Latest changes – roads policing

22/03/2024 - the following amendments have been made:

Vehicles used for pursuits section

• 'marked' and 'and marked personnel carriers' added to second to last paragraph
• 'high performance' replaced with 'advanced PV' in last paragraph

Prohibited vehicles section

• 'Vehicles which can transport a large number of personnel, for example personnel carriers' bullet point removed

Tactical options - '(updated November 2023)' added after 'tactics directory'. 

Pursuit management > Situational engagement of suspects > Quad bikes and motorcycles> 2nd and 5th paragraph - '(updated November 2023) added after 'tactics directory'. 

Communications > 2nd paragraph - '(updated November 2023) added after 'tactics directory'. 

20th Dec - pm. 

5th paragraph '(updated March 2023) changed to (updated November 2023). 

Pre-planned operations - (updated November 2023) added and brackets removed from. 'This link is only available via College Learn'. 

Replaced:

• ‘Highways England and others (2020) Strategic Road Responders Agreement’ with ‘Strategic road responders agreement (National Highways, 2022)’
• ‘Highways England and others (2019) CLEAR: Keeping Traffic Moving' with 'CLEAR Keeping traffic moving (National Highways, 2021)

Replaced ‘Highways England and others (2020) Strategic Road Responders Agreement’ with ‘Strategic road responders agreement (National Highways, 2022)’.

Removal of link to Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) (2006) Guidance on the Seizure, Retention and Disposal of Uninsured Motor Vehicles/Motor Vehicles Driven by Unlicensed Drivers and replaced with National Police Chiefs' Council Vehicle Recovery Group (VRG) Guide 2021.

Updated links to document ‘Highways England and others (2019) CLEAR: Keeping Traffic Moving' with 'CLEAR Keeping traffic moving (National Highways, 2021)'.

Updated link to guidance on seizure, retention and disposal of human tissue. 

NPCC Tactical Pursuit and Containment Tactics Directory updated on College Learn – link updated to reflect this

Sections added on disaster victim identification teams, recovery and identification of the deceased and minor text amends made.

Added sections about Prescribed training and On-call vehicle use.

Updated the Word document behind the link ‘See explanation of the assessment and calculation method’.

Broken link fixed to Derbyshire County Council roadside tributes and memorials policy.

Updated link to new National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) National Roads Policing Strategy (2022-2025).

Updated NPCC strategy document added.

Paragraph from previous version removed: 'Marked police vehicles, whether being driven in a response mode or at other times, attract public attention and scrutiny. Officers and police staff using unmarked vehicles are expected to conduct themselves in the same professional manner as officers and police staff using a marked vehicle. Use of legal exemptions are an everyday occurrence and, where applied, the driver must be able to readily and proportionately justify their actions in the pursuance of their duty.'

Whole module updated.

Updated Airwave Interoperability manual added.

Link to Governance document removed.

Replace CLEAR guidance and strategic road responders agreement with most up to date version (left out in previous update).

Replace CLEAR guidance and strategic road responders agreement with most up to date versions.

Replace CLEAR guidance and strategic road responders agreement with most up to date versions.

Removed link to ACPO (2013) Forensic collision investigation and reconstruction protocol.

Repair to link to Investigative strategies>ANPR.

Updated ANPR content.

Update to vehicle categorisation calculations.

Updated non College badged Tactics directory uploaded.

Additional wording around reference to force policy added.

Updated link to NPCC 2018 Policing our Roads Together - 3 Year Strategy.

Further information added to provide link to Assessing fitness to drive.

Amended version of tactics directory added to reflect correction to Appendix C.

Updated tactics directory added - February 2019 version.

Updated Policing Roads Together Strategy.

Updated Policing Roads Together Strategy.

Updated NPCC protocol for Forensic Collision Investigation and Reconstruction.

Reference to JESIP added.

Amended wording for discontinuance of a pursuit.

Police Pursuits - Quad bikes and Motorcycles - amended wording for clarity.

Addition of legislation under Disruption of Criminality.

Addition of link to STATS20 report.

Change in reference from Road Policing SIO to Road Policing Lead Investigator, plus amendments to responsibilities of Forensic Collision Investigator and Vehicle Examiner.

Update refresh training timescales.

Removal of link to draft Basic Driver Handbook.

Updated reference to The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, and also to change wording under Police Driver Trainers to make it accurate.

"Training" page retitled "Police driving" and updated.

Update to Guide for the Operational Use of Speed and Red-Light Offence Detection Technology - new 2015 version.

Update to link 'Guide for the Operational Use of Speed and Red-Light Offence Detection Technology' to new 2015 version.

Update to Tactics Directory content (hosted on College Learn but linked from this area of APP).

Updating a link to NPCC (April 2015) Tactical pursuit and containment – Tactics directory including pre-emptive options to October version.

Changing wording regarding off road pursuits of quad bikes and motorcycles.

1. Update links to the CLEAR Principles to 2015 version
2. Update references to the five year strategy to 2015 version
3. Instances of VOSA replaced by DVSA

1. Update links to the CLEAR Principles to 2015 version.
2. Update references to the five year strategy to 2015 version.
3. Instances of VOSA replaced by DVSA.

1. Update links to the CLEAR Principles to 2015 version
2. Update references to the five year strategy to 2015 version
3. Instances of VOSA replaced by DVSA

The list of bullets in section 1.2 (seizing vehicles) has been amended to provide better clarity on the legislation in relation to the seizure of vehicles.

Changes throughout section on Police pursuits and link to Tactics Directory (restricted content).

• Update to link: 'ACPO (2011) Policing the Roads – 5 Year Strategy 2011-2015' changed to 'NPCC (2015) Policing the Roads in Partnership – 5 Year Strategy 2015-2020'
• Removal of text about anti-social road use.

Removal of a link to Ministry of Justice (2013) Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.

Correcting broken links and uploading a link to an updated version of the Motorcycle Safety Strategy.

Correcting broken links and uploading a link to an updated version of the Motorcycle Safety Strategy.

Correcting broken links and uploading a link to an updated version of the Motorcycle Safety Strategy.

Reflecting name change: Driving Standards Agency has become Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.

Reflecting name change: Driving Standards Agency has become Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.

Clarifying and removing ambiguity around use of 4x4 utility vehicles in pursuits.

Removal of links to the PPF which suggested that particular roles require an officer to be of a certain rank, which is not true.

Update links to 2013 Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.

Addition of a link to newly-published document: ACPO et al (2013) Strategic Road Responders Agreement.

Wording change: “tactical phase trained advanced drivers” changed to “advanced drivers”.

Changes to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) reflected throughout this APP.