VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE
Investigating County
Lines Criminality
CPD online Conference
14 - 15 October 2020
The Investigator is hosted a conference to provide best practice and operational advice around the growing scourge of county lines criminality. You can now watch the full two days and download some of the presentations.
The recordings are the full unedited version and cannot be shared outside of your organistation, also the presentations should not be shared outside of your organisation unless permission is granted from The Investigator.
Agenda (timings and speakers were subject to change)
Day One
9.30am-9.40am: Welcome and introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator
Session One: The national landscape, best practice, operational challenges
9.40am-10.50am: National update, current best practice and operational challenges, Tim Champion, Silver lead, National County Lines Co-ordination Centre
10.50am-11.40am: Results of the ‘County Lines – a national summary and emerging best practice research,’ Simon Ford Programme Director of the Home Office Violence and Vulnerability Unit
11.40am-12.20pm: Transforming county lines investigations through analysis and data sharing, Richard Helson, Chorus
12.20pm-12.50pm: Lunch break, engage with Chorus in virtual exhibition room
Session Two: Victim or offender? The complex nature of county lines investigations
12.50pm-1.40pm: Operational challenges resulting from the victim/offender conundrum, Det Supt Richard Agar, West Midlands Police
1.40pm-2.10pm: safeguarding issues for adults and young people, best practice in the South West, Tilia Lenz, lecturer practitioner consultant, Pan-Dorset and Wiltshire Social Work Teaching Partnership
2pm-2.15pm: Break
Session Three: Missing or on the move? Keeping track of young people and vulnerable adults
2.15pm-3.05pm: Identifying vulnerable young people who are travelling on the rail networks, DCI Brett Walker, British Transport Police
3.05pm-3.45pm: Using open source techniques to identify missing people engaged in county lines criminality: Neil Smith and David Grimstead, Locate International
4pm: Day one finishes
Day Two
9.50am-10am: Welcome and introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator
Session One: Latest research to inform and operational activity
10am-10.50am: Exclusive! Results of second strategic assessment into county lines in London, Rescue and Response project, Megan Hatton, Operational Manager for the project. Brent Council.
10.55am-11.45am: County lines and the transformation of middle drug markets within a local organised crime context, Dr Paul Andell, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Suffolk
11.50am-12.20pm: Break
Session Two: Innovative multi-agency working
12.20pm-12.50pm: The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre approach to county lines in partnerships with Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service A/DI Kelly Gray, regional co-ordinator for Eastern Region Organised Crime Unit (ERSOU)
1pm-1.50pm: multi-agency efforts project to prevent cuckooing in vulnerable communities using a raft of measures including Partial Closure Orders and an innovative approach to assessing vulnerable young people, Inspector James Humphries and Owen Miller, Problem Solving Analyst, Oxford Problem Solving Team, Thames Valley Police
Session Three: Operational best practice from the frontline
2pm-2.50pm: A local, regional and national four-point plan to tackling County Lines in Merseyside, Det Supt, Andrew O’Connor, Preventative Policing, Merseyside Police
3pm: finishes
PRESENTATIONS
Supt Rich Agar, WMP - Click HERE
Tilia Lenz, Bournemouth University - Click HERE
Megan Hatton, Operational Manager, Brent Council - Click HERE
Dr Paul Andell, University of Suffolk - Click HERE
DS Debbie Hurst, GMP - Click HERE
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County Lines | Day One | Part One
County Lines | Day One | Part Two
County Lines | Day Two | Part One
County Lines | Day Two | Part Two
County Lines | Day Two | Part Three
County Lines | Day Two | Part Four
