 - Advanced Professional Training In Investigative Practice (1 to 8 days)
- Cross-Examination Day
- Dealing With Defence Lawyers At Police Stations (2 days)
- Employment Investigations (2 days)
- Employment Tribunals Witness Familiarisation
- ICIDP Witness Familiarisation (Courtroom Skills)
- Probationers Witness Familiarisation (Courtroom Skills)
- SIO Policy on Trial
- Other Bond Solon Courses on request
| - Explain and apply relevant legislation, procedures or codes
- Distinguish between facts, inferences and opinions
- Analyse and evaluate evidence arising during an investigation
- Create, maintain and enhance best practice standards in record keeping and note taking in investigations
- Create, maintain and enhance best practice standards in statement writing
- Plan and prepare how to give evidence
- Analyse and evaluate strengths and weaknesses in their evidence
- Deal effectively with questioning in the witness box about their investigation
- Plan and prepare an investigative interview
- Use different questioning techniques and structure the interview
- Use different interviewing models
- Deal effectively with disclosure, evidence, special warnings, solicitors, silences, and selective answering
- Understand the different types of covert surveillance, intrusive and directed and the different types of interceptions and when and how to obtain authorisation
- Apply the concepts of necessity and proportionality to practical situations to determine whether surveillance is appropriate
- Avoid carrying out unlawful investigations
- Interpret and apply the Data Protection Act principles including what is personal data, what is protected, the 8 DPA principles, subject rights access
- Set up and operate systems and record information in accordance with the DPA
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