Recommendation - Greater Manchester Police, July 2025
Recommendation date: 22 July 2025
Response due: 16 September 2025
Published: 21 October 2025
Custody and detention
Welfare and vulnerable people
We found organisational learning following a death and serious injury investigation regarding a detainee who had some known history of self-harm.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Greater Manchester Police (GMP) should, as part of their action to replace their custody system, review their provision for risk assessment completion. This includes consideration of adding prompts for custody officers to carry out risk assessments … Read more
Force Response
Accepted GMP have submitted to the developers of the Mark43 RMS system (identified replacement iOPS computerised custody system) that it has the following automated triggers for risk assessment completion during detention: When selecting identified risks, the custody officer will be … Read more