Yes.
Hmmm ... I imagine that Dyfed Pows Police adhere to a National standard for the deployment of Family Liaison Officers as outlined in the following policy document for homicide and suspicious deaths.
It is normal operational procedure for contact to be reviewed and the FLO occupational health to be a consideration in this.
That you chose to interpret normal procedures as pejorative as far as the McCann family is concerned is not to your credit I am thinking. Then again, it is Kate and Gerry McCann you implicitly malign ... so that makes it all right then?
There is absolutely no indication anywhere that either Leicestershire Police or the McCanns did not follow guidelines, unless you can provide a cite which states otherwise?
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The FLO strategy should also address the exit strategy for the FLO. The exit strategy
should contain how long the FLO is expected to remain on the enquiry and how the
family will be managed thereafter.
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The SIO, FLC and FLO should have a de-brief at a suitable time for learning points
to be raised. Log books, rough books and statements will also be monitored by the
FLC to ensure standards are being maintained.
FLOs should only remain on an enquiry as long as is necessary for the objectives to be
completed. Should there be a need for future contact the officer can do this from their normal
place of work, where they can complete the log book and update the MIR. Should the family
contact them with a query or question it should be directed to the SIO and the family updated
accordingly, this also should be recorded in the log book, and the MIR updated.
6.0 FLO STRATEGY
In formulating the Family Liaison Strategy the SIO must aim to achieve a partnership
approach with the family within the investigation. The Strategy should be defined and
developed taking into consideration the needs of the family, the lines of enquiry and the
available intelligence.
This is a dynamic process that must be reviewed at regular intervals and in
consultation with the FLO
https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/media/249153/family-liaison-policy.pdf