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JB-15.11 Accepted

Training requirement for covert monitoring post officers

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, 15.11

Only those officers who have received the requisite training and accreditation should be posted to a Covert Monitoring Post (CMP).

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 Metropolitan Police Service stated on 28 October 2022 that significant CMP training improvements had been made, with 172 H2-trained staff and 350 CMP operatives having completed awareness training, and that MO3 and MO5 were working to ensure training quality (MPS Response to Jermaine Baker Inquiry, October 2022).
- The College of Policing updated APP-AP in August 2023 incorporating the requirement that only officers with requisite training and accreditation should be posted to a Covert Monitoring Post (College of Policing APP-AP update, August 2023).
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Response — verbatim from government

●Metropolitan Police Service

MPS formally responded on 28 October 2022 (paras 23-27). Significant CMP training improvements. MO3 and MO5 working to ensure training quality. 172 H2 trained staff; 350 CMP operatives awareness-trained; 130 more since.

Metropolitan Police Service · 28 Oct 2022 Written response →

Evidence trail — what's actually happened since

  • 1 Aug 2023 The College of Policing updated Authorised Professional Practice – Armed Policing (APP-AP) in August 2023 incorporating requirements for requisite training and accreditation for Covert Monitoring Post officers. Source →

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