Recommendations - Northamptonshire Police, March 2021
Recommendation date: 2 March 2021
Response due: 27 April 2021
Published: 27 April 2021
Custody and detention
Welfare and vulnerable people
An 11 year old boy was arrested following an allegation of a sexual offence against another young person. Both children were residents at a care home and therefore safeguarding issues were considered by the police. He was detained overnight in an adult cell. This appeal identified learning around the processes in custody to authorise the detention of young people.
Recommendations (2)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Northamptonshire Police should take steps to assure itself that appropriate systems are in place to ensure that custody staff adhere to their responsibility, in accordance with Paragraphs 8.8 and 8.10 of PACE Code C, to record … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action:
In essence we have accepted both of your recommendations.
Recommendation 2
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Northamptonshire Police takes steps to ensure that custody officers are best supported to decide whether to authorise the detention of a juvenile. This shoud include consideration of whether appropriate sources of advice are available to custody … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action:
In essence we have accepted both of your recommendations and completed those actions as detailed in my email dated 2nd and 9th February 2021.