 - Advanced Professional Training In Investigative Practice (1 to 8 days)
- Analyst in Court
- Crime Scene Examiners/Investigators in Court
- Cross-Examination Day
- Excellence in Written Evidence
- Fingerprint Officers in Court
- FME in Court
- Fraud on Trial
- Technical Support Unit on Trial
| - How the adversarial system works
- The procedures, order of events and roles of those in the adversarial systems
- Taking the oath/affirmation
- How to give clear, honest and objective evidence
- Understand the importance of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
- The importance of explaining chart construction, including iconography
- How to make appropriate use of supporting evidence, charts, documents and notes when giving evidence
- How to prepare for giving evidence
- How to handle unused (including sensitive) material
- Tasking
- Source material
- Techniques used by lawyers in cross-examination and how to handle them
- The importance of evidencing decision-making
- The difference between intelligence and evidence
- How the non-numerical standard affects Fingerprint Officers in court
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