Recommendation - Cambridgeshire Constabulary, May 2024
Recommendation date: 20 May 2024
Response due: 15 July 2024
Published: 3 December 2024
Welfare and vulnerable people
Road traffic incidents
We identified organisational learning following a review into an investigation where police officers were unable to arrange transport for a disabled person involved in a road traffic accident. The person was reliant on a specially adapted motorised wheelchair.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Cambridgeshire Constabulary liaises with the local authority to request access to any resource list they may have regarding organisations that can provide transport for individuals who use a wheelchair of any size. The force should ensure … Read more
Force Response
Accepted This recommendation was raised through Cambs Organisational Learning meeting and the final update was received on 15 July 2024. The Disability Support Network have recognised this is valuable learning. They agree that the force should create a resource or … Read more