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June 2010 Updated this month: our Roads Policing guide has been considerably updated to include: new guidance on: safety at road incidents, pedestrians on motorways, additional guidance on: the use of marked oil (rebated fuel or red diesel), the Graduated Fixed Penalties, the Financial Penalty Deposit Scheme, responding to incidents on roads, placing signs and cones, escorting ambulances, incidents suspected to involve dangerous goods, vehicle weights, vehicle dimensions, abnormal loads, goods vehicle operations, public service vehicles and PSV operations, community buses, delayed seizure, a seizure checklist, the payment of fees and the reimbursement of charges in relation to vehicles seized under Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, prosecuting the substantive offences and recording warnings and seizures, the payment of fees and the reimbursement of charges in relation to vehicles seized under Sections 59 and 60 of the Police Reform Act 2002, the role of Highways Agency Traffic Officers (HATOs), stopping vehicles, pursuits, including new and revised sections on the decision to pursue, control of the pursuit and adding a glossary of terms, vehicle recovery schemes, including the guidance about removing vehicles when exercising the power to seize and remove vehicles used for fly-tipping (the illegal dumping of waste), the points to prove for cycling dangerously/carelessly/with due care and attention, our guide to the transportation and transfer of prisoners by the police now includes a Transportation Checklist, our guides to police complaints has been revised to include revised guidance from the IPCC, our guide to the Disclosure of Evidence has been reorganised to make it easier to follow, and now includes all the specialist guidance included in the Disclosure Manual, we have added the points to prove for: the new offence of Slavery, Servitude and Forced or Compulsory Labour, and the offence of Trafficking for Exploitation. we have added 4 types of drug to our guide to common drugs, Synthetic Cannabinoids, 1-Benzylpiperazine (BZP), Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-Butanediol (1,4-BD) and Mephedrone. Back to top

Updated this month:

our Roads Policing guide has been considerably updated to include:
- new guidance on:
  1. safety at road incidents,
  2. pedestrians on motorways,
- additional guidance on:
  1. the use of marked oil (rebated fuel or red diesel),
  2. the Graduated Fixed Penalties,
  3. the Financial Penalty Deposit Scheme,
  4. responding to incidents on roads,
  5. placing signs and cones,
  6. escorting ambulances,
  7. incidents suspected to involve dangerous goods,
  8. vehicle weights,
  9. vehicle dimensions,
  10. abnormal loads,
  11. goods vehicle operations,
  12. public service vehicles and PSV operations,
  13. community buses,
  14. delayed seizure, a seizure checklist, the payment of fees and the reimbursement of charges in relation to vehicles seized under Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988,
  15. prosecuting the substantive offences and recording warnings and seizures, the payment of fees and the reimbursement of charges in relation to vehicles seized under Sections 59 and 60 of the Police Reform Act 2002,
  16. the role of Highways Agency Traffic Officers (HATOs),
  17. stopping vehicles,
  18. pursuits, including new and revised sections on the decision to pursue, control of the pursuit and adding a glossary of terms,
  19. vehicle recovery schemes, including the guidance about removing vehicles when exercising the power to seize and remove vehicles used for fly-tipping (the illegal dumping of waste),
- the points to prove for cycling dangerously/carelessly/with due care and attention,
our guide to the transportation and transfer of prisoners by the police now includes a Transportation Checklist,
our guides to police complaints has been revised to include revised guidance from the IPCC,
our guide to the Disclosure of Evidence has been reorganised to make it easier to follow, and now includes all the specialist guidance included in the Disclosure Manual,
we have added the points to prove for:
- the new offence of Slavery, Servitude and Forced or Compulsory Labour, and
- the offence of Trafficking for Exploitation.
we have added 4 types of drug to our guide to common drugs, Synthetic Cannabinoids, 1-Benzylpiperazine (BZP), Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-Butanediol (1,4-BD) and Mephedrone.

June 2010