Avon and Somerset Police | College of Policing

Practices from Avon and Somerset Police

Title	Summary of findings	Focus	Topic	Police region
New Anonymous survey to understand the decision-making around the use of handcuffs	Untested – new or innovative	Organisational	Diversity and inclusion, Ethics and values, Operational policing	South West
New Child exploitation and violence awareness events	Untested – new or innovative	Prevention	Child sexual exploitation and abuse, Drugs and alcohol, Violence against women and girls	South West
New The sexual misconduct advocate (SMA) service: empowering staff to call out inappropriate behaviour	Untested – new or innovative	Organisational	Diversity and inclusion, Ethics and values, Vulnerability and safeguarding	South West
Dementia safeguarding scheme to reduce missing person cases	Promising	Prevention	Vulnerability and safeguarding	South West
Family pack support booklet	Untested – new or innovative	Prevention	Child sexual exploitation and abuse, Criminal justice, Cybercrime including fraud, Digital, Vulnerability and safeguarding	South West
Walk and Talk scheme - addressing safety concerns from female members of the public	Untested – new or innovative	Prevention	Violence against women and girls	South West