Please click one of the individual policies below for further information.
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Abstraction
The aim of this policy is to maximise the availability of Neighbourhood Dedicated Police Officers to...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Airwave
This policy aims to provide a framework to ensure that all Airwave technology and equipment is deplo...
25 September 2009 Read more -
ANPR
This policy aims to ensure the Force makes best use of ANPR in its Total War on Crime. The full poli...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Assisted Suicide
This policy aims to establish a standard approach to dealing with incidents where individuals are as...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Attendance Management
This policy aims to ensure that all staff are deployed efficiently and effectively with appropriate ...
05 March 2010 Read more -
Business Continuity
This policy aims to ensure a formal, coordinated and consistent approach is adopted regarding all Bu...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Business Interests
This policy aims to ensure that police officers shall at all times abstain from any activity which i...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Call Grade & Response
This policy aims to ensure that all calls for service are resourced and attended effectively. It com...
15 July 2010 Read more -
Capability
This policy aims to ensure fairness and (with the exception of dismissal) encourage any necessary im...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Career Break
The overall aim of this policy is to enable Police Officers and Police Staff to take a break from th...
15 December 2009 Read more -
Cash Seizure
This policy aims to make best use of relevant legislation for the seizure, detention and forfeiture ...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Child Abuse
This policy aims to protect the lives of children and ensure their welfare by preventing and reducin...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Community Volunteers & Volunteer Cadets
This policy is aimed at providing a standardised and structured approach to the recruitment, trainin...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Crewing
The key aims of this policy are to increase police visibility and public reassurance as well as ensu...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Crime Recording
This policy aims to ensure compliance with National Crime Recording Standards and achieve greater co...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Critical Incident
This policy aims to ensure a consistent and correct approach to the identification and management of...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Custody
This policy aims to ensure provision of a consistent high quality service covering the detention and...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Customer Service
The main aim of this policy is to promote a customer service culture. It aims to ensure a consistent...
05 March 2010 Read more -
Dangerous Dogs
This policy aims to ensure our response to incidents involving Dangerous Dogs is lawful, reasonable,...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Dignity at Work
This policy aims to create and maintain an environment based on positive working relationships that ...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Disability
This policy aims to ensure that disabled people receive fair and lawful treatment in every aspect of...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Diversity
This policy aims to ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment of individuals with respect and d...
25 September 2009 Read more -
DNA Database
The policy has two main aims. One is to ensure the Force has a corporate approach to the retention/d...
18 December 2009 Read more -
Doing the Right Thing
This policy aims to provide a mechanism that complies with legislative requirements and enables staf...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Domestic Abuse
This policy aims to protect the lives of adults and children by reducing the risk of domestic abuse ...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Dress and appearance
This policy aims to set the expected standards of dress and appearance for all groups of staff when ...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Email and the Internet
This policy aims to that the Force email system and Internet access are used appropriately and that ...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Emergencies
This policy aims to ensure the Force has an integrated approach to all emergency planning and manage...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Energy
This policy aims to minimise the amount of energy and water consumed within our premises and so redu...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Escorts on roads
This policy aims to establish a consistent approach to all requests for police escorts of ambulances...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Fairness at Work
This policy aims to provide a mechanism that allows staff at all levels to raise issues of concern a...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Financial Investigation & Asset Recovery Strategy
This policy aims to make best use of the Proceeds of Crime Act and other relevant legislation to dep...
25 September 2009 Read more -
Firearms Authorities
This policy aims to ensure we deploy Firearms appropriately to conflict management situations where ...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Firearms Command Training
The main aim of this policy is to ensure the safe and effective command of firearms incidents by all...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Foreign Nationals
This policy aims to clearly define our approach to the management of criminal records for foreign (E...
05 March 2010 Read more -
Forensic Science
This policy aims to ensure that key activities in the field of forensic science are conducted in a w...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Freedom of Information
This policy aims to to provide the Force with a defined and guided approach to help us work within t...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Gifts and Hospitality
This policy aims to ensure that, when giving or receiving gifts and/or hospitality, we can demonstra...
08 October 2009 Read more -
Gypsy Traveller
The main aim of this policy is to provide enough context, information and guidance for relevant Poli...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Harassment (Protection from)
This Policy aims to help protect the lives and preserve the safety of all victims and others who may...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Hate Crime
This policy aims to improve the intelligence picture for the proactive tackling of hate crime; preve...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Health and Safety
This policy aims to ensure we recognise and accept our responsibilities in ensuring Health and Safet...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Higher Education
The aim of this policy is to offer additional staff development opportunities by providing full supp...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Home and Work - Life Balance
This policy aims to help our staff to manage the competing demands of home and work-life whilst ensu...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Investigating Indecent Images of Children
This policy has two main aims. One is to set minimum standards of investigation for dealing with the...
18 December 2009 Read more -
Lesbian, Gay & Bi-Sexual
This policy aims to help deliver a quality service to LGB individuals/communities, as victims, witne...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Mental Health - Conveying
This policy aims to ensure the most effective and appropriate use of police resources for removal to...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Missing Person
This policy aims to ensure that efficient and effective enquiries to trace, locate and confirm the s...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Named Suspects
This policy aims to ensure that, by taking professional and prompt action against those suspected of...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Notifiable Occupations
This policy aims to clearly define the Force's approach to dealing with Notifiable Occupations, and ...
02 July 2010 Read more -
Offences Taken Into Consideration
This policy aims to ensure we comply with National Crime Recording Standards, maintain the highest s...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Pocket Notebook
This policy seeks to re-enforce the general principles covering the use of pocket books by staff dur...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Police Pursuits
This policy aims to ensure the safe management, and operation of any police pursuit. The policy docu...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Police Vehicle Collisions
The main aim of this policy is to improve the standard of police driving and thereby reduce the numb...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Public Sex Locations
The policy's overall aim is to improve the quality of service provided by Merseyside Police when pol...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Property Management
This policy aims to ensure Merseyside Police provides an effective property management system so all...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Rape and Serious Sexual Assault
This policy has two main aims. One is to set minimum standards of investigation in dealing with the ...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Recuperative and Restricted Duties
This policy aims to ensure that, where appropriate, staff will be given support to facilitate a retu...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Redeployment - Police Officers
This policy aims to ensure that Merseyside Police uses redeployment options in a way that enables us...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Redeployment - Police Staff
This policy aims to ensure Merseyside Police uses best redeployment options to retain the services o...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Redundancy
This policy aims to provide the structure for Merseyside Police Authority in consultation with the T...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Referred Officers
This policy aims to help identify indicators of future problems at a very early stage relating to th...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Resource Management
This policy aims to ensure Merseyside Police equip all Supervisors and Managers along with all neces...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Risk Management
This policy aims to ensure we have a planned and systematic approach to identify, evaluate and manag...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Road Traffic Collisions
This policy aims to ensure all road traffic collisions are thoroughly investigated. It also aims to ...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Seizure and Retention of Vehicles Policy and Procedure
This policy aims to maximise the use of legislation in relation to the seizure and retention of thos...
05 March 2010 Read more -
Serious Crime Reward
This policy aims to provide a consistent response to offers of serious crime rewards made by compani...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Service Confidence
The main aim of this policy is to address loss of confidence by the Force in any particular individu...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Sexual Orientation
This policy aims to help create an environment where all staff are free from all forms of harassment...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Sickness Criteria for De-selection
This policy aims to provide another option that helps Merseyside Police maximise the availability of...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Significant Witness
This policy aims to ensure that the all police involvement with significant witnesses is conducted i...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Sponsorship, Gifts & Loans
This policy aims to ensure Merseyside Police has an appropriate and consistent approach to Sponsorsh...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Stop and Account - Stop and Search Policy
The main aim of this policy is to ensure that officers are seen to be using their powers legally, fa...
05 March 2010 Read more -
Stress
This policy aims to ensure all managers and supervisors discharge their duty of care for relevant st...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Substance Misuse
This policy aims to ensure compliance with Home Office Guidance and Police Regulations regarding the...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Taser Deployment (Non Firearms Situations)
This policy aims to ensure Tasers are deployed appropriately to conflict management situations where...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Threats to Life, Serious Injury & Property
This policy aims to ensure that all threats to people and property that the Force becomes aware of a...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Transgender
This policy aims to ensure Merseyside Police has an inclusive approach to the transgender community ...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Uniforms - Wearing at Events
This policy aims to ensure Merseyside Police has an appropriate and consistent approach to request f...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Vetting
This policy aims to ensure Merseyside Police performs all Vetting activity to nationally agreed stan...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Voicemail and Telephone Call Handling
The policy aims to embed best practice for the use of telephones, faxes, mobile telephones, blackber...
30 September 2009 Read more -
Vulnerable Adults
This policy aims to support a common framework that helps all responsible partner agencies work toge...
28 September 2009 Read more -
Witness Protection
The main aim of this policy is to provide a framework for recognising and meeting the needs of intim...
28 September 2009 Read more
