Latest changes to APP

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Date	Category	Guidance	Changes
15 March 2023	Major investigation and public protection > Missing persons	Specific investigations	Link removed to UKMPB file 'Identification process – good practice: Procedural'.
10 March 2023	Major investigation and public protection	Forced marriage and honour based abuse	Links and dates to the following documents updated to reflect the 2023 version: 1 - HM Government (2014) The Right to Choose: Multi-agency statutory guidance for dealing with forced marriage 2 - HM Government (2014) Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling Cases of Forced Marriage
3 March 2023	Stop and search > Legal	Legal application	Detail added on the recommendation for rank of supervisor for searches involving exposure of intimate parts of the body and recording of the interaction.
27 February 2023	Major investigation and public protection > Missing persons	Strategic responsibilities	References to MPB amended to UKMPU (UK Missing Persons Unit)
20 February 2023	Investigation	Investigation process	Changes made to 'Jurisdiction and ownership' section are: link to Home Office Counting Rules updated link changed to Home Office Counting Rules for Recorded Crime (publishing.service.gov.uk)
16 February 2023	Major investigation and public protection > Investigating child abuse and safeguarding children	Child abuse linked reference material	Added links to Voice of the child documents
16 February 2023	Investigation	Working with victims and witnesses	Voice of the Child documents added to section on National support for law enforcement agencies
16 February 2023	Mental health	Suicide and bereavement response	Changes made to section Suicide and bereavement response. An additional bullet was added – 'consider whether domestic abuse or coercive and controlling behaviour may have contributed to or caused the death'
16 February 2023	Major investigation and public protection > Missing persons	Expectations	Sentence added to 'The police role and responsibilities' and 'categories' sections. Paragraph added to 'legal expectations'. Minor changes made to first sentence in 'positive action' section. LSCB changed to MASA. FCO changed to FCDO. Reference removed from 'truanting' section
16 February 2023	Major investigation and public protection > Missing persons	Missing person investigations	More reference documents added, removed or updated. Bullet point added to police actions in relation to support for families section. MPB references changed to UKMPU and links updated. Sentence added to medium and low risk missing person subsection of timescales for collecting samples. Legal references added to media strategy section. NPCC lead reference added to family initiated media campaigns section. Sentence added to confidentiality section and interviews section. Paragraph added to prevention interviews section.