Ethics and values - Kent Police

Student NotesNOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDtime with which I am concerned, such training did not exist. DetectiveSuperintendent (D Supt) Gary Copson told me, "There was no detectivetraining course; there was no junior initial CID course for the MetropolitanPolice for nearly four years [prior to Victoria's death] to the best of myrecollection. There was not any." Even if local managers had wanted to puttheir CPT staff on a CID foundation course in the years leading up toVictoria's death, they would have been unable to do so.”Recommendation:The following recommendation was amongst those made by Lord Laming’sTrainingshould beprovided forpolice officersreport:‘The Home Office, through Centrex and the Association of Chief PoliceOfficers, must devise and implement a national training curriculum for childprotection officers as recommended in 1999 by Her Majesty’s Inspectorateof Constabulary in its thematic inspection report, Child Protection.’Centrex was the predecessor organisation to NPIA and the College ofPolicing.Scarman InquiryThe Scarman Inquiry was set up in 1981 to inquire urgently into the seriousScarmanInquiry set upto examinebad relationsbetween thepolice and theblackcommunitydisorder in Brixton on 10 th - 12 th April 1981 and to report with the power tomake recommendations.Relations began to deteriorate even further when a significant increase instreet crime in Lambeth resulted in the district commander launchingoperation ‘Swamp 81’. The consequence was that a significant number ofblack youths were stopped and searched, intensifying the resentment of agroup, who already frequently protested against and obstructed policeactions on the street.The relations between the police and the black community were at theirBrixton riotsApril 1981worst during the Brixton riots, which began on the 10 th April 1981. A PCtried to assist a black youth who had been stabbed. The young man, whoIND01(AS)_EthicsandValues_SNVersion 1.01 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Page 38 of 82© College of Policing Limited 2013