Intelligence briefing requirements during operations
Jermaine Baker Inquiry · Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · Issued 5 July 2022 · Addressed to: College of Policing
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, 15.9
The College of Policing's Authorised Professional Practice – Armed Policing (APP-AP) should clarify that, during the course of an operation, any relevant intelligence should be briefed out to the firearms officers even if it is appropriate, in the circumstances, to provide clarification or a limitation warning together with the intelligence.
Jermaine Baker Inquiry, Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · 5 Jul 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- The College of Policing updated APP-AP in August 2023 incorporating guidance that relevant intelligence should be briefed to firearms officers during operations, with appropriate clarification or limitation as circumstances require (College of Policing APP-AP update, August 2023).
Response — verbatim from government
●Metropolitan Police Service — initial response
MPS formally responded on 28 October 2022 (para 21). MPS conveyed willingness to assist College of Policing in review of APP-AP on intelligence briefing during operations.
Metropolitan Police Service · 28 Oct 2022 Written response →
●College of Policing — follow-up
College of Policing updated Authorised Professional Practice – Armed Policing (APP-AP) in August 2023 clarifying that relevant intelligence should be briefed to firearms officers during operations even with limitation warnings.
College of Policing · 1 Aug 2023 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 1 Aug 2023 Status as of College of Policing APP-AP update (August 2023): Completed Source →
Each entry above links to a primary source — gov.uk written statement, consultation response document, or inspection report. The Index does not characterise government intent; it tracks what has been published.
How this page is built
Source and Response are verbatim from primary documents. The Evidence trail records published activity since — written statements, consultation outcomes, inspection findings, parliamentary references. The Index does not paraphrase or characterise intent; it tracks what has been published. Where the evidence is the absence of action (a missed deadline, a slipped timetable), that absence is documented from primary sources rather than inferred.
This recommendation's data is verified periodically against primary sources. The Index is monitored for staleness weekly.