Insulate Britain: Police Custody

(asked on 6th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the policing decision to release female Insulate Britain activists from police stations far from their homes in London in the early hours of the morning.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 9th December 2021

Decisions on detention and release from police custody are an operational matter for the police.

We expect the police to exercise such decisions in accordance with legislation and their training which includes the requirement to critically evaluate considerations when detainees have vulnerabilities or there are identified risks on release.

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