ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF POLICE OFFICERS FOR ENGLAND WALES

AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Good Practice for Emergency Intervention in Traffic Collisions

Inspector Andy Rooke

Introduction

• UK Nationally, approximately 3,500 people are killed on our roads each year.

• Additionally 320,000 are injured of which 38,000 are serious injuries

• Economic costs to the community are between £12 & £17 billion per year.

• Human/ Emotional costs cannot be quantified

• BUT UK on target to meet 2010 targets

How Emergency Calls are Received in UK

• 999 single emergency number for entire UK

• Established 1938• 2 Companies BT &

Cable & Wireless operate service

• 15 Operator Assist Centres (OAC) PSAP 1 in UK

• 2 OAC’s able to handle eCall

• 36 million calls received each year

• 60% from GSM networks

• Established solution to deal with false calls

• OAC (PSAP 1) pass to Emergency services for dispatch (PSAP 2) There are in excess of 100 PSAP 2

Situation Now no eCall functionality

IncidentMobile phone

provider

One of 15 PSAP 1One of over 100 PSAP 2’s

Emergency Service Response

UK Police Structure

• 43 forces across England Wales and Northern Ireland

• Further 8 forces in Scotland

• All forces have local responsibility but have national targets set for performance

UK Ambulance Service

• Funded by Central Government

• Free to all• 31 regions in England,

then Wales Northern Ireland & Scotland

• Single grading system for call A life threatening B-C response required

• A graded calls have paramedics with advanced life support skills

• These can be in cars or motorcycles

• 14 Air Ambulance Services in UK with other combined services with Police Forces

UK Fire and Rescue Services

• 44 Fire Authorities in UK based on Counties

• Most now independent Fire Authorities

• 1985 moved away from Fire Brigades became Fire & rescue

• Greater emphasis placed on Rescue rather than fighting fires

• Fire Officers trained to provide specialist rescue services

• Specialised Rescue vehicles now common place.

• National Road Death Investigation Manual was introduced in Dec 2001. Based on ACPO Murder Manual

• Aim to standardise the way in which the UK police service investigate road deaths and serious injury collisions.

• Intention: – ‘To serve justice and to provide support for

victims, fairly and impartially without prejudice and regardless of race, gender, ethnic origin, religion, culture, age, disability,sexual orientation, nationality or place of abode’.

• Promotes Best Practice & measurement.

Police Service Response

Aims of all Investigations

• Investigate Fatal & serious collisions thoroughly & to the highest possible standard. Principal - ‘Search for the truth’.

• Ensure that families of victims are provided with the highest level of support from trained officers dedicated towards the provision of family liaison.

• Provide a documented ‘investigation plan’ during every incident, ensuring each incident is investigated to high ethical standards.

Personnel involved in an investigation.

• Senior Investigating Officer

• Forensic Collision Investigators

• Family Liaison Officers

• Interview Teams

• Road Policing Officers

• Crown Prosecution Service

Road Death Investigation ManualRoad Death Investigation Manual

Investigative ResponseInvestigative Response

The Future?

• ACPO ITS actively involved in a number of EC funded projects including:– GST Rescue (Advanced assistance for Emergency

Services)– Liaison (Advanced Location based services for

Emergency Services)– ReAct (Assistance & Co-ordination for PSAP’s for

incident identification)– PetraNet (Information Exchange for all emergency

Services)

Future eCall model

Why does this model work in the UK?

• Single point of contact for all Emergency Services 999 (112) PSAP 1

• Policing Structure in UK– Single Tiered Police Force

• Investigation process defined in the RDIM– The search for Truth– Trained Investigators– Quality Assurance– Victim support

• English Judicial System– Adversarial not Inquisitorial

• Ambulance Service – Unified across Country – Free for all

• Fire Service– Unified across Country– Free for all

• Assistance of Technology– eCall– Project GST RSQ

• Blue Wave/Virtual Cone• Route Guidance• Push and Pull of Data

– Project Liaison– Project ReAct– Project PetraNet

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