%0 Journal Article
%T Operational risk, omissions and liability in policing
%A Robert Heaton
%A Robin Bryant
%A Stephen Tong
%J The Police Journal
%@ 1740-5599
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0032258X18777915
%X Recent decades have seen the sensitisation of UK society towards harm and policing ¡®failures¡¯ become increasingly significant. This paper is intended to stimulate thought and debate by analysing some consequences of these developments. It reviews literature in relation to risk-taking in UK operational policing, identifying increased criminal and disciplinary liability, particularly in respect of alleged omissions. Hindsight is found to be a potentially powerful influence. The article concludes that it is unlikely that public culture will be changed readily. However, police and other bodies should be able to reach a common approach towards operational risk, omissions and hindsight
%K Risk
%K omissions
%K liability
%K hindsight
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032258X18777915