Joseph Agnew
26 Feb 2021 · Coroner Andrew Harris · London Inner South
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of training on assessing intoxicated persons
“CoLP officers were not taught how to assess people to meet the agreed criteria for finding someone”
2. failure to recognise snoring as medical emergency
“snoring indicates partial airway obstruction”
3. lack of learning from incident
“Two MPS officers who attended the scene gave evidence that they would do nothing different even in hindsight”
4. absence of safe refuge for intoxicated homeless
“there is no facility to which police can refer acutely intoxicated homeless people found on buses”
Responses
2021-0055-Response-from-City-of-London-Police-Redacted.pdf ↗· City of London Police
2021-0055-Response-from-College-of-Policing-Redacted.pdf ↗· College of Policing Units and Mayor of London
2021-0055-Response-from-Greater-London-Authority-on-behalf-of-Mayor-of-London-Redacted.pdf ↗· City of London Police
Stated action · 2021/22
“The Mayor has recently agreed funding for this service to continue within the London Street Rescue service for 2021/22.”