Pilot evaluation recommends better monitoring and eventual end to the use of anti-rip clothing in police custody

22nd December 2022Sherry Ralph, Interim Chief Executive Officer, ICVA

With inspectorate reports highlighting concerns over the use of anti-rip clothing in police custody, the Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA) recently undertook a pilot project with Dyfed Powys Police to improve the monitoring, recording and risk assessments around the use of such clothing, with a long-term aim of ending the measure altogether, as ICVA Interim Chief Executive Sherry Ralph explains.

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