Kristoffer Batt
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Recommendations
Recommendations (the sheriff's words)In my view, the light and buzzer system should be extended to these areas, and I so recommend.
[305] Perhaps more importantly, however, I recommend that there be installed an extension of the assistance light system to the charge bar, in order that the Custody Sergeant on duty can readily see whether Custody Care Assistants are responding promptly to requests for assistance.
I recommend that this matter should be discussed at the National Custody Forum and the National Custody Manual amended, as deemed appropriate.
What I recommend is that a classification of high vulnerability, leading to half hourly checks, is the proper, civilised approach, to a young person of 16 or 17.
I accordingly recommend that a detailed description of what is expected of Custody Care Assistants in terms of their individual and joint responsibilities is drawn up and reviewed on a regular basis.
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