Rejected petition: Amend PACE Code C to include mandatory neurodivergent training for all police.
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We ask the home office to make amendments to PACE Code C, making it mandatory for all police and custody staff to receive neurodiversity training and ensure there is a specialist Appropriate Adult service for neurodivergents taken into custody.
Many Neurodivergent people are frequently receiving legal sanctions, convictions and unnecessary, completely avoidable trauma as a result. These things can significantly have a devastating impact on their lives. This is due to police misunderstanding the condition, intent and communication differences / barriers. A criminal / police record can affect their employment chances and can unnecessarily make them appear as a higher risk on risk assessments.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this open petition which calls for similar action:
'Neurodiversity: Fund police training, review of police custody & data collection'
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/768251We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.