Recommendations - Sussex Police, August 2025
Recommendation date: 29 August 2025
Response due: 24 October 2025
Published: 13 January 2026
Death and serious injury
Welfare and vulnerable people
We identified organisational learning as a result of a death or serious injury investigation where a man took his own life during a criminal investigation into a historic rape allegation.
Recommendations (2)
Recommendation 1
Awaiting Response
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Sussex Police should create a policy which determines the offences for which a suicide risk assessment must be completed and formally recorded. This recommendation has arisen as a result of a Death or Serious Injury where … Read more
Recommendation 2
Awaiting Response
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that Sussex Police should review the process for deciding on the method to use when serving a postal requisition and to assess the appropriateness of the method in conjunction with the individual vulnerabilities of the intended recipient. … Read more