Latest changes to APP

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Date	Category	Guidance	Changes
18 April 2023	Stop and search > Legal	Legal application	Addition of 'Children' heading and reference to the Children Act 2004.
18 April 2023	Policing elections	Investigating electoral malpractice	Text added to section on Complexity of the allegation. Minor text edits also made to section on Imprints.
17 April 2023	Detention and custody > Detainee care	Detainee care	Information added in Clothing section about anti-rip clothing.
17 April 2023	Policing elections	Key roles and planning	Operation Bridger single point of contact (SPOC) section added (after ‘Senior investigating officer’ and before ‘Electoral registration officer).
13 April 2023	Investigation	Investigation introduction	Updated link to Professionalising Investigations Programme (PIP) policy (2023 version).
2 April 2023	Major investigation and public protection	Rape and sexual offences	Links updated to latest versions of the following PDFs. Briefing note – For police first responders to a report of rape or sexual assault Annex A – Gathering evidence for rape and sexual offence investigations
30 March 2023	Major investigation and public protection > Managing sexual offenders and violent offenders	Identifying, assessing and managing risk	Removed reference to Risk Matrix 2000 and added Reactive Management
20 March 2023	Roads policing	Police pursuits	NPCC Tactical Pursuit and Containment Tactics Directory updated on College Learn – link updated to reflect this
15 March 2023	Armed policing	Deployment of authorised firearms officers (AFOs)	Changes made to section 'Authority to deploy AFOs'. Change made to third sentence of the third paragraph – 'Where practicable, any subsequently authorised armed deployment should be subject to appropriate tactical advice.' 'Should' changed to 'must'.
15 March 2023	Major investigation and public protection	Forced marriage and honour based abuse	Updated link to 'Honour-based abuse advice for first responders' PDF to the updated March 2023 version.