ACPO DRUGS STANDING WORKING GROUP

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ACPO DRUGS STANDING WORKING GROUP
ACC IAN SEABRIDGE Chair ACPO Drugs Standing
Working Group ACPO.DSWG_at_gmp.pnn.police.uk
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• History
• Formed in 2003
• Initially with 16 Forces
• Set up to provide support to the main
• committee and provide a forum to research
• and validate new policies and guidelines

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• Works to ACPO Drugs Committee
• The identification , development and promotion
• of best practice
• The development and production of policies and
  procedures
• The provision through its membership of a cadre
• of skilled and experienced investigators and
• related specialists upon which the service can
  draw
• To provide a consultative forum in respect of
• drug related issues

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• Membership
• 41 Police Forces
• Key Agencies e.g.
• Asset Recovery Agency
• Forensic Science Service
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Home Office Scientific Development
• Branch
• Home Office

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Meetings

• Three times a year
• Constant Contact electronically
• Workplan

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Identify trends

• Methamphetamine
• Subutex

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HOSDB

• An evidential Field Testing Device capable of
  producing results which may be presented in court
• Feasibility of marking drugs in a unique covert
  way
• Explore the suspicion that money has a particular
  scent

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Innovation

• Taxation
• Scratch Sniff cards

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Current Work

• Review and update of ACPO Drug
  Policy
• Drug Instruction Manual

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Prevention

• EMCDDA
• Hydroponic Shops
• Trace Detection Devices

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Research

• Joseph Rowntree Trust
• Resolve

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Best Practice

• Drugs in Prisons
• Disposal of Drugs
• Costing implications (Test purchase Operations)
• Crack Houses
• Middle Markets
• Tactical Options Menu

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Further Information

• ACPO.DSWG_at_gmp.pnn.police.uk