Recommendation - Avon and Somerset Constabulary, August 2022
Recommendation date: 26 August 2022
Response due: 21 October 2022
Published: 18 October 2022
Welfare and vulnerable people
We identified organisational learning from a death or serious injury review. The case related to a man who was accused of sexual abuse against a family member and did not receive a risk assessment because he attended a police interview voluntarily. Details of the allegation were leaked on social media which led to the man attempting to take his own life.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
Avon and Somerset Police amend their policy to require that all suspects in cases relating to alleged child sexual abuse or exploitation are provided with the same level of suicide risk assessment, regardless of whether they attend voluntarily or are … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: ASP have amended their procedural guidance. Section 6 details suspect suicide and self harm prevention. I have copied the relevant sections below. ---------------------------------------------------------------- “Officers should carry out a suspect self-harm and suicide risk assessment and appropriate risk management … Read more