ACPO comment on Magee Review

ACPO President Chief Constable Ken Jones said:

“The Government has today accepted all 31 recommendations of the Magee review either fully or in principal. Having identified to the Home Office the opportunity to engage in a public protection review, ACPO welcomed Sir Ian Magee’s review and has already put in place a number of solutions which are delivering real improvements.

“There is now a Code of Practice and Guidance on the management of police information and a new criminal records central computer being delivered by the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) is in the final phase of design. The ACPO Police National Computer Access Panel has put in place effective governance on data sharing. Through its Criminal Records Office, ACPO is already working closely with a large number of partner agencies and Government departments where information exchange is taking place on a daily basis.

“What is clear is the critical nature of effective exchange of criminality information to public protection and achieving a safer environment for all our neighbourhoods. The police service is determined to continue to play, with key partner agencies, a leading role in this endeavour.”

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Notes for Editors

• The ACPO Press Office can be contacted via 020 7084 8946/47/48 (office hours) or via 07803 903686 (out of office hours).

• The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is an independent, professionally led strategic body. In the public interest and, in equal and active partnership with Government and the Association of Police Authorities, ACPO leads and co-ordinates the direction and development of the police service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In times of national need ACPO, on behalf of all chief officers, coordinates the strategic policing response.

• ACPO’s 341 members are police officers of Assistant Chief Constable rank (Commanders in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police) and above, and senior police staff managers, in the 44 forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and other forces such as British Transport Police and States of Jersey Police.