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
12 July 2023	Policing elections	Investigating electoral malpractice	Removed contact list for the electoral commission.
12 July 2023	Policing elections	Key roles and planning	Removed incorrect links to contact details for the electoral commission.
12 July 2023	Prosecution and case management	Enforcing sentences and managing offenders	Replacement link to MARAC FAQs
11 July 2023	Major investigation and public protection > Domestic abuse	Understanding risk and vulnerability in the context of domestic abuse	UKBA reference removed in Domestic abuse > Understanding risk and vulnerability > Risk identification and assessment > Victims from armed services, families and emergency service/public service personnel > 5th paragraph > last sentence
11 July 2023	Investigation	Managing effective investigations	Section – Managing people > 5th bullet point > changed UK Border Agency (UKBA) to UK Visas and Immigration.
11 July 2023	Major investigation and public protection	Knife crime	Updated link to Knife crime: a problem-solving guide to the HTML version
5 July 2023	Detention and custody	Control, restraint and searches	Addition of section - The documenting of strip searches in police custody.
23 June 2023	Major investigation and public protection	Sex work and prostitution	Operational guidance replaced with updated version.
16 June 2023	Detention and custody > Detainee care	Children and young persons	Correction of error in section on Intimate and strip searches of children and young persons
8 June 2023	Public order public safety > Developing a policing plan	Community engagement, impact assessments and communication	Extensive changes to entire Public order public safety APP following consultation.