Martin Jamieson
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Recommendations
Recommendations (the sheriff's words)a) that all personnel, both police officers and civilian staff, involved in the initial processing of a person in custody must ensure that all relevant information about the person is communicated to the Custody Officer; b) that Custody Officers must ensure that during initial processing they undertake a risk assessment of the person based on all relevant information provided to them and their own observations of the person, all in accordance with Force Procedures; c) that consideration should be given by Strathclyde Police to the ‘mentoring’ of new or relief Custody Officers by more experienced colleagues; d) that consideration should be given by Strathclyde Police to the holding, at an appropriate time, of a review of the circumstances of such an event with all staff involved to ascertain if there are lessons to be learned for the future.
Under section 28 of the 2016 Act, each recipient of a recommendation must respond within 8 weeks. The 8-week window is counted from the publication date. See how we track responses.
Section 28 responses
Overall status, as assessed by this site: Response pending
No response has been identified on the case landing page yet. The 8-week window has closed without a published response or non-response notice.
About Fatal Accident Inquiries
Fatal Accident Inquiries are held under the 2016 Act before a sheriff. They are mandatory for deaths in custody and at work. The sheriff may make recommendations under s.26(1)(b); recipients must respond within 8 weeks under s.28. See the methodology page for detail.
Data: scotcourts.gov.uk.