Recommendations - Sussex Police
Published: 7 August 2024
Death and serious injury
We identified organisational learning from a 'death or serious injury' investigation.
Recommendations (3)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Sussex Police takes steps to ensure the responsibility of sergeants to actively supervise medium risk missing persons cases is complied with. This follows an IOPC investigation in which a 15-year-old child was found deceased, having taken … Read more
Force Response
Accepted: The following amendments will be made to Sussex Police policy. This acknowledges and makes clear the concerns mentioned within the review and complies with APP for Missing People. 4.1 Once a supervisor has been notified of a missing incident … Read more
Recommendation 2
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Sussex Police reviews its missing persons policy and relevant training and guidance, to ensure vulnerabilities in individual missing persons cases are acknowledged, assessed, and graded appropriately. This follows an IOPC investigation in which a 15-year-old child … Read more
Force Response
Accepted: Sussex Police have acknowledged that when talking about the vulnerabilities it is important to acknowledge the vulnerabilities but also to understand them. We have therefore added the following after the words THRIVE of the Risk as follows: 2.4 The … Read more
Recommendation 3
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Sussex Police amend its missing persons policy to clearly reflect the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice for notifying the British Transport Police of when a missing person may potentially use the rail network. This follows … Read more
Force Response
Accepted: Under 3.2 further amendment within Sussex Missing Policy, also cross references with APP Missing guidance for the following: British Transport Police (BTP) has a valuable role to play in supporting relevant investigations. Although the responsibility for the investigation of … Read more