The Police Visual Handbook

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• a fully indexed and cross referenced HTML on-line document to which any police force may subscribe.  It provides a ‘one shop’ solution for:
  • uniformed constables and sergeants,
  • custody officers,
  • duty inspectors,
  • superintendents,
  • anyone engaged in investigating crime, including all members of the CID,
  • roads policing officers, and
• invaluable in providing clear and concise advice and guidance when confronted with the ‘what do I do now’ situation.

It covers both the IPLDP and ICIDP, the Sergeants and Inspectors Promotion Examinations, and has a separate PIP (Professionalising Investigation Program) menu, based on the National Occupational Standards.

It contains probably the most comprehensive guides to custody and investigation in the country.  Our custody guide is fully SDHP compliant.

28 Police Forces across England and Wales, together with the Pitcairn Islands Police, are now using the Police Visual Handbook across their Force desktops, with a number also using it via in-car mobile data terminals and on handheld Windows® Mobile platform and Blackberry type personal mobile devices.  If you represent an English police force or Gwent Police, why not contact us for your free demonstration copy, or to arrange for a free 1 month trial on your Force intranet. 

It also used by staff and students at both the University of Teesside and Coleg Llandrillo Cymru to provide input into their policing and forensic science courses.

• diversity, lifestyle and workplace issues, e.g. first aid, stress, health and safety,
• dealing with a range of operational incidents,
• carrying out investigations,
• preparing and submitting prosecution files,
• disclosure,
• attending various operational incidents, etc.

It also includes comprehensive Superintendents' and Inspectors' Guides.

Issued on CD or by file transfer, it can be:

• installed on a server;
• incorporated into a force intranet to serve desktops and both handheld and mobile data terminals. 

Updates are distributed by email to corporate subscribers monthly, with full CD updates sent periodically.

If your force doesn't currently have a corporate subscription, please contact us for details and prices.

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Key Benefits and Features

• includes the following features:
  • all major legislation,
  • the provisions of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and its Codes of Practice,
  • the CPS charging standards,
  • ACPO, NPIA, and Home Office guidance,
  • CPS legal guidance,
  • case law,
  • procedural information,
  • counter-civil litigation guidance,
  • recognised good practice,
  • FAQs section,
  • glossary section,
  • a comprehensive guide to police powers and procedures, and
  • over 500 offences in an easy to understand points to prove format, including:
    1. the applicable police and court powers for each offence,
    2. the adult and youth gravity factors for the applicable offences,
    3. whether a conditional caution can be issued for that the offence,
    4. who the changing decision for that offence must be made by,
    5. the CCCJS Codes,
    6. the sentence, including any endorsements and whether a road traffic or crime and disorder penalty notice applies,
• all combined and re-written in an 'easy to understand step by step’ format which loses none of the legal interpretation, and
• fully integrated for easy reference.

Subscribing Forces may extract information from the Handbook for inclusion in 'in-house' training material, force orders and other guidance at no extra cost, provided a suitable written acknowledgement is given.

Forces may request the inclusion of additional material at no cost charge, provided it can be shown to be of general benefit to a large section of our subscribing Forces.

Some material which is based on ACPO, Home Office and Foreign Office guidance is Crown Copyright and is reproduced under HMSO Core Licence C02W0006421 with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland. 

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More Information?

Download a copy of our comprehensive guide to the features and benefits of the Police Visual Handbook.

View our PowerPoint slideshow about what the Police Visual Handbook can do for you.

Please contact us for more information on the Police Visual Handbook so that we can tell you exactly what it can do for you!

Why not undertake a free trial in your Force.

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