Still writing attendance notes at 2am?

The interview ended hours ago. The client is home. The only thing between you and sleep is a police station attendance note that should have been finished before you left the custody suite — but was not.

What actually goes wrong

• Time pressure at the station pushes note-taking to the bottom of the list — you prioritise disclosure, client instructions, and getting the interview right.
• Messy scraps do not become a coherent disclosure or interview summary without a second pass — often when you are exhausted.
• Consequences: weak file notes, poor handover to your firm, and avoidable stress before counsel, review, or LAA audit.

A fix that matches custody reality

You need a fixed structure — attendance, disclosure, advice, interview, outcome — so you capture what matters when it matters, not from memory at midnight. CustodyNote is built for that UK workflow: PACE-oriented sections, offline at the station, PDF for the file.