Recommendations - Humberside Police, June 2022

Humberside Police  · Ref: 2020/147056
Recommendation date: 6 June 2022
Response due: 1 September 2022
Published: 19 October 2022
We identified organisational learning following a review from a police investigation.
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Recommendations (3)

Recommendation 1 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Humberside Police review their training and guidance on mental health issues to ensure that officers are effectively trained in verbal de-escalation as the default response to any incident involving someone with mental health problems. Training and … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: Professional Standards Department have already liaised with the force lead Officer safety instructor during the consultation phase when these recommendations were being discussed. The lead instructor indicated that mental health training did form part of the current training … Read more
Recommendation 2 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Humberside Police update their training on mental health issues by including this case as a scenario for officers to discuss and learn from whereby validation of information, de-escalation and discussion with those involved in an incident … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: Professional Standards Department have already liaised with the force lead Officer safety instructor during the consultation phase when these recommendations were being discussed. The lead instructor indicated that mental health training did form part of the current training … Read more
Recommendation 3 Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Humberside Police should review its systems and processes for communicating strategies issued by the Force Incident Manager (FIM) to officers at an incident, to ensure all officers have received the communication and are aware of the … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: DCI of the Professional Standards Department will make contact and meet with the Force Control Room senior management team to discuss this recommendation and how it can be introduced.