Custody Sergeant

Introduction:

- As a Custody Sergeant, you will remain in a Metropolitan Police Station of your choice and will assist with processing suspects. You will engage with the public that arrive at the help desks, give them answers to their questions and be an overall help. You will have the ability to remove people from Police grounds, providing you have a valid reason behind doing so.

Custody Sergeant is open to all members of ERPT and other divisions to take part in, providing you get ERPT commands authorisation. This is a great way to break up the common RP scenarios everyone attends too, and is something different to try out.

General Procedures/questions a Custody Sergeant will ask/act out:

When booking somebody into custody, you should read the suspect their rights which can be seen below:
“You do not have to say anything. But, it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.”

Then announce to them that they have the rights to:

-Get legal Advice (Solicitor)
-Tell somebody where you are (Via phone call)
-Receive Medical help if needed (NHS)

You should then check the Suspects ID and confirm his name, age and appearance - the arresting officer can do this for you if need be.

After all this, you should first check if they are receiving any of the listed options above and allow them to do so. Then get the suspect to remove any items of clothing that they are wearing which could be used to inflict harm on either themselves or others. Then you may search the suspect under section 54 of the criminals evidence act, before continuing with the situation.



Custody Sergeant Rules:

There are a few rules that need to be followed that can be seen below:

- Must have ERPT commands Authorisation before acting as a Custody Sergeant
- Maximum 3 Custody Sergeants per Police Station
- No leaving Police grounds due to you not wearing visible police branded clothing, such as a Police Vest.

- Must stick to the clothing provided below
- Have fun and try your best to RP