Carl Butler and Sean Brett

“There was a confused picture of the management of the reports and information being handled by Cheshire Police insofar as a request for observations would be put out to officers by a communications operator, however there was no requirement for any officer to acknowledge that they had received such a request and therefore no means by which it could be confirmed that any actions were being undertaken as a result of the reports which had been received.”

“There was also confusion within the control room as to the methodology by which a vehicle could be added to an ANPR/Vehicle Finder System, and although an IOPC investigation was finalised in February 2023 which identified potential learning for the force in respect of ensuring control room staff understand the appropriate processes, evidence was heard at the inquest that a witness had not received this training until December 2024 due to a lack of time being made available to her to undertake the”