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FOI Strip Search Policy (1078-2023/24)

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The College of Policing changed the APP relating to: ‘Detention and Custody - Control, restraint and searches’, with the addition of the section ‘ the documenting of strip searches in police custody.’
This change to the APP was made on 05.07.2023.  https://www.college.police.uk/app/detention-and-custody/changes. It details the legal position and requirements re police custody strip searches / welfare clothes removal / PACE Code C Annex A - citing a legal ruling from 2015, Davis v Merseyside Police (which is sometimes referred to as PD v Merseyside Police).

Please can you tell me:
Q1. Whether your force procedure or policy on custody/strip search/documentation was updated to reflect this change to the APP?

Please can you provide me with:
Q2. A copy of the force’s procedure / policy that was in place before the change was made (this would likely be the procedure / policy document that was in use in June 2023)
Q3. A copy / copies of any new / updated versions of this procedure / policy document that have been issued by your force since the change to the APP (in early July 2023).
Q4. If the change to the APP on this matter was communicated to custody officers / staff in any other way (perhaps an internal email or in an internal newsletter) I’d be grateful if you could also give me details of what was communicated and when. 
Q5. If your procedure / policy on this issue had already been changed in 2015 as a result of the Davies v Merseyside Police ruling (or as a result of guidance on the ruling issued by HMIC in 2015) then please tell me about these changes (ie what was changed and when).

Response

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

I note that North Yorkshire Police follow the APP including all updates to the APP as per the College of Policing. We do not hold any individual policy documents.

Q1. Yes

Q2. No information held

Q3. No information held

Q4. This was communicated via the internal bulletin and email

Q5. No information held

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.