Digital Investigation showcase: latest digital investigation technology innovation, 5 December 2025
Free to attend to serving investigators, analysts and all Government enforcement staff.
Keep up to date with latest innovation in digital investigation technology with our exclusive workshop
The Investigator is hosting the latest in our successful series of Digital Investigation Workshops that showcase latest updates on digital investigation technology.
It will be held online and will feature an impressive line-up of industry experts who will showcase latest innovation, product releases and their unique work.
They will use lives demonstrations to help explain how their products and services can have a real difference to the work of investigators and analysts on the frontline.
Each expert will be given a 40 minute speaking slot followed by time for questions.
The event will run from 10am till 3pm (GMT).
Our workshop will provide investigators and analysts with the opportunity to directly engage and network with the experts and also their peers.
A full run-down of speakers and topics will be released shortly.
Book your speaker slot
If you are a company and would like to speak at the event then please email dale@the-investigator.co.uk to reserve your speaking slot.
Book your delegate place
Email booking@the-investigator.co.uk to book your place. We will confirm your booking at the end of each working week. We are unable to register delegates using free email addresses (Gmail etc), please always use a work email.
Conducing effective investigations, key principles and best practice, 8 December 2025 - online workshop
Free to attend for investigators from public and private sector organisations and other regulatory bodies with an investigatory function. Workshop runs from 10am-2pm GMT
The Investigator is hosting a CPD Day with experts at The University of Sunderland that considers contemporary best practice around the role of the investigator and conducting effective investigations.
It is free to attend for all investigations who are working in public and private sector organisations and other regulatory bodies with an investigative function.
The day will consist of informative presentations and discussion and aims to provide you with key operational best practice around how to conduct a professional investigation within your relevant organisation.
The day will include:
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Understanding your role as an investigator and your professional identity
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An introduction to the investigative mindset and decision making
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General principles of an investigation
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Setting your strategy and planning activity
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Conducting professional investigative interviews with witnesses and suspects
Importance of Continuous Professional Development
The day will also consider the importance of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in helping support your role and build skills.
It will showcase current CPD opportunities at the University of Sunderland and help sign post you to find out more about the courses that are available at the university.
These include:
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Diplomas in Conducting Effective Investigations, Witness Interviews and Suspect Interviews
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BA (Hons) Degree in Applied Investigation
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MA in Investigative Management
AGENDA - GMT
10am-10.20am: Introduction to the session, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator, Professor Gary Shaw, MBE, Dr Emma Spooner, Steve Hibbitt, QPM
10.20am-11.20am: Session One: Understanding your role as an investigator and the importance of the investigative mindset and effective decision making, Dr Emma Spooner
11.20am-11.30pm: Break
11.30pm-12.30pm: Session Two: Investigative Practice in the context of your role as an investigator
12.30pm-12.40pm: Break
12.40pm-1.40pm: Session Three: Key principles around the interviewing of witnesses and suspects, Professor Gary Shaw, MBE
1.40pm-2pm: Session Four: The importance of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and current opportunities at the University of Sunderland
2pm: Workshop finishes
Our expert speakers
Professor Gary Shaw, MBE, Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Sunderland
Gary was the National Police Chief’s Council /National Crime Agency National Investigative Interview Advisor where he led the efforts to implement the PEACE interview style into UK policing. He has provided interview advice in many of the major investigations over the past four decades. He was responsible for introducing the post of force interview advisors/champions and was at the forefront of investigative interview training.
Dr Emma Spooner, Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Applied Investigation course, University of Sunderland
Emma was an experienced investigator and a former Crime Investigation Support Officer in the Major Crime Investigative Support unit at the National Crime Agency, where she provided advice to investigators from police forces and wider law enforcement. She is the co-author of the book Dilemmas and Decision Making in Policing.
Steve Hibbitt, QPM, Programme leader on MA in Investigative Management at the University of Sunderland
Steve is the author of Blackstone’s Crime Investigator’s Handbook, is one of the UK’s most experienced and longest serving investigators.
He is an experienced PIP3 Senior Investigative Officer (SIO), trainer and lecturer and has served as Deputy SIO on Operation Resolve, the independent inquiry into the causes of the Hillsborough Disaster.
This is not aimed at investigators from police forces and wider law enforcement. it is aimed at other public and private bodies with an investigatory function.
Book your delegate place
Email booking@the-investigator.co.uk to book your place. We will confirm your booking at the end of each working week. We are unable to register delegates using free email addresses (Gmail etc), please always use a work email.
Hosted in conjunction with
Analysis in Action: Analyst’s Wellbeing, 20 January 2026
Free to attend to serving investigators, analysts and all Government enforcement staff.
Book your delegate place
Email booking@the-investigator.co.uk to book your place. We will confirm your booking at the end of each working week. We are unable to register delegates using free email addresses (Gmail etc), please always use a work email.