CPS Direct
CPS Direct is the national service that provides police officers across England and Wales with access to out of hours charging decisions from the CPS.
Find out more about CPS Direct
An introduction from Chief Crown Prosecutor Martin Goldman
Welcome to the CPS Direct website.
Since our launch in 2003, we have established ourselves as a key part of the CPS, ensuring police officers from across England and Wales have access to round the clock charging decisions from the CPS.
Our role is critical in supporting our CPS colleagues to deliver justice and protect their local communities. This website illustrates how we fulfil this role in an open and transparent way.
This site is also intended as resource for our CJS partners; in particular the frontline officers who use our service.
Our size and structure enables us to be highly flexible and responsive to police demands for charging advice. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our decision-making and the level of service we offer the police. We have always managed ourselves against exacting standards, and we have developed a culture that is quick to adapt to change.
I hope you find the information on this website useful. I welcome your feedback on this or any aspect of CPS Direct. Please feel free to contact us.
Martin Goldman
Chief Crown Prosecutor
CPS Direct
Latest News
Press Release
CPS out of hours service delivers half a million charges
CPS Direct, the Crown Prosecution Service department set up to provide the police with out of hours advice on charging decisions, has now provided its half-millionth decision to police officers in England and Wales.
Press Release
CPS out of hours service to review hate crimes
CPS Direct, the Crown Prosecution Service department responsible for charging suspects out of hours, has initiated a Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel to improve the way in which it deals with hate crime.
