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theme with other major incidents and large operational exercises and
may in part be due to user error. However, this needs to be resolved
particularly in light of the 2012 Olympics.
3.15 Observation 3 relates to police interoperability with the ambulance
service, which the Review Team highlight as a significant issue. In
summary, the ambulance service felt unable to dispatch ambulances
to the scenes in the absence of police protection. This is despite the
fact that unarmed police officers and members of the public were at
all scenes.
3.16 This section will now briefly describe the contents of each of the 14
sections of this Peer Review report and summarise each of the 15
Observations and 9 Recommendations.
3.17 Section 4. - Introduction – This section provides the context of the
information collated within the report and outlines the purpose of the
Peer Review in greater detail.
3.18 Section 5. - The community served by Cumbria Constabulary –
This section describes the impressive community cohesion that has
been observed by the review team during the process of creating this
report.
3.19 In particular, this section identifies how this cohesion remains
steadfast in the time period that has followed the events of the 2nd
June 2010.
3.20 Section 6. - Cumbria prior to the offences being committed –
From a policing perspective, this section provides a snapshot of
Cumbria in the time immediately prior to the incident under review.
3.21 Two significant events were being managed by Cumbria
Constabulary when this incident was initially reported.
3.22 Section 7. - Cumbria Armed response capability – This section
describes the availability of Armed Response Vehicles (ARVs) in
Cumbria at the time of the incident being reported and how additional
armed officers were deployed throughout the incident.
3.23 Section 8. - The events of 2nd June 2010 – This section details the
events as they unfolded. I have thoroughly examined all previous
contact between Derrick BIRD and the police service to establish if
there was any opportunity to intervene to reduce the risks that he
ultimately posed.
3.24 Furthermore, I have examined in minute detail the actions of Derrick
BIRD and how Cumbria Constabulary reacted to each incident they
became aware of.
THIS REPORT IS EMBARGOED
UNTIL 4PM MONDAY 28 TH MARCH 2011
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