Latest changes to APP

• Amendment to existing section on 'Command roles and functions' – addition of content about separation of responsibilities of different functions.
• Addition of new section and content with subheading 'Planning meetings', beneath 'Initial command responsibility'.
• Amendment to existing section on 'Sustained public protection' – addition of content about balancing risk and sufficiency of evidence, and consulting with sentencing guidelines.
• Amendment to replace the term 'imminent' with 'real and immediate' in the existing section, 'Approval and authorisation of tactical plans'.
• Amendment to bulleted lists of responsibilities for both strategic firearms commanders (SFCs) and tactical firearms commanders (TFCs), to clarify that 'actions and decisions are recorded in accordance with national minimum standards'.
• Renamed heading 'Occupational and operational competence within command roles' to 'Selection and accreditation for command and tactical advisor roles', and added content relating to an auditable selection process for SFCs and TFCs. 
• Addition of new content beneath existing heading 'Re-accreditation and refresher process for commanders and tactical advisors'.

Amendments to replace the term 'imminent' with 'real and immediate' – this change affects content under the existing sections, 'Critical shot' and 'Threat to life'.

Change to existing section on 'Lawful orders' to replace the term 'order' with 'authorisation'.

Amendment to existing sections on:

• 'Special leave or suspension from duty' – addition of circumstance where key police witnesses (KPWs) should not contact colleagues in the police service.
• 'Authorisation' – addition of content around making evidence-based assessments about permitting officers and staff to resume duties.

Addition of new content about 'Body-worn video' beneath existing section on 'Record information'.

• Addition of new heading 'Command authorisation to use force'.
• 'Access to decisive information' moved below new heading 'Command authorisation to use force'.
• Addition of new heading 'Rifle-initiated entry to save life' and associated new content.
• Amendment to replace the term 'imminent' with 'real and immediate' in the existing section, 'Influencing factors'.

Change to section on 'Hostility' to include antisemitism.

In section 'Emergency preparedness in Wales', removed details about the Pan-Wales Response Plan as no longer relevant.

Added question to 'Checklist: assessing detainees' – 'Is this your first time in police custody?'

Updated broken links to Home Office guidance on statutory injunctions to prevent gang-related violence and drug dealing (2016).

Updated broken link to Hydrant Programme Group on Knowledge Hub.