Overview of the 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.
Latest changes to APP
| Date | Category | Guidance | Changes |
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| Policing elections | Key roles and planning | Add a new sentence under bullet point list for SPoCs. |
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| Policing elections | Policing elections - Guidance overview | Delete text box re COVID-19 advice at top of page. |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Responding to child sexual exploitation | CSE action plan | Link amended to CSE Action Plan - changed from http to https. |
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| Detention and custody | Control, restraint and searches | Amendments made to Conduct of searches – When might a strip search become an intimate search? Amendments made following a court ruling. |
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| Investigation | Forensics | Updated link to ENFSI Crime Scene Best Practice Manual. |
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| Investigation | Managing effective investigations | New section added on Requests for third party access to a scene to attend a victim. |
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| Investigation | Working with victims and witnesses | Changed 'Fast track interviews' to 'Initial accounts' and amendments made in text to reflect this change. |
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| Roads policing | Police driving | Paragraph from previous version removed: 'Marked police vehicles, whether being driven in a response mode or at other times, attract public attention and scrutiny. Officers and police staff using unmarked vehicles are expected to conduct themselves in the same professional manner as officers and police staff using a marked vehicle. Use of legal exemptions are an everyday occurrence and, where applied, the driver must be able to readily and proportionately justify their actions in the pursuance of their duty.' |
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| Armed policing | Conducted energy devices (Taser) | Updated changes to Taser APP document. |
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| Investigation | Investigation process | Initial investigation text box wording amended from 'unexplained' to 'unexpected'. |