Police Tactical Compact Leg Restraints (Fast Straps) & Belt Pouch

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However, custody officers should, when deciding to remove property, balance the imperative to protect the right to life with the importance of ensuring that a detainee’s dignity is respected. For example, detainees should be allowed to retain their spectacles if there is no significant indication that they may use them to self-harm. Postcodes for Highlands and Islands of Scotland, N Ireland, Isle of Man & Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands and Isle of Wight are: FK17-99, G83, KW1-14, IV, HS, KA27-28, PA20-49, PA60-78, PH15-26, PH30-44, PH49-50, ZE, AB51 Where a detainee has menstrual products removed as part of a strip or intimate search, they should be offered a replacement without delay. When considering the use of control measures or tactics for control or restraint in a custody suite, officers must give full consideration to the circumstances and which options are the most proportionate.

The custody officer should explain to the detainee why they are being searched and is responsible for the safekeeping of any property taken from the detainee.Metaphorically, a fetter may be anything that restricts or restrains in any way, hence the word " unfettered". On arrival at the custody suite, the secure environment should mean that conditions are more controlled. As soon as possible, the escorting staff must inform the custody officer about any control methods or restraint techniques used. There is also a responsibility on the custody officer to include this as part of the risk assessment. They should ask the arresting/escorting officer if any control measures or restraint techniques were used during arrest and transportation.

alcohol or drug intoxication (especially stimulants, for example cocaine, being on antipsychotic medication – some medications under certain conditions can cause abnormal heart rhythms) the force used resulted in any injury to a detainee that requires subsequent significant medical attention, for example hospital attendance The arresting/escorting officer must inform the custody officer immediately if any force has been used during the arrest and/or escort of the detainee. The ruling in this case is at variance with PACE Code C, Annex A, paragraph 11(e) on strip searches. Despite this ruling, care should clearly be taken in the operational context when considering such intrusive activity. Property removal and storage For further information, see the Dame Elish Angiolini Report of the Independent Review of Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody. Warning signs for physical violenceWhere detainees have been searched on arrest, they should not be left unsupervised until they have been presented to the custody officer, who will decide whether or not a further search is necessary. Such decisions, and any searches arising from them, must comply with PACE and the codes of practice. The search, the extent of the search and the subsequent retention of any article that the detainee has with them, depend on the decision made by the custody officer. a bespoke CED course approved by the FFLM and supported by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) The case of Davies v CC Merseyside Police [2015] EWCA Civ 114 has tested the interpretation of PACE Code C, Annex A in the context of a clothes swap within custody. It provides that any removal of more than outer clothing, is a strip search and should be recorded as such.

Guidance available under Risk assessment sets out symptoms of some medical or mental health conditions. There are also risk factors particular to positional asphyxia. Officers should take the following actions when inspecting cells and detention rooms for defects and potential ligature points (this list is not exhaustive):The supervisor of the arresting officer should compile a narrative report for the senior management team if: there were any other significant features of the arrest and decision making that would be of management interest, in particular where it may be damaging to the reputation of the service or likely to attract high media interest Potentially violent incidents are not always easy to control as events are often spontaneous, and officers usually have little time in which to assess a situation and plan a response. This applies particularly when not in a secure setting, where the conditions and environment may be variable or unfamiliar to the officer.