This is the second part of my blog about consent regarding information sharing within safeguarding practice.
As I said last time consent is a live legal issue when professionals involved in the safeguarding of children and adults are considering gathering and sharing personal information.
I have argued ceaselessly during the past decade about how vital it is to use partnership information to make better and earlier decisions concerning the identification of need, harm and risk to children and vulnerable adults.
Continue reading Identifying need, harm and risk to children and why consent is crucial
In this second blog former Detective Superintendent Alan Caton OBE outlines how Suffolk police responded to reports of missing persons in Ipswich that subsequently led to the biggest investigation of its type in the UK.
The morning of Wednesday 1st November 2006, was like any other busy morning in Ipswich police station, but it was the discussions at the daily management meeting that were to trigger the biggest police investigation ever seen in Suffolk.
Continue reading How Suffolk police responded to the Ipswich prostitute murders
This is the first in a series of guest blogs by ex Detective Superintendent Alan Caton OBE
In the winter months of 2006, I found myself at the centre of the biggest murder investigation ever in the UK. At that time I was the police District Commander for Ipswich and it was then that five young women who worked on the streets of Ipswich as prostitutes were murdered by sex buyer Steve Wright.
In these blogs I will outline what happened in Ipswich, why it happened, the changes that were introduced and the difference that was made to individuals as a result.
When the new Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour Based Violence (DASH) model was introduced in 2009, for the first time it enabled police services and partner agencies to use a common checklist to identify and assess risk with victims of domestic abuse.