HMICFRS Launches Review of Hampshire Police After 18-Year-Old Henry Nowak Was Handcuffed
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 25
HMICFRS Launches Review of Hampshire Police After 18-Year-Old Henry Nowak Was Handcuffed
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 25
Summary
HMICFRS has opened an inspection of Hampshire Police’s response to serious violence after officers handcuffed 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay dying from stab wounds in Southampton.
The review will test the force’s end-to-end response — from call handling and dispatch to first attendance — along with decision-making, risk assessment and training meant to help officers make impartial judgments and give urgent first aid.
Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones requested the inspection, saying Nowak’s family deserve answers and the public needs reassurance that officers are properly trained to identify victims and respond correctly.
The inspection will not examine the conduct of officers at the 3 December incident because that remains under a separate Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation.
Nowak’s killing by Vickrum Digwa, who received life with a 21-year minimum term in June, triggered national outrage after video of the handcuffing emerged and widened debate over policing, race and knife laws.