CPS Direct
CPS Direct is the national service that provides police officers and other investigators across England and Wales with access to out of hours charging decisions from the Crown Prosecution Service. Since January 2012, we have been working with some local CPS Areas to support their delivery of charging decisions during the daytime.
We have a dedicated network of CPS Prosecutors based throughout England and Wales, linked to the police via IT and telephony. Police officers and other investigators call a single national number and are connected to the next available Prosecutor.
Our size and structure enables us to be highly flexible and responsive to police demands for charging advice; CPS Direct operates twenty-four hours, seven days a week, 365 days a year. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our decision-making and the level of service we offer. We have always managed ourselves against exacting standards, and we have developed a culture that is quick to adapt to change.
