changes – post-deployment

Changed paragraph to direct quote from Section 12 Police Reform Act:

“A DSI matter means any circumstances (unless the circumstances are or have been the subject of a complaint or amount to a conduct matter) in or as a result of a person’s death or serious injury and:

• at the time of the DSI, the person had been arrested by a person serving with the police and had not been released, or was detained in the custody of a person serving with the police.

or:

at or before the time of the DSI, the person had direct or indirect contact with a person serving with the police who was acting in the execution of their duties, and there is an indication that the contact may have directly or indirectly caused or contributed to the DSI. This sub-category excludes contact that a person suffering the DSI had while acting in the execution of their duties as a person serving with the police” (see Police Reform Act 2002, s 12, as amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017)

Changes made to the following subsections:

• Post-incident procedures – media management bullet amended.
• Protecting the identity of officers and staff – deletion of a paragraph, two added, one amended.
• Progress of the investigation – penultimate paragraph amended, inclusion of quote.
• Special leave or suspension – last paragraph amended adding a sentence and changing KPW to officers/staff.
• Media releases – 'via the PIM' added and PIM changed for chief officer (or delegated senior officer) in the same penultimate paragraph.
• Chief officer (or delegated senior officer) – added a bullet point next to last.

Interviews

First sentence: "Police should be guided by the Code of Ethics and standards of professional behaviour" has been changed to "The police service should be guided by the Ethical policing principles and the Guidance for ethical and professional behaviour in policing."

Added a link to the Code of Ethics page.

Integrity

First paragraph refers to Code of Ethics (2014) and code of practice citing principles and standards - deleted these. 2nd paragraph refers to The Code of Ethics and has an old link.

Added new wording to reference 2023 Code of Ethics. Removed reference to the Police Staff Council Handbook as this reference has been removed completely from the Code of Ethics.

Updated links to Code of Ethics and the Code of Practice. 

Amendment to existing sections on:

• 'Special leave or suspension from duty' – addition of circumstance where key police witnesses (KPWs) should not contact colleagues in the police service.
• 'Authorisation' – addition of content around making evidence-based assessments about permitting officers and staff to resume duties.

Addition of new content about 'Body-worn video' beneath existing section on 'Record information'.

Additional text to Stage 3 – personal initial accounts and Stage 4 – detailed accounts, statements and interviews, about formal documentation due to possible subsequent legal, conduct or coronial proceedings.

Updated content.

Post-deployment replaced with updated version.

Various change to maintain currency in line with review.

Who should conduct an organisational learning debrief:

Addition of paragraph concerning sustained public protection, the balance of operational risk associated with surveillance operations and armed intervention. 

Addition of information on operational debrief; clarification of information on separation.