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Latest changes – homicide

Date Category Guidance Changes
Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

College of Policing (2019) Practice advice: The medical investigation of suspected homicide has been updated to: Home Office (2024) Practice advice: The medical investigation of suspected homicide

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Updated link to NPCC (2023) National Threats to Life Guidelines

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

3rd bullet point – removed link from the 2012 ACPO guidelines and the reference to College Learn and replaced with 'ACPO (2012) Guidelines on Dealing with Cases of Encouraging or Assisted Suicide – this document has now been superseded. The current guidance can be found in the mental health APP suicide pacts or assisted suicide'.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Reference to document added – College of Policing (2021) Charter for Families Bereaved Through Public Tragedy.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide and major crime publications

Major Crime Investigation manual published.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide and major crime publications

Amended to reflect Homicide journals and major crime publications with additional contact details added.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Post mortem guidance documents added.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

New link added to Practice advice on the medical investigation of suspected homicide.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Link to assisted suicide document.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Link added to CPS website covering Post Acquittal meetings.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Updated link to guidance on sudden death in infancy.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide and major crime publications

Link added to November 2016 issue of the Homicide Journal.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide and major crime publications

May 2016 issue of Homicide Journal added.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Update link to NPCC (2015) SIO Guide – Investigating Deaths and Serious Harm in Healthcare Settings from v10.3 to v10.6.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Addition of link to ACPO (2013) National Threats to Life Guidelines.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide and major crime publications

Addition of link to November 2015 Homicide Journal.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Addition of a link to ACPO (2011) Threats to Life Policy.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Addition of link to ACPO/PPO (2014) Memorandum of Understanding between the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Prison and Probation Ombudsman.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Link to SIO guide and Work-related deaths protocol added, and information on investigating deaths in prisons.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide and major crime publications

Link to the May 2010 edition of the Journal of Homicide and Major Investigation added.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide and major crime publications

Addition of a sub-page linking to back editions of Homicide Journal.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Addition of a link to CFOA, ACPO, CPS, HSE (2014) Investigative Guidance: Firefighter Fatality in the Workplace.

Major investigation and public protection > Homicide Homicide - Guidance overview

Addition of holding pages for Major investigation and public protection > Homicide, pointing to current live content.

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