Police tech abuse response
Need to upskill law enforcement and improve crime data collection to enhance the criminal justice response to technology-facilitated abuse.
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7 inquiries
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Police tech abuse response has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
18 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (18)
R9 — Key principles of information management
Recommendation: The Code of Practice must clearly set out the key principles of good information management (capture, review, retention, deletion and sharing), having regard to policing purposes, the rights of the individual and the law.
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: The Working Group took the view that the Code itself needed to cover high-level principles relevant to information management, and that, as set out in Recommendation 9, this should include provisions relating to the capture, …
Accepted
R8 — Information management Code of Practice
Recommendation: A Code of Practice should be produced covering record creation, review, retention, deletion and information sharing. This should be made under the Police Reform Act 2002 and needs to be clear, concise and practical. It should supersede existing guidance.
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: A draft Code of Practice on Information Management for the police has been introduced for consultation and will be implemented by June 2005. The Code sets out the high-level principles for information management and sharing …
Accepted
R7 — Court results PNC transfer
Recommendation: The transfer of responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC should be reaffirmed by the Court Service and the Home Office and, if possible, accelerated ahead of the 2006 target. At the least, that deadline must be met.
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: The Home Office, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA), ACPO, PITO and Criminal Justice IT (CJIT) have agreed that the preferred solution for inputting court results onto the PNC should be the electronic transfer of …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
R6 — PNC data quality inspection
Recommendation: The quality and timeliness of PNC data input should be routinely inspected as part of the Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF) and the Baseline Assessments, which are being developed by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: HMIC has fully incorporated PNC audit and inspection into the risk-assessed inspection regime supporting Baseline Assessment. The strengthened audit team is working to an updated set of protocols and the core performance measures have now …
Accepted
R5 — PNC Code of Practice implementation
Recommendation: The new Code of Practice, made under the Police Reform Act 2002, dealing with the quality and timeliness of PNC data input, should be implemented as soon as possible.
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: Ministers have agreed that the new statutory Code of Practice, which has been developed in association with NCPE, should come into force on 1 January 2005. The Code of Practice makes clear the requirements for …
Accepted
R4 — PNC investment
Recommendation: Investment should be made available by Government to secure the PNC's medium and long-term future, given its importance to intelligence-led policing and to the criminal justice system as a whole. I note that PITO has begun this work.
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: The central information service, currently provided by the PNC, will remain at the heart of police information management and specific improvements are planned in addition to IMPACT. The new Code of Practice setting standards for …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
R3 — Police IT procurement review
Recommendation: The procurement of IT systems by the police should be reviewed to ensure that, wherever possible, national solutions are delivered to national problems.
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: The independent review team is due to report its findings on stage 1 to Ministers by the end of February 2005. The findings of the review will be published.
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
JB-15.3 — Document management system for firearms authorisation forms
Recommendation: In order to provide for efficacy and transparency, the NPCC and College of Policing should be tasked with providing a document management system for FA (and equivalent) forms. The system should allow for the auditing of completion and submission dates …
Words of: Andy Walker, Head of Delivery, Uniformed Policing, College of Policing, for the College and NPCC Armed Policing, in a letter to Abigail Scholefield, Jermaine Baker Public Inquiry, 27 October 2022
Gov response: The FA forms utilised by the MPS for command logging are derived from the national command logs first published in 2010 and revised in 2012. As noted above, the standards relating to command logging are …
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LAMI-104 — PITO to evaluate child protection IT systems for police forces
Recommendation: The Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) should evaluate the child protection IT systems currently available, and make recommendations to chief constables, who must ensure their police force has in use an effective child-protection database and IT management system.
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R2 — PLX system introduction
Recommendation: The PLX system, which flags that intelligence is held about someone by particular police forces, should be introduced in England and Wales by 2005.
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: In the interim, the Police Local Cross-Check system (PLX) is on track to provide an index of individuals about whom information is held by police forces. The first version of this (Interim or I-PLX) will …
Accepted
AG-8 — MASTS Vehicle Identification Equipment
Recommendation: The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) should consider whether to recommend equipping unmarked vehicles used in Mobile Armed Support to Surveillance (MASTS) interventions with apparatus designed to identify to subjects that those conducting such interventions are police officers - specifically …
Words of: Home Office, Government response to the Anthony Grainger public inquiry, 19 May 2020
Gov response: 33. The NPCC have informed the Government that the National Mobile Armed Support to Surveillance (MASTS) role profile (National Resource Standard) addresses the first part of this recommendation. This requires forces to have three covert …
Accepted
DM-10 — Custodial sentences for data protection offences
Recommendation: Given the potential seriousness of such offences, it is recommended that the Government take an early opportunity to amend the Data Protection Act 2018 to provide for sentences of imprisonment for offenders.
Words of: Home Office, Government response to the report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel (CP 857), presented to Parliament by the Home Secretary, 15 June 2023
Gov response: 2.4.7. In light of the Special Prosecutor’s conclusion that former DCS David Cook disclosed personal data in the sending of emails to a journalist, Michael Sullivan, the Panel recommended the introduction of custodial sentences for …
Not accepted
JB-15.18 — Mandatory CLIO system training for command officers
Recommendation: Training should be made mandatory for command officers in the use of the Computer Logging of Intelligence Operations (CLIO) system and the Serious Organised Crime Tasking and Briefing (SOCTAB) system (a firearms version of CLIO which has specific tabs created …
Words of: Andy Walker, Head of Delivery, Uniformed Policing, College of Policing, for the College and NPCC Armed Policing, in a letter to Abigail Scholefield, Jermaine Baker Public Inquiry, 27 October 2022
Gov response: This recommendation is addressed within the response to recommendations 3, 4 and 5.
Noted
R1 — National IT system for police intelligence
Recommendation: A national IT system for England and Wales to support police intelligence should be introduced as a matter of urgency. The Home Office should take the lead and report by December 2004 with clear targets for implementation.
Words of: Home Office, Bichard Inquiry Recommendations: Progress Report, 22 December 2004
Gov response: There has been a comprehensive buy-in across all 43 police forces in England and Wales to the IMPACT (Information Management, Prioritisation, Analysis, Co-ordination and Tasking) programme, which will provide a national information-sharing system for police …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
ANG-15 — Remove barriers to reporting sexual offences by colleagues
Recommendation: With immediate effect, all police forces should take action to understand and confront the barriers that police officers and staff face when reporting sexual offences committed by a person that they work with or in the workplace. This is in …
Words of: Home Office, Angiolini Inquiry Part 1, news story, 29 February 2024
Gov response: However, the report today highlights the need for further action and the government, in tandem with policing partners, will thoroughly consider the recommendations made by Lady Elish and respond in full in due course.
Accepted
In progress
ANG-11 — Strengthen information-sharing practices
Recommendation: By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting and recruitment units, should ensure that information-sharing practices, including data retention policies, are strengthened in order to prevent those who commit sexually motivated crimes against women and those …
Words of: Home Office, Angiolini Inquiry Part 1, news story, 29 February 2024
Gov response: However, the report today highlights the need for further action and the government, in tandem with policing partners, will thoroughly consider the recommendations made by Lady Elish and respond in full in due course.
Accepted
In progress
ANG-1 — Specialist policy on investigating indecent exposure
Recommendation: At the earliest opportunity, and by September 2024 at the latest, police forces should ensure that they have a specialist policy on investigating all sexual offences, including so-called 'non-contact' offences, such as indecent exposure.
Words of: Home Office, Angiolini Inquiry Part 1, news story, 29 February 2024
Gov response: However, the report today highlights the need for further action and the government, in tandem with policing partners, will thoroughly consider the recommendations made by Lady Elish and respond in full in due course.
Accepted
In progress
MAI-132 — Body-worn video for firearms officers
Recommendation: The Home Office, Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters and the College of Policing should consider whether firearms officers should be equipped routinely with body-worn video cameras.
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted