Recommendation - Hertfordshire Constabulary, March 2021

A detainee sustained a serious injury following his arrest and detention for drunk and disorderly behaviour. The detainee was handcuffed to the rear and seated on the bench inside a police van when the cage doors were closed. The officer closing the cage door stopped once notified by another officer but not before the detainee had received an injury to the middle finger on his left hand. The officers provided first aid and transported him to hospital. Here it was confirmed he had received a cut to the bed of the nail, loss of finger nail and a fracture to the tip of the finger.