Overview of the latest changes to APP.
APP is subject to review (either scheduled or triggered) in consultation with the relevant National Policing Business Area. All amendments go through a review process and further information is available from [email protected]
More detailed changes to APP content may be recorded separately by the the APP team. If you require a copy of APP as it was on a particular date (for example, for an enquiry) please email [email protected]. All requests must be approved by the relevant Policing Standards Manager.
Latest changes to APP
| Date | Category | Guidance | Changes |
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| Investigation | Policing drugs | Addition of links to Home Office guidance and circular 006/2023 in section on 'Nitrous oxide'. |
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| Investigation | Policing drugs | Addition of new content on nitrous oxide. |
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| Information management | Data protection | Added a link under 'Information sharing and disclosure of information' to the Information Commissioner's Office data sharing code of practice. |
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| Investigation | Investigation process | In the section on Instigation, terminology amended from 'police staff receptionist' to 'front counter staff'. |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Hate crime | Responding to hate | Under Legislation header, removed 'three' in first line; bullet 3 changed from CJA to Sentencing Act, add bullet 4 |
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| Investigation > Acquisitive crime | Residential burglary | 'All Home Office police forces will attend every residential burglary' added 'of a home' |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Managing sexual offenders and violent offenders | Identifying, assessing and managing risk | Added diagram to section on 'Reactive management' |
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| Investigation > Acquisitive crime | Policing business crime | Now sits under new subsection, Investigation > Acquisitive crime. |
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| Investigation > Acquisitive crime | Residential burglary | Moved to sit beneath new subsection Investigation > Acquisitive crime. |
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| Detention and custody | Deaths in custody | Updated broken links to IOPC statutory guidance on the police complaints system. |