Editing Crown Prosecution Service (section)

====CPS Direct====
CPS Direct provides charging advice/authorisation by phone and electronically to police forces at all hours.<ref name=":0" /> Prosecutors assigned to CPS Direct are remote workers in order to provide support outside of normal business hours.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Great Britain: Attorney General's Office|author2=Great Britain, H.M. Treasury |title=The Law Officers' departments departmental report 2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEcqamqGR8EC&pg=PA1996|date=22 May 2007 |publisher=The Stationery Office|isbn=978-0-10-171142-5}}</ref> Most charging decisions by the CPS are now made by CPS Direct, which then passes the prosecution to the appropriate CPS Area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charging and CPS Direct {{!}} The Crown Prosecution Service |url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/basic-page/charging-and-cps-direct |website=www.cps.gov.uk |access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>