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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| Major investigation and public protection > Responding to child sexual exploitation | CSE linked reference material | Added links to Voice of the child documents |
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| Investigation > Investigative strategies | Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) | Links to NASPLE futureproofed – link to NASPLE document changed to take reader to National ANPR landing page |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Managing sexual offenders and violent offenders | Court orders and notices | The PCSC Act 2021 introduced new legislation for the management of sex offenders – APP updated accordingly. |
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| Roads policing | Investigation of fatal and serious injury road collisions | Sections added on disaster victim identification teams, recovery and identification of the deceased and minor text amends made. |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Missing persons | Missing persons risk assessment | Minor changes made (link to College Learn, new bullet point added to initial questions list, 'mental health' added to sentence in' gathering information and intelligence' section, reference to vulnerability-related risks guidelines and sentence added to 'assessing risk levels and taking action' section) |
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| Roads policing | Police driving | Added sections about Prescribed training and On-call vehicle use. |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Missing persons | Specific investigations | 07/02/2023 Links added to Voice of the child documents in the section on Missing children |
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| Investigation | Investigation process | New reference document (College of Policing (2022) Delivering a death message) added to Investigation process. |
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| Mental health | Suicide and bereavement response | Added new reference document (College of Policing (2022) Delivering a death message) to the section on Conveying the message. |
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| Information management > Management of police information | Review, retention and disposal | Changed title of page from 'Retention, review and disposal' to 'Review, retention and disposal'. Added information about nominals under 10 years old, Children Act 2004 requirements, Public Sector Equality Duty, the rights of nominals and retention criteria and changed references of 'offenders or suspected offenders' to 'nominals'. |