Custody Sergeant - Transferee

There are opportunities for numerous postings within various Custody Suites for existing Sergeants to join Criminal Justice Services.

As a custody Sergeant your main priority is to manage detainee welfare, authorise detention, oversee risk assessments, and ensure compliance with PACE legislation. You will work in a lively environment and determine the appropriate course of action for each detained person whilst ensuring safe conditions and allowing for an expeditious investigation.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Ensuring the health, safety and dignity of detainees, including arranging medical care, conducting risk assessments and managing observation levels.
• As a Custody Supervisor, you will be responsible for authorising detention under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), reviewing detention necessity and ensuring deliverance of legal rights. 
• You will lead a team of Detention Escort Officers (DEOs) and manage operational, day-to-day running of the custody suite. 
• Making critical decisions on charging, bail or release as well as challenging investigative delays or decisions to maintain legal standards.
• Maintain security within the suite, manage any risks and ensure of proper procedure.

Key Requirements:

• Substantive sergeants only - must be confirmed in post for 12 months having passed the NPPF Level 4. 
• A thorough knowledge of PACE, health and safety legislation and experience of risk management.

Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

Hours: Variety of shift patterns subject to request/posting availability. Custody shift patterns operate on the 2 earlies, 2 lates, 2 nights, 4 rest days rotation. 

Location: Numerous posts are available, with immediate vacancies at Bloxwich, Stechford, Bourneville, Wolverhampton, Oldbury, Perry Barr and Coventry. Flexibility may be required as you may be requested to work at different sites dependant on the operational requirements. 

Training: As part of your induction, you will need to complete the Custody Sergeants

Interviews: Successful candidates will be contacted in due course, with interview dates to be confirmed. 

Contact: Any questions please contact either [email protected] 

Vetting:

Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical:

Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.