Recommendation - City of London Police
Recommendation date: 25 June 2018
Response due: 20 August 2018
Published: 4 July 2018
This investigation focused on the actions of two City of London Police officers who left a man who was showing signs of being drunk and incapable in a bus shelter without calling for medical assistance. Eight minutes later two Metropolitan Police Service officers found the man in the same location and then called an ambulance as he was unresponsive. The man died in hospital a week later.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
There is national APP guidance that states that drunk and incapable individuals are in need of medical assistance in hospital and officers should call an ambulance immediately. The IOPC recommends that the City of London Police take steps to satisfy … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action:
The City of London Police has taken the following action:
The British Red Cross will be incorporating this into all First Aid training given to the members of the City of London Police.