Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service, February 2023

We identified organisational learning from a review following other handling. A complainant, who was arrested for affray, raised a number of concerns about the way he was treated as a legally blind person. When in custody he asked for an audio-recording of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act Codes of Practice. He was informed by an Inspector that they did not have such a recording. He was offered a copy in braille, but he does not know how to read in braille. He was also offered an appropriate adult but was not happy with this suggestion. As an alternative, he asked if an officer in custody could read it to him, which was not practical at the time.