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IOPC Learning Recommendations

361 cases 747 recommendations 656 accepted 37 not accepted 54 awaiting

747 recommendations across 361 police conduct investigations. Data scraped from policeconduct.gov.uk.

361 cases

Contact with man before his death – North Wales Police, November 2021

Recommended 17 Aug 2023Reference 2021/1613303 indexed recommendations

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted

Concerns for man's welfare - Cleveland Police, May 2022

Cleveland PoliceRecommended 15 Aug 2023Reference 2022/1701671 indexed recommendation

Recommendation 1: Awaiting Response

Investigation into a complaint about contact with a woman prior to her death - Greater Manchester Police, November 2022

Greater Manchester PoliceRecommended 11 Aug 2023Reference 2022/1793181 indexed recommendation

Death and serious injury

Recommendation 1: Awaiting Response

National recommendations relating to 'Wayne Couzens failures' - National Police Chiefs' Council and College of Policing, August 2023

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 7 Aug 2023Reference 2021/150091 and 2021/1525913 indexed recommendations

National recommendation 1: Accepted National recommendation 2: Accepted National recommendation 3: Accepted

Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service, August 2023

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 1 Aug 2023Reference 2021/1625601 indexed recommendation

Use of force and armed policing

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - North Yorkshire Police, August 2023

North Yorkshire PoliceRecommended 1 Aug 2023Reference 2022/1656761 indexed recommendation

Custody and detention · Death and serious injury

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - Essex Police, July 2023

Essex PoliceRecommended 27 Jul 2023Reference 2022/1728521 indexed recommendation

Custody and detention

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendations - West Midlands Police, July 2023

West Midlands PoliceRecommended 26 Jul 2023Reference 2022/1676073 indexed recommendations

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted

Investigation into police contact before a death - Northumbria Police, January 2022

Recommended 20 Jul 2023Reference 2022/16459911 indexed recommendations

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted Recommendation 4: Accepted Recommendation 5: Accepted Recommendation 6: Accepted Recommendation 7: Accepted Recommendation 8: Accepted Recommendation 9: Accepted Recommendation 10: Accepted Recommendation 11: Accepted

Complaints raised after police contact with man - Greater Manchester Police, January 2022

Greater Manchester PoliceRecommended 10 Jul 2023Reference 2022/1647421 indexed recommendation

Use of force and armed policing

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation - West Yorkshire Police, July 2023

West Yorkshire PoliceRecommended 6 Jul 2023Reference 2022/1778101 indexed recommendation

Death and serious injury

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Use of force against man during unlawful arrest – South Wales Police, February 2021

South Wales PoliceRecommended 3 Jul 2023Reference 2021/1493152 indexed recommendations

Use of force and armed policing

National recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

Recommendations - West Yorkshire Police, June 2023

West Yorkshire PoliceRecommended 27 Jun 2023Reference 2022/1778142 indexed recommendations

Mental health · Welfare and vulnerable people · Death and serious injury

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

Recommendations - Durham Constabulary, June 2023

Durham ConstabularyRecommended 26 Jun 2023Reference 2022/1755302 indexed recommendations

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

Recommendations - Hampshire Police, June 2023

Recommended 22 Jun 2023Reference 2022/1728973 indexed recommendations

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Not Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted

Recommendation - Kent Police, June 2023

Recommended 12 Jun 2023Reference 2022/1649881 indexed recommendation

Recommendation 1: Not Accepted

Investigation into a serious injury afflicted by a man on police bail - Essex Police, April 2022

Essex PoliceRecommended 7 Jun 2023Reference 2022/1680445 indexed recommendations

Death and serious injury

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Not Accepted Recommendation 4: Accepted Recommendation 5: Not Accepted

Handling of missing person inquiry - Metropolitan Police Service, March 2021

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 30 May 2023Reference 2021/1513977 indexed recommendations

Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted Recommendation 4: Accepted Recommendation 5: Accepted Recommendation 6: Accepted Recommendation 7: Accepted

Failure to investigate indecent exposure – Metropolitan Police Service, February 2021

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 22 May 2023Reference 2021/1500913 indexed recommendations

Corruption and abuse of power

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted Recommendation 3: Accepted

Investigation of reported indecent exposure in 2015 – Kent Police, March 2021

Kent PoliceRecommended 22 May 2023Reference 2021/1525911 indexed recommendation

Corruption and abuse of power

Recommendation 1: Awaiting Response

Discriminatory and inappropriate comments made by officers within a WhatsApp group chat – Metropolitan Police Service, Norfolk Constabulary and Civil Nuclear Constabulary, April 2021

Civil Nuclear ConstabularyRecommended 22 May 2023Reference 2021/1521301 indexed recommendation

Discrimination

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendations - Metropolitan Police Service, May 2023

Metropolitan Police ServiceRecommended 16 May 2023Reference 2021/1624962 indexed recommendations

Welfare and vulnerable people

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

Police handling of missing person investigation - Greater Manchester Police, June 2022

Greater Manchester PoliceRecommended 3 May 2023Reference 2022/1707051 indexed recommendation

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendations - Lancashire Constabulary, April 2023

Lancashire ConstabularyRecommended 28 Apr 2023Reference 2022/1732062 indexed recommendations

Death and serious injury · Domestic abuse

Recommendation 1: Accepted Recommendation 2: Accepted

Recommendation - Hertfordshire Constabulary, March 2023

Hertfordshire ConstabularyRecommended 25 Apr 2023Reference 2021/1611841 indexed recommendation

Recommendation 1: Accepted

Recommendation responses by force

Acceptance rate is the share of all indexed recommendations in cases naming each force that are marked accepted, rounded to a whole percent. Awaiting and unknown statuses remain in the denominator. This table covers the full collection, regardless of the filters above. Acceptance does not establish implementation.

Overall acceptance status

Unknown statuses are not shown in this chart.


Avon and Somerset Constabulary	8	8	0	0	100%
Bedfordshire Police	5	12	0	0	100%
Cambridgeshire Constabulary	7	14	0	0	100%
Cheshire Constabulary	4	5	0	0	100%
City of London Police	1	1	0	0	100%
Civil Nuclear Constabulary	1	1	0	0	100%
Cumbria Constabulary	2	2	0	0	100%
Durham Constabulary	3	6	0	0	100%
Gloucestershire Constabulary	1	8	0	0	100%
Home Office	1	1	0	0	100%
Lancashire Constabulary	4	5	0	0	100%
Leicestershire Police	2	7	0	0	100%
Lincolnshire Police	1	1	0	0	100%
North Wales Police	2	4	0	0	100%
North Yorkshire Police	5	8	0	0	100%
Northamptonshire Police	2	3	0	0	100%
Northumbria Police	6	10	0	0	100%
Nottinghamshire Police	4	8	0	0	100%
Staffordshire Police	3	3	0	0	100%
Warwickshire Police	1	1	0	0	100%
West Mercia Police	1	1	0	0	100%
South Wales Police	11	20	1	0	95%
Cleveland Police	8	16	1	0	94%
Suffolk Constabulary	7	15	0	1	94%
Wiltshire Police	5	16	1	0	94%
Derbyshire Constabulary	6	13	0	1	93%
Devon and Cornwall Police	6	11	0	1	92%
Greater Manchester Police	24	36	2	1	92%
West Midlands Police	6	12	0	1	92%
Kent Police	5	10	1	0	91%
Hertfordshire Constabulary	4	9	0	1	90%
Surrey Police	5	9	0	1	90%
Sussex Police	18	44	0	5	90%
British Transport Police	2	8	1	0	89%
Humberside Police	4	6	1	0	86%
Metropolitan Police Service	68	126	11	9	86%
Thames Valley Police	7	14	3	0	82%
Essex Police	17	29	4	3	81%
Hampshire Constabulary	6	8	2	0	80%
South Yorkshire Police	4	15	4	0	79%
West Yorkshire Police	20	32	6	3	78%
Merseyside Police	8	7	3	0	70%
Norfolk Constabulary	5	4	3	0	57%
Dorset Police	1	0	1	0	0%
Gwent Police	1	0	2	0	0%