14 May 2024
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Under 'interpreters and registered intermediaries' - replaced the 2015 Code of Practice for Victims with 2020 version. The 2015 version was quoted. This quote does not appear word-for-word in the 2020 version, so an alternative, comparable quote was added instead from p.13 of the document.
5 October 2023
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Changed link to the updated briefing note, 'Responding to the taking or sharing or nude and semi-nude images by young people' (now in HTML format).
12 July 2023
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Addition of link to NPCC Family Pack PDF
16 February 2023
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Child abuse linked reference material Added links to Voice of the child documents
24 February 2022
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Child abuse linked reference material Review of all existing links to the 2011 ABE guidance and update the reference to the new 2022 guidance.
24 February 2022
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Further investigation Review of all existing links to the 2011 ABE guidance and update the reference to the new 2022 guidance.
24 February 2022
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Managing complex child abuse investigations Review of all existing links to the 2011 ABE guidance and update the reference to the new 2022 guidance.
24 February 2022
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Review of all existing links to the 2011 ABE guidance and update the reference to the new 2022 guidance.
24 February 2022
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Staffing and the child abuse investigation unit Review of all existing links to the 2011 ABE guidance and update the reference to the new 2022 guidance.
18 January 2022
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Key definitions Out of date information on Rape and sexual offences APP amended.
20 December 2021
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Staffing and the child abuse investigation unit NPCC definition for prioritisation of online perpetrators who pose a risk of harm to children.
1 November 2021
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Publication of County lines child criminal exploitation.
20 May 2021
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations College of Policing Briefing note on sexting added - replaces ACPO 2013 document, plus updated link to MAPPA guidance
25 August 2020
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Further investigation Broken link fixed - http://library.college.police.uk/docs/cps/Early_special_measures_discussions_between_the_police_and_the_CPS.pdf
6 August 2020
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Child abuse linked reference material Removed reference to POLKA.
30 July 2020
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Child abuse linked reference material New Child Rescue Alert guidance added.
30 July 2020
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child New Child Rescue Alert guidance added.
30 July 2020
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations New Child Rescue Alert guidance added.
2 June 2020
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Broken link to common law police disclosure scheme.
8 October 2019
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations New advice on safeguarding children through the use of Child Abduction Warning Notices.
15 August 2019
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Updated version of Parental Child Abduction guidance.
4 July 2019
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Key definitions Working together link updated to 2018 version.
18 June 2019
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations June 2019 version of Management of suicide operational advice added.
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.
26 October 2018
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Working together link updated to 2018 version.
8 October 2018
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Updated link to HMIC 2013 Mistakes were made.
5 October 2018
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Updated links to PACE Codes.
12 September 2018
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Managing complex child abuse investigations Include a link to Information sharing protocol.
26 January 2018
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Updated POLKA link to Parental Child Abduction guidance.
16 November 2017
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Link added to guidance on parental child abduction.
9 October 2017
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Further investigation Addition of link to Victim and Witnesses Interview Strategies.
22 March 2017
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Key definitions Change in wording around child at risk to mirror legislation and avoid confusion.
16 November 2015
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Child abuse linked reference material Update a link to 2015 Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.
16 November 2015
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Further investigation Update a link to 2015 Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.
16 November 2015
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Update a link to 2015 Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.
29 September 2015
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Addition of link to "Children Act 1989: transition to adulthood for care leavers".
20 August 2015
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children - Guidance overview Changes throughout.
21 July 2015
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Addition of link to NCA CEOP Victim Identification Guidance.
26 May 2015
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children - Guidance overview Link to 'HM Government (2013) Working Together to Safeguard Children' changed to 'HM Government (2015) Working Together to Safeguard Children'.
16 October 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Further investigation Amendment of information on compensation.
7 October 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Addition of links to ACPO CPAI Lead’s Position on Young People Who Post Self-Taken Indecent Images and CPS (2014) Guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media.
18 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Further investigation Removed content changes made on 3 September 2014 (reverted to previous version).
18 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children - Guidance overview Removed content changes made on 3 September 2014 (reverted to previous version).
18 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Key definitions Removed content changes made on 3 September 2014 (reverted to previous version).
18 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Removed content changes made on 3 September 2014 (reverted to previous version).
15 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Addition of link to ACPO (2013) Practitioners Guidance on Child Rescue Alert.
3 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Further investigation Content changes.
3 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children - Guidance overview Content changes.
3 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Key definitions Content changes.
3 September 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Content changes.
9 July 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Renamed "Investigating child deaths" to "Unexpected death of a child".
19 June 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Further investigation Changing "sudden unexpected deaths in childhood" to "investigating child deaths".
19 June 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children Police response to concern for a child Changing "sudden unexpected deaths in childhood" to "investigating child deaths".
19 June 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Multi-agency arrangements for safeguarding Changing "sudden unexpected deaths in childhood" to "investigating child deaths".
19 June 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Changing "sudden unexpected deaths in childhood" to "investigating child deaths".
19 June 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Staffing and the child abuse investigation unit Changing "sudden unexpected deaths in childhood" to "investigating child deaths".
28 January 2014
Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children > Police response to investigating child abuse Risk and associated investigations Link to ACPO guidance added.
