Guidance and regulation

The notice of rights and entitlements sets out a person’s rights and entitlements while in police detention.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 3 September 2020

Guidance for police forces and local authorities in England on their responsibilities towards children in custody.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 16 January 2020

This is a new version of the police misconduct guidance - use this for cases after 1 February 2020.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 5 February 2020

Guidance for practitioners involved in the recovery of evidential fingermarks.

• From: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and 1 others
• Updated: 12 March 2024

Notice of rights and entitlements in force from 21 August 2019.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 20 August 2019

The Albanian translation of the notice of rights and entitlements.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 11 March 2019

Code of practice in connection with detention, treatment and questioning by police of persons in detention under section 27 of, and Schedule 6 to, the National Security Act 2023.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 21 December 2023

Code of practice in connection with detention, treatment and questioning by police officers under the Terrorism Act 2000.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 20 December 2023

Guidelines for police officers on how and when to issue fines for offences such as being drunk and disorderly or dropping litter.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 24 June 2014

Procedure and supporting guidance to help police forces prepare their own policies for retrieving native video and audio from CCTV systems.

• From: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Updated: 15 June 2022

Information on the range of benefits available to members of the police pension scheme 2015 (PPS 15).

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 15 December 2021

Guide to the capture, retrieval, storage or use of evidential digital images, and associated audio and metadata.

• From: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Updated: 16 November 2021

These candidate briefings cover the roles and responsibilities of police and crime commissioners.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 31 March 2016

Supporting the wider policing community and their families.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 26 March 2024

The Arabic translation of the notice of rights and entitlements.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 2 January 2020

Principles for the management of all police information and records.

• From: College of Policing
• Updated: 20 July 2023

Guidance for police forces on the implementation of the best use of stop and search scheme.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 9 August 2021

The National Canine Training and Accreditation Scheme – Private Security Industry sets standards for the explosives detection dog team accreditation in the private security sector.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 4 March 2021

This guide gives information to officers in police forces in England and Wales on the Police Pension Scheme 2006.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 8 November 2017

A list of approved National Canine Training and Accreditation Scheme – Private Security Industry (NCTAS-P) explosives detection dog (EDD) teams.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 1 May 2024