Dean Joseph
12 Aug 2015 · Coroner ME Hassell · London Inner (North)
The coroner's concerns
1. armed containment misunderstanding
“Different officers had a different understanding of whether the armed containment was overt or covert”
2. lack of hostage negotiator guidance
“the jury noted that there was no guidance from trained hostage negotiators en route, for the local officer who was first on scene”
3. missing communication protocol
“The hostage negotiator co-ordinator felt that it would be useful for the officer in her role to ask when first contacted,”
4. incomplete TASER range guidance
“the Armed Policing Policy only describes the maximum range of a TASER, not the effective range”
5. post incident account contamination
“allowed police officers writing their detailed accounts to confer about matters other than simply timings”