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Independent Custody Detention Scrutiny Panel Member

Office for the Police and Crime Commissioner

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The Independent Custody Detention Scrutiny Panel was set up in November 2023 and is made up of a group of local people selected from across the policing area, to represent the local communities in conversations with police officers and staff actively involved in the detention and custody environments.

The Independent Custody Detention Scrutiny Panel will be given unprecedented access to material retained by the police to review matters of disproportionality objectively and independently, and police/detainee behaviour in the context of legislation, guidance, policy, and procedure. The panel will produce regular reports that will be made available to the wider public to help improve trust and confidence in policing.

Areas of review by panel members include use of anti-rip clothing, mental health, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), juveniles, appropriate adults, use of force and strip-searches.

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· Assess and report on detention and custody processes. · Examine and challenge disproportionality in police custody in their application of police powers, notably on grounds of race/protected characteristics. · Conduct assessments blind of ethnicity to prevent confirmatory bias by the Panel. · Ensure partnership review and scrutiny of police detention procedures from start to finish, including appropriate use of custody data. · Consider wider issues where the Panel feels it could add value e.g., issues of safety and dignity. · Build trust and confidence with ethnic minority communities through transparency, accountability, engagement, and understanding of Criminal Justice and custody processes. · Make observations and recommendations to PCCs and Chief Officers. · Report back to the wider policing area in the form of a public facing annual report covering the findings of the ICDSP in the preceding year. · Assist in generating a transparent product suitable for public consideration at the end of each annual panel cycle.

You will gain knowledge and insight into custody processes and be able to provide reassurance to the local community. You are able to make a difference.

Attend one meeting in person at Kempston Police Headquarters in the evening per quarter (once every 3 months). Meetings last around 2-3 hours. Attend a half or full day of training when joining the panel which may be in day-time hours, and complete ad-hoc training when required.

Further location details may be provided below.

Samantha Denness / Bethany Coles

MK43 9AX

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https://www.bedfordshire.pcc.police.uk/independent-custody-detention-scrutiny-panel/

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We are fully inclusive and welcome volunteers from all backgrounds including those with lived experience of the custody and criminal justice system. This includes ex-offenders, refugees, asylum seekers, people with additional needs or disabilities.

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