ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF POLICE OFFICERS FOR ENGLAND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND Good Practice for Emergency Intervention in Traffic Collisions Inspector Andy.
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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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