Ensure child crime investigation is equal to other serious crime investigations.

LAMI-97 Response Historic

Ensure child crime investigation is equal to other serious crime investigations.

Recommendation

Chief constables must ensure that the investigation of crime against children is as important as the investigation of any other form of serious crime. Any suggestion that child protection policing is of a lower status than other forms of policing must be eradicated.

Jurisdiction

UK-wide

Response

Historic

No government response recorded.

Source

Inquiry Laming Inquiry

Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003

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Themes & Tags

Care safeguarding systems Missed Child Safeguarding Referrals Police investigation management

Recommendation age 23.5 yrs

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