Latest changes to APP

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Date	Category	Guidance	Changes
9 January 2019	Armed policing	Use of force, firearms and less lethal weapons	Correct link added to pdf of ‘Home Office (2003) Code of Practice on the Police use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons.
9 January 2019	Investigation	Crime in prisons	Link to MOU of interviewing suspects in connection with alleged assaults on Prison Officers (via POLKA).
18 December 2018	Investigation	Crime in prisons	Link to MOU added of interviewing suspects in connection with alleged assaults on prison officers.
12 December 2018	Critical incident management	Phase 2 – managing critical incidents	JESIP embedded - POLKA community added.
12 December 2018	Operations	Briefing and debriefing	JESIP embedded.
12 December 2018	Public order public safety > Thematic guidance and further information	United Kingdom Football Policing Unit (UKFPU)	JESIP embedded.
4 December 2018	Armed policing	Use of force, firearms and less lethal weapons	Removed incorrect link to Home Office (2003) Code of Practice on the Police use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons.
28 November 2018	Investigation > Investigative interviewing	Investigative interviewing	Updated wording to Voluntary attendance.
20 November 2018	Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children	Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children - Guidance overview	New link added to Working Together 2018.
20 November 2018	Investigation > Investigative interviewing	Investigative interviewing	Updated wording to Voluntary attendance (replaced existing wording for Necessity to arrest).