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<p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Stalking and Harassment, Deputy Chief
Constable Paul Mills, and the College of Policing, wrote to Chief Constables in April
2019 recommending that all police forces in England and Wales stop using Police Information
Notices (PINs) with immediate effect. An evaluation of any gap created by this policy
decision will be conducted in May 2020.</p><p>Following a recommendation from the
Independent Office for Police Conduct in September 2019, DCC Mills wrote to all Chief
Constables again, inviting them, if they had not done so before, to consider withdrawing
PINs within their policing area with immediate effect. He also asked them, once PINs
had been withdrawn, to satisfy themselves that PINs or their equivalent were not still
being used by officers when responding to stalking and harassment offences.</p><p>As
they are non-legislative tools, the Home Office does not collect information centrally
on the number of PINs issued. Responsibility for the publication of information by
a police force sits with the Chief Constable.</p>
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