Police related deaths

Action Planned (AI summary) • GMP is investing significantly in the replacement of technology through the IS Transformation Programme to replace existing separate command and control, custody, intelligence, work allocation, and property systems with one user experience and more intelligence information management process that enables partner agency information sharing (iOPS). • Mobile technology is distributed to operational staff which is already demonstrating through pilot site a significant forwards steps in information access, input, and decision-making. • GMP is undertaking comprehensive procurement, design and testing process before implementation which is currently scheduled for late 2017.

Action Planned (AI summary) The College of Policing will add specific reference to 'containment' to the ABD/PA chapter of the National Personal Safety Manual and clarify that, in certain circumstances, prone restraint carries a risk of death, within the next scheduled update.

Action Planned (AI summary) South Yorkshire Police will highlight the importance of opening a custody record and completing a risk assessment, even when a detainee is uncooperative, in training and through a briefing document and rotational training. They will also incorporate information about acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome into first aid training for custody staff.

Action Planned (AI summary) The Trust will ensure outpatient letters from CRS North medical teams are copied to the care coordinator. A working group led by the Head of Recovery Services is looking at long-term solutions.

Action Planned (AI summary) Multiple CCGs and Trusts report that if a detainee has a known past mental health history, they should be taken to the 136 unit at Roseberry Park; if serious concerns regarding physical health exist, detainees should be presented to A&E. Senior A&E staff and the police will jointly decide where best to provide treatment if a detainee is violent and aggressive. The Trusts, CCGs, Ambulance Service and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust have signed up to the Crisis Care Concordat. The lead Security Officer for the Trust has held discussions with Durham Constabulary lead officers to ensure that all police officers know that patients should be taken to the Emergency Department; The process is kept under review by the Trust. All agencies involved in treating or looking after patients in crises meet monthly to share learning, discuss difficult cases and monitor patients detained under a section 136 in the emergency department. Cleveland Police provides annual Personal Safety Training to all front-line officers, including training on "excited delirium." The police, along with medical directors and A&E consultants, established new guidelines for aggressive detainees in custody being taken to A&E, and are briefing staff on these new guidelines. NHS England will consider the case further with the Northern Regional Medical Director to determine whether changes need to be made to relevant policies and guidance, including liaison with Public Health England regarding substance misuse services. They also acknowledge that various local healthcare organizations have signed up to the Crisis Care Concordat.