Police investigation urgency
32 items
2 sources
Clear absence of urgency and a culture of non-cooperation from some police forces involved in investigations.
Cross-Source Insight
Police investigation urgency has been flagged across 2 independent accountability sources:
1 inquiry rec
31 PFD reports
This issue has been identified by multiple independent accountability bodies, suggesting it is a recurring systemic concern.
PFD Reports (31)
Heidi Williams
Concerns: Evidence showed the deceased ordered numerous tablets from an individual linked to known addresses, but Essex Police have refused Northamptonshire Police's request to investigate the matter.
Response: Essex Police has accepted the concerns and is now actively investigating the alleged drug supply issues through its Serious Violence Unit, with early analysis indicating a complex, multi-force, and potentially …
Responded
Georgia Barter
Concerns: Frontline police officers face difficulty accessing the Police National Database for domestic abuse history across different force areas, hindering proactive identification and intervention for victims.
Response: The Home Office explains the Police National Database (PND) is a national intelligence system accessed by designated trained staff, with a current programme underway to alleviate legacy challenges and stabilise …
Overdue
Jake Girton
Concerns: Police failed to inform the hospital of a patient's release from custody, hindering mental health support efforts. The Metropolitan Police Service also showed no evidence of identifying shortcomings or implementing remediation.
Overdue
Brian Davies
Concerns: The investigation into a domestic explosion was compromised by police disposing of critical debris. There was no understanding of evidence preservation or protocol between police and HSE for such events.
Response: The HSE will raise the coroner's concerns at the WRDP National Liaison Committee, recommend refresher communications to all signatory organisations, provide updates on national training material development, and work on …
Response: South Wales Police will raise the coroner's concerns with the National Liaison Committee and work with the HSE and other signatories to the Work-Related Death Protocol (WRDP) to ensure appropriate …
Responded
Khalif Mohammed
Concerns: West Midlands Police experienced significant delays in allocating officers to a priority case due to insufficient resources, posing a risk of future deaths.
Responded
Marie Theobald
Concerns: Delays in a criminal investigation mean a suspect in a fatal road incident is unrestricted, posing a risk of further harm due to the absence of bail conditions or driving disqualification.
Responded
Kaine Fletcher
Concerns: A critical lack of shared understanding and adherence between emergency services regarding local policies and working standards for Section 136 detentions creates significant risks for vulnerable individuals.
Overdue
Barry Spooner
Concerns: Inadequate information sharing by police with Adult Social Care means prior public protection notices are not consistently provided, hindering full risk assessment and decision-making for vulnerable individuals.
Responded
Muhammad Qasim
Concerns: Conflicting interpretations of "spontaneous pursuit" guidance and inadequate police training pose risks. Furthermore, the IOPC's investigation priorities led to the absence of a crucial forensic collision report.
Responded
Oladeji Omishore
Concerns: Police dispatch failed to relay crucial mental health information to responding officers via airwaves, leading to an initial lack of consideration for the individual's mental health state during interaction.
Overdue
Sebastian ‘Benji’ Oliver
Concerns: Police inappropriately closed a "safe and well" check based on an outdated capacity assessment, demonstrating shortcomings in training and communication with paramedics regarding patients with fluctuating capacity who abscond from treatment.
Responded
Michael Crane
Concerns: Police officers lacked guidance on using Mental Health Act powers and managing individuals likely missing but not officially reported, hindering their ability to ensure safety in critical situations.
Responded
Neil Woodley
Concerns: Failures in communication between police forces led to a significant delay in conducting a welfare check, raising concerns about avoidable fatalities in future cases.
Responded
Jonathan Shaw
Concerns: UK Border Force lacks legal powers and national guidance to effectively seize or manage consignments of substances ordered for self-harm, with no mandatory notification or welfare checks before release.
Overdue
Stevyn Carr
Concerns: Inappropriate grading of vulnerable person incidents and severe lack of police resources led to significant delays in response and oversight, failing to provide timely assistance.
Responded
Sean Duignan
Concerns: Severe security failures at the police armoury included a chronically failing access system, a widely known override PIN, and incorrect single access permissions, allowing unauthorized access to weapons.
Responded
Angeline Phillips
Concerns: The provided text only states that police incident response policy governs priority and response times, without detailing any specific concerns or failures related to this policy.
Responded
Christopher Boughton
Concerns: A lack of communication and clear ownership between bordering police forces hindered effective tasking and transfer of investigations, resulting in search requests being mismanaged and crucial information not being disclosed.
Responded
Hannah Beardshaw
Concerns: Police response was critically delayed by nearly four hours due to escalation failures, compounded by a lack of readily available entry equipment and poor document management practices.
Responded
Katrina O’Hara
Concerns: Outdated police policy led to a high-risk 999 call being downgraded, and officers failed to recognise the increased danger to the victim when the perpetrator expressed suicidal intent. The victim was also left without a replacement phone after hers was seized for evidence.
Responded
Sarah Young
Concerns: A significant delay in obtaining a neurological opinion and a failure of the medical team to review the patient in ED, exacerbated by unreliable referral systems, led to a delayed diagnosis and treatment.
Overdue
Kay Martin
Concerns: A perpetrator of domestic abuse was not subject to any police bail conditions or restrictions for over a month, leaving the victim unprotected and at severe risk.
Responded
Karen Burns
Concerns: Police resources are critically insufficient, leading to incorrect call grading and leaving numerous P2 and P3 calls unanswered due to high demand for priority incidents.
Responded
Jason Gregory
Concerns: Citywatch radio reports of serious disturbances are not being relayed to police in a timely manner, risking delayed emergency response and a lack of clear protocols for licensed security staff.
Overdue
Keiron Bould
Concerns: Lack of clear communication protocols between police forces regarding incident primacy and case transfers led to significant delays in handling a missing person report.
Overdue
Mark Berry
Concerns: Hospital staff delayed police notification of a suspicious death due to procedural confusion. Additionally, ambulance handover and private ambulance communication lacked critical patient location details, hindering investigation.
Overdue
William Nute
Concerns: Delays in emergency service attendance and patient transfer, coupled with inadequate 999 call triage and police notification, led to an unmanaged incident scene and increased risk of death.
Overdue
Ronald Laidiar
Concerns: The police investigation was severely inadequate, failing to secure the scene, account for missing items, properly investigate the source of blood, or identify a key head injury, significantly raising the risk of undetected violent crime.
Overdue
Michael Thorley
Concerns: There was an inexcusable delay in emergency entry and a lack of clear policy for forced entry. Police failed to thoroughly investigate the scene, overlooked crucial evidence, and did not consider potential third-party involvement, compromising the investigation.
Responded
Yvonne Davies and Andrew Davies
Concerns: An off-duty police officer, personally involved with the deceased, compromised the crime scene by breaking in and contaminating evidence before and after on-duty officers arrived, who then failed to secure the scene.
Pending
Stephen Ward
Concerns: The mental health crisis team lacked a clear protocol for following up with police after requesting a welfare check, leading to delays when police did not respond.
Responded