Download or read book Regulating Police Detention written by John Kendall and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Custody visitors are volunteers who make unannounced visits to police custody blocks to check on the welfare of detainees. However, there is a fundamental power imbalance between the police and these visitors. This timely book offers detailed proposals for radically reforming custody visiting to make it an effective regulator of police behaviour.