Latest changes to APP

APP is subject to review (either scheduled or triggered) in consultation with the relevant National Policing Business Area. All amendments go through a review process and further information is available from contactus@college.police.uk

More detailed changes to APP content may be recorded separately by the the APP team. If you require a copy of APP as it was on a particular date (for example, for an enquiry) please email contactcentre@college.police.uk. All requests must be approved by the relevant Policing Standards Manager.

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Date	Category	Guidance	Changes
1 October 2025	Stop and search	Transparent	Fixed broken links to: 'data protection impact assessment' 'right to be informed'
22 September 2025	Roads policing	Disrupting criminality	'Powers to stop vehicles' section updated to 'Section 163 Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA) and Police Reform Act 2002 (PRA) powers'.
22 September 2025	Stop and search	Transparent	Following sentence added in 'Section 163 Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA) and Police Reform Act 2002 (PRA) powers': Please note: new content for Section 163 relating to the powers to stop vehicles and cycles has been added to roads policing APP. As part of the current review of stop and search APP, references to section 163 are being considered and any changes will feature in the revised version.
17 September 2025	Information management	Freedom of information	Fixed broken links: ICO definitions document 'see further information here' in Environmental information regulations section Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on prejudicing the effective conduct of public affairs (section 36)
16 September 2025	Armed policing	Armed deployment	Fixed broken link to APP on dissemination of intelligence.
16 September 2025	Armed policing	Post-deployment	Fixed broken link to 'Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) Statutory Guidance to the Police Service for Achieving Best Evidence in Death or Serious Injury Matters'.
16 September 2025	Information management	Freedom of information	Broken links fixed: Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on the exemption for legal professional privilege (section 42) Information Commissioner’s Office Guidance – Dealing with vexatious requests (s 14) subject access request (SAR) Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on Parliamentary privilege (s 34) Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on safeguarding national security – (Section 24)
16 September 2025	Mental health	Introduction and strategic considerations	Fixed broken links to the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat.
16 September 2025	Prosecution and case management	Enforcing sentences and managing offenders	Fixed broken link to drug interventions programme.
16 September 2025	Prosecution and case management	Prosecution and case management reference material	Fixed broken link to Home Office (n.d.) Drug Interventions Programme Operational Handbook.