29 May 2014 Mark Duggan · Prevention of Future Deaths report London (North)
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Concerns raised 10 Lack of fully independent control over fatal shooting scenes during investigation View source Failure to video record fatal police shooting scenes View source Failure to consider pursuing a planned weapons-seizure operation after a fatal shooting View source Failure to record armed police operations after State Red View source Lack of access to all relevant intelligence for fatal-operation investigations View source Failure to review operational strategy in response to developing events View source Failure to devise a coordinated strategy capable of seizing guns before collection View source Failure to develop and share operational intelligence between the MPS and SOCA View source Failure to obtain prompt comprehensive statements from all police witnesses to fatal shootings View source Lack of an agreed protocol between the IPCC, coronial and prosecution bodies View source See 7 more concerns
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Mark Duggan · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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On 4 August 2011, Mark Duggan was shot by an armed police officer during an enforced vehicle stop in London and was pronounced dead at the scene. The report raises concerns about intelligence sharing and operational decisions before the shooting, the investigation and preservation of evidence at the scene, the recording of the operation, and the coordination and access to intelligence during the investigation and inquest.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of fully independent control over fatal shooting scenes during investigation
Wider context from the report “Concern 3: The IPCC had primacy at the scene but did not have the resources to conduct all relevant activities there
I am concerned that no scene of a fatal shooting should be the subject of any confusion about the purpose of the investigation, or about what should be done to further that investigation. There is a tension, in a case such as this, between the duty of the MPS to obtain and secure evidence at the scene, its position as being under investigation, and the IPCC’s obligation to investigate independently. The pragmatic approach adopted of the MPS consulting the IPCC about what should happen may not always resolve that tension. My primary concern is whether that position should persist. If it does then I am concerned that the police service has the practical control of many aspects of the scene and what happens there despite being under investigation , without the public realising that the investigation does not have full independence which the IPCC’s role appears to safeguard . This concern is addressed to the IPCC, the Home Secretary and the MPS.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to video record fatal police shooting scenes
Wider context from the report “Concern 4: The scene of the fatal police shooting was not video recorded
I believe that it is important to minimise distrust in the police in connection with fatal shootings, as that distrust can then permeate the entire investigation which follows and may mean that civilian witnesses will not come forward. That plainly has the capacity to prevent lessons being learned which could prevent deaths in the future. This concern is addressed to the MPS, the IPCC and ACPO.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to consider pursuing a planned weapons-seizure operation after a fatal shooting
Wider context from the report “Concern 5: The planned operation to seize weapons was not pursued after the fatal shot was fired
My concern is that no consideration appears to have been given to the prospect . A starting point should have been that one of the Trident officers saw the minicab turn into Burchell Road for the handover, and that was a short cul-de-sac. This concern is addressed to the MPS, the IPCC and ACPO.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to record armed police operations after State Red
Wider context from the report “Concern 6: The armed police operation was not recorded after State Red was called
I am therefore concerned that the cars involved in stopping the minicab containing Mr Duggan had data available to be downloaded or that the technology was not as effective in 2011 as it was in 2005. I expect to be told the actual position. In the circumstances I address these concerns to the MPS and ACPO.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of access to all relevant intelligence for fatal-operation investigations
Wider context from the report “Concern 8: The IPCC and Counsel to an inquest do not have access to all intelligence
These limitations not only give rise to understandable suspicions in the minds of those not party to the intelligence but also plainly create a risk that an intelligence-led operation which results in death will not be fully investigated so that lessons may be learned. This concern is addressed to the Home Secretary.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to review operational strategy in response to developing events
Wider context from the report “Concern 1: The MPS and SOCA could have reacted better to developing events and used their joint intelligence resources better.
I am therefore concerned that there may have been the opportunity for better liaison between the MPS and SOCA, and for more focus on intelligence about Mr Hutchinson-Foster, with a view to locating the guns prior to Mr Duggan collecting one. I am left with the clear concern that SOCA did no more than pass on the intelligence it received and did not develop it or suggest ways in which the MPS could do so, in order to get guns from the girlfriend’s address in Burchell Road. The MPS did not react to the unfolding situation so as to review their strategy of waiting for Mark Duggan to obtain a gun before stopping him . The MPS and SOCA did not devise a strategy which focussed on Mr Hutchinson-Foster and the guns and which was capable of leading to them being seized before one was collected by Mark Duggan. This concern is directed to the MPS and NCA.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to devise a coordinated strategy capable of seizing guns before collection
Wider context from the report “Concern 1: The MPS and SOCA could have reacted better to developing events and used their joint intelligence resources better.
I am therefore concerned that there may have been the opportunity for better liaison between the MPS and SOCA, and for more focus on intelligence about Mr Hutchinson-Foster, with a view to locating the guns prior to Mr Duggan collecting one. I am left with the clear concern that SOCA did no more than pass on the intelligence it received and did not develop it or suggest ways in which the MPS could do so, in order to get guns from the girlfriend’s address in Burchell Road. The MPS did not react to the unfolding situation so as to review their strategy of waiting for Mark Duggan to obtain a gun before stopping him. The MPS and SOCA did not devise a strategy which focussed on Mr Hutchinson-Foster and the guns and which was capable of leading to them being seized before one was collected by Mark Duggan . This concern is directed to the MPS and NCA.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Serious Organised Crime Agency; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to develop and share operational intelligence between the MPS and SOCA
Wider context from the report “Concern 1: The MPS and SOCA could have reacted better to developing events and used their joint intelligence resources better.
I am therefore concerned that there may have been the opportunity for better liaison between the MPS and SOCA , and for more focus on intelligence about Mr Hutchinson-Foster, with a view to locating the guns prior to Mr Duggan collecting one. I am left with the clear concern that SOCA did no more than pass on the intelligence it received and did not develop it or suggest ways in which the MPS could do so , in order to get guns from the girlfriend’s address in Burchell Road. The MPS did not react to the unfolding situation so as to review their strategy of waiting for Mark Duggan to obtain a gun before stopping him. The MPS and SOCA did not devise a strategy which focussed on Mr Hutchinson-Foster and the guns and which was capable of leading to them being seized before one was collected by Mark Duggan. This concern is directed to the MPS and NCA.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to obtain prompt comprehensive statements from all police witnesses to fatal shootings
Wider context from the report “Concern 2: Comprehensive accounts were not taken from police witnesses at the first possible opportunity
I am concerned that fatal police shootings are not as rigorously examined as they could be and that doubts about the accuracy of police accounts are not minimised. Lessons learned after a death should be as complete as possible. My concern is that not all witnesses to a fatal shooting are asked to give full statements as soon as possible after the event, giving a detailed account of what they saw . I am also concerned about whether there is any purpose in seeking to distinguish between “principal officers” and other police officers save that, where there is any reason to caution an officer, then of course that must be done. I am concerned that witnesses who perceived a threat from the person who was shot did not set that out in their statements . I therefore invite ACPO and the MPS to deal with what I have said when they respond to the IPCC consultation.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of an agreed protocol between the IPCC, coronial and prosecution bodies
Wider context from the report “Concern 7: The IPCC does not have a protocol agreed with the Chief Coroner, ACP and the CPS
With a view to coroners holding effective inquests as soon as practicable I address this concern to the IPCC and ask it to consider approaching the Crown Prosecution Service, the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Chief Coroner and the Coroner’s Society with a view to integrating its memorandum with theirs.
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