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A consultation seeking views on the draft Code of Practice for Diversionary and Community Cautions.
Stricter rules to govern how police use cautions will ensure they should only be used for minor, first-time offences under a new code of practice published today (2 August).
The police or Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) can give you a caution (warning) or a penalty notice if you commit a minor crime
How and when to use out-of-court disposals. The informal and formal options as well as the decision-making process. It also covers how to respond to issues such as non-engagement. It explains the Child Gravity Matrix and who to involve, including...
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
Find out why you might get a civil injunction, Community Protection Notice, Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) (formerly known as ASBOs), what it means and what happens if you break it.
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
Check out schemes for crime prevention and community safety with your council
The alerting system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
This guidance prescribes infection control measures for community care settings where service users have been colonised with C. auris.
Guidance on community safety accreditation scheme (CSAS) powers.
Explains how victims of persistent antisocial behaviour have the right to request a case review where a local threshold is met.
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