Conducting Investigations Flashcards
What 5 things will applying an investigative mindset to investigations ensure?
- The maximum amount of material gathered
- Its reliability is tested at the earliest opportunity
- Immediate action is taken in relation to it
- Relevant records are made
- The material is appropriately stored
What is best evidence?
Best evidence has come to mean ‘primary evidence’ or first hand evidence’
What is Disclosure?
Disclosure refers to providing the defence with copies of or access to any material which might reasonably be capable of undermining the case for the prosecution against the accused or assisting the defence for the accused
What is the golden hour?
The golden hour the time after an offence is committed
Careful management of the incident will maximise the potential to obtain and preserve evidence
On deployment, what is the first responders role in an incident?
First responders to provide updates via control to locate, secure and preserve:
- Scenes / other scenes - cordons
- victims; identify, statement/ABE
-witnesses; identify/statenebts
-Suspects; identify, locate
-Vehicles; locate, preserve
-Location of the Incidence
-Location of any evidence
Officers should be critical and meticulous in the way they assess sources of investigative material. What are the 5 steps to doing this?
- Understanding the source of the material
-Planning and preparation
-Examination
-Recording and collation
-Evaluation
What are the main stages of an investigation for a Police Constable?
- Instigation
- Initial investigation
- Investigative evaluation
-Suspect management
What are the two types of investigations?
Reactive investigations :
- Reports from the public or other agencies
- further investigation as a result of new information
- a consequence of other police investigations
Proactive investigations:
can start from intelligence and is often generated from tasking and coordination process ( a long term problem profile)
