The Police and Crime Commissioner has invested £1million in a new contract to provide healthcare for people detained in custody by Northamptonshire Police.
The Force has a legal responsibility for the welfare of people in its custody and the investment will better meet their needs. And significantly, the new contract will mean that police officers will spend far less time taking detained people out of the custody block to have medical treatment elsewhere.
Chief Superintendent Mick Stamper – pictured above with PCC Stephen Mold – said: “We welcome and support this investment. A lot of frontline officers’ time is spent transporting detained persons to hospitals and remaining while they are treated and often detectives are delayed in their investigations whilst they wait for medical support for their suspect.”
