NEW \u2018vital\u2019 guidance documents around how to deal with death or serious injury incidents have been given the thumbs up by Essex Police Federation.<\/p>\n
The College of Policing has set up a consultation on post incident procedures (PiP) to give more help to officers when dealing with deaths following police contact or custody.<\/p>\n
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The new DSI Authorised Professional Practice (APP) will provide guidance on post-incident procedures, management, welfare and legal issues and will also ensure accounts given by officers appear chronologically while setting out key roles and responsibilities.<\/p>\n
Steve Taylor, Essex Police Federation Chairman, is backing the new APP, calling it a \u2018very impressive document\u2019.<\/p>\n
He believes that the document and getting it properly trained in is vital for officers too.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope the draft we\u2019ve seen stays largely intact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems to be a very workable document and very sensible too. It\u2019s based on the firearms APP which is where we\u2019ve been striving to get to in Essex anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe very strongly that the PiP is a fantastic process that really looks after officers as well as being an important document for the force.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe risk comes in the moments before the need for a PiP is identified and it\u2019s that window when accounts are provided that mistakes can happen which can leave officers vulnerable and in difficulties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Using resources such as the Federation\u2019s video training package is key he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGetting education out there about PiPs helps to eradicate those early mistakes. Officers don\u2019t necessarily need to know the ins and outs of it, although we can tell them that, but they do need to know what might be relevant for the PiP should the worst happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve has fed back his thoughts on it as part of the College\u2019s consultation request.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy thoughts were that the firearms PiP is based on there being a well-established and experienced chain of command and, with the best will in the world, in general policing there may be new supervisors, acting supervisors, who are perhaps not as comfortable or established in those roles.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you place responsibility on some of those new shoulders for things like separations, for things like conferring advice, without training, without proper explanation or guidance, that could be challenging.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can work through it with education and a bit of work, but we need to be mindful of the small hiccups that could happen, people not being separated or being separated when they shouldn\u2019t be, that type of thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day it\u2019s there to protect officers and to protect the organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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