Ensuring warrant cards are returned

Sussex Police is reviewing the process used to ensure former officers return their warrant cards when leaving the force.

In March, a watchdog report revealed that some 2,000 Metropolitan Police warrant cards were unaccounted for.

During a performance and accountability meeting on Friday (April 22), Police & Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne asked Deputy Chief Constable Julia Chapman what the situation was in Sussex.

The issue of warrant cards has been heavily discussed since the murder of Sarah Everard, whose killer used his card to lure her into a car.

While Ms Chapman did not know how many Sussex warrant cards were currently unaccounted for, she assured Mrs Bourne that a review of the recovery process was underway. She said: “We’re confident in our systems but as always we want to test them – we want to do the audit – to make sure that they’re as robust as they can be.”