MACP-26 Response Historic AI-assessed

Ensure Senior Investigating Officers provide comprehensive information and manage family liaison.

Recommendation

That Senior Investigating Officers and Family Liaison Officers be made aware that good practice and their positive duty shall be the satisfactory management of family liaison, together with the provision to a victim's family of all possible information about the crime and its investigation.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
According to publicly available information on GOV.UK, content related to "Senior Investigating Officers," "Family Liaison Officers," and "good practice" indicates that these roles and concepts are addressed in official guidance. However, the provided search results do not offer specific content confirming that SIOs and FLOs are explicitly made aware of their positive duty regarding satisfactory management of family liaison and comprehensive information provision to victims' families.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Macpherson Inquiry — Final Report 24 Feb 1999
Recommendation age 27.1 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates