Recommendation - Dorset Police, May 2026
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Recommendations
The IOPC recommends that Dorset Police should develop a process to ensure that their local police system records, and national police system records, contain the same warning marker information.
This recommendation has arisen as a result of a death or serious injury review in which a woman, with warning markers regarding her mental health, attempted to take her own life shortly after coming into contact with the police.
The warning markers were contained on the Police National Computer (National) but were not recorded on NICHE (Local). It was established that officers only routinely check PNC if the person they are dealing with meets certain criteria.
This recommendation would ensure that the same information is held on both systems, which should result in officers being able to make more informed safeguarding decisions.