Lord Campbell of Croyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many police forces have accepted the Association of Chief Police Officers' police pursuit driving document issued in September 1998: and [HL932]
How many police forces have not accepted the Association of Chief Police Officers' police pursuit training document issued in September 1998; and how many are still considering their position. [HL974]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)This is an operational matter for the police service, but I understand from the Association of Chief Police Officers that its Police Pursuit Driving Training report of September 1998 has been accepted in principle by all of the 43 police forces in England and Wales.
The report contained a total of 33 recommendations, a large number of which could have been adopted by individual forces immediately, while others which required progressing at a national level could not. Examples of these include the development of driving simulator technology appropriate to police application (recommendation 21), and the police service is currently working alongside the Police Scientific Development Branch to achieve this goal. Another is where core training courses were to be established (recommendations 11, 12 and 13) and work in this regard is due to be completed by August this year.