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Critical incident management (CIM)

A term from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice (APP), reproduced under the Open Government Licence with a link back to the authoritative source.

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Definition

A systematic approach to managing critical incidents, originating from the response to the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

This definition is drawn from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice. For the full operational guidance and current wording, read it at source.

college.police.uk/app/critical-incident-management

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Principles

Fundamental guidelines that underpin critical incident management.

Definition reproduced from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the source link above for the authoritative, current wording.