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Latest changes – stalking or harassment

Date Category Guidance Changes
Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Changes were made to the advice documents:

  • Advice for investigators
  • Advice to police responders

These changes were the removal of a line about distinguishing harassment from stalking by considering if there is a dispute at the centre of it. Also a change to the wording within the investigators' advice, to state risk assessment and first response, to refer to risk identification.  

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Broken link to SPO notification requirement form fixed.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

SPO forms added.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Updated link for Revenge Pornography Guidance.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Updated advice document added for police responders and call handlers.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Update/add reference to CoP (2020) Revenge Porn document.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Added new College document ‘Principles for the management of serial and potentially dangerous perpetrators of domestic abuse and stalking’ to investigators' advice document.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

New advice on investigating stalking or harrassment for supervisors and managers.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

SPO notification requirement form replaced so that a force badge can be inserted.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Stalking Protection Order Statutory Guidance added.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Updated Stalking Protection Order notification requirement form.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Update versions of the SPO briefing note, presentation and summons form published.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

New Stalking Protection Orders national forms and advice added.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

New advice on investigating stalking or harrassment.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Page title changed from 'Stalking and harassment' to 'Stalking or harassment'.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Revised poster and Initial response document added address error printed in previous version.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

New advice note – intial response to incidents of stalking and harassment – including briefing powerpoint and posters.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Publication of new checklist.

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Addition of link to CPS (2014) Guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media

Major investigation and public protection Stalking or harassment

Addition of a holding page for Major investigation and public protection > Stalking and harassment, pointing to current live content.

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