Recommendations - Derbyshire Constabulary, February 2020

Derbyshire Constabulary  · Ref: 2019/121813
Recommendation date: 12 February 2020
Response due: 8 April 2020
Published: 8 July 2021
Death and serious injury Welfare and vulnerable people
We identified eight areas of organisational learning during a Death or Serious injury (DSI) investigation.
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Recommendations (8)

Recommendation 1 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Derbyshire Police standardise terminology within the local policing unit (LPU) and the control room for the lists of jobs to be managed and dealt with to avoid any confusion as to who is responsible for what. … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: As a result of the Gold Group recommendations, a meeting was held with both North and South Command Teams and a user guide was developed and has been shared with all uniformed supervisors. At the time of writing, … Read more
Recommendation 2 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Derbyshire Police introduce a policy and guidance for the management of the different lists of jobs, so supervisors are aware of their responsibilities in relation to them. The supervisors within the LPU were not aware of … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: As a result of the Gold Group recommendations, a meeting was held with both North and South Command Teams and a user guide was developed and has been shared with all uniformed supervisors. At the time of writing, … Read more
Recommendation 3 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Derbyshire Police provide the same training to Local Policing Unit (LPU) and control room staff in relation to ControlWorks system and in relation to vulnerability, risks, safeguarding and THRIVE. Staff within the LPU explained they had … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: The force has recently (February 2020) commissioned full THRIVE and Vulnerability training for all uniformed staff which will roll out over the next 6 months. This has been graded as Red until the training has been completed. We … Read more
Recommendation 4 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Derbyshire Police implement a policy to ensure a clean handover from one LPU shift to the next takes place. No handovers were recorded at shift change times. The IOPC is aware that Derbyshire have implemented some … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: This task was allocated to two sergeants from each Division. Since that time one of them has been re-deployed because of the Covid19 virus and the other is currently off sick having developed appendicitis. This was the last … Read more
Recommendation 5 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Derbyshire Police clarify and/or implement/formalise an escalation process when there are outstanding matters to be resourced. Due to the lack of policy, some staff members inform their supervisors whilst other do not. This incident was left … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: This task was allocated to two sergeants from each Division. Since that time one of them has been re-deployed because of the Covid19 virus and the other is currently off sick having developed appendicitis. This was the last … Read more
Recommendation 6 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Derbyshire Police implement a supervision policy around the closure of incident logs. In this particular case, two staff members were not clear as to who could close an incident where the original classification code was different … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: As a result of Op Marlow, a more robust audit process is now in place. One of the auditors completes monthly checks of the EO (Enquiry Office) staff with regards to opening and closing codes. She has also … Read more
Recommendation 7 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Derbyshire Police review their training around THRIVE in relation to re-THRIVE and re-grading an incident when having contact with an individual. The wording on this slide is contradictory and confusing as it states that the incident … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: See Powerpoint to show the changes made. Task completed. Green Grading
Recommendation 8 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Derbyshire Police implement a policy to ensure that there is consistency in how LPU sergeants inform the control room staff about availability of their staff to be deployed. Some sergeants provide the control room with a … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: This task was allocated to two sergeants from each Division. Since that time one of them has been re-deployed because of the Covid19 virus and the other is currently off sick having developed appendicitis. This was the last … Read more