Recommendation - Avon and Somerset Police, February 2023
Recommendation date: 8 February 2023
Response due: 5 April 2023
Published: 30 March 2023
Death and serious injury
Welfare and vulnerable people
We identified organisational learning from a review of a local police investigation. A serving police officer had taken their own life and the complaint, made by his wife, related to the management of the scene. We recognised from the investigation report, completed by Avon and Somerset Police, that many officers believed they are not specifically trained to deal with cases of suicide, meaning they could not provide an acceptable service level to the complainant.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Avon and Somerset Constabulary should introduce specific training to equip officers with the appropriate skills to deal with instances of suicide. This follows an IOPC review of a local investigation by Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s professional … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: The Corporate Learning Department will work with UWE and the Professional Development Unit to enhance skills through appropriate development exercises to address this recommendation. The force has already commenced continuous improvement development inputs to tutors focussing on sudden … Read more