INVESTIGATING MISSING PERSON’S

Sponsored by Black Rainbow

An online conference that examines contemporary best practice and challenges around the investigation of missing persons, particularly in relation to risk management and decision making.

A must attend event for investigators and analysts of all ranks and roles who want to develop and enhance their understanding of missing person investigations.

Our event will reflect that fact that contemporary missing person investigations can be challenging and complex; the more serious cases can rapidly progress into a murder investigation that is often conducted in the media spotlight and can be subject to internal and external scrutiny.

Provides operational best practice and contemporary advice that will support investigators in their decision making.

One of the main challenges that we will examine is in relation to identifying and managing the level of risk in each case. This in itself is fraught with challenges, as there can be inconsistencies in the way that risk is identified and graded which can have an adverse effect on the impending investigation.

We will consider the levels of risk and provide key operational advice around establishing the level of risk that will inform the direction of the investigation.

We’ll also look at the factors that might adversely effect decision making and provide guidance around how to identify and mitigate these factors.

Digital opportunities – we will also provide guidance around the digital opportunities that can be obtained during the Golden Hour of a missing person’s investigation

Held online via Team. Certificates of CPD available

The Investigator is hosting a conference around the Investigation of Missing Persons to reflect the fact that this is becoming an increasingly challenging and complex area.

As a result, investigators need to be provided with all the latest best practice and advice that can inform their thinking on the frontline and provide support and confidence.

The majority of the 300,000 people who were reported missing last year were children and were assessed as medium risk.

A total of 40,000 of these cases were assessed as high risk and there were more than a thousand fatal outcomes.

Operational experts and leading researchers and academics will lead the debate and share their experience which aims to develop and enhance the understanding of these challenges investigations and provide delegates with the knowledge and expertise needed conduct robust investigations.

AGENDA - BST

9.10-9.20am: Welcome and introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator

9.20am-10.10am: An update on the work of the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) Missing Persons portfolio and contemporary challenges and best practice around risk identification, assessment and management, Chief Inspector Alan Rhees-Cooper, Staff Officer to DCC Catherine Hankinson, NPCC Lead for Missing People

10.10am-10.50am: Long term missing and unidentified: Investigation in the pursuit of answers, Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Greenhalgh, CEO Locate International

10.50am-11.15am: Break

11.15am-Noon: New guidance for investigators to explore digital opportunities available during the golden hour of a missing person’s investigation, Bryan Field, Digital Media Investigation lead, Met Police

Noon-12.30pm: How the NIMBUS software can help investigators manage missing person’s investigations, Matt Bonner, Head of Investigation Technology Black Rainbow

12.30pm-12.50pm: Break

12.50pm-1.30pm: Common stereotypes and myths around missing people that could affect decision making in an investigation, Professor Karen Shalev, Director of the Centre for the Study of Missing Persons and Professor in Missing Person Studies, University of Portsmouth

1.30pm-2.10pm: When a missing person’s inquiry becomes a murder investigation: challenges, strategies and best practice, Detective Superintendent Jerome Kent, Hertfordshire Constabulary

2.10pm-2.50pm: Which Missing Persons Come to Harm and Can We Identify Them Beforehand: an evidence-based approach to risk assessment decisions Supt Ryan Doyle, Devon and Cornwall Police

2.50pm-3.30pm: Improving the inter-agency response to missing children investigations to help reduce, burden, harm and/or inappropriate demand, Paige Monaghan, Dept of Psychology, University of Liverpool

3.30pm-4pm: A personal story from Tanja Conway-Grim, who went missing at a young age and throughout her life, including in high-risk situations when harm wasn’t identified. Tanja Conway-Grim, senior specialist coach and trainer, trustee and board member for Locate International.

4pm-4.50pm: Investigating unsolved missing person’s cases, Corporal Jennifer Sparkes, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Lorna Ferguson, Founder of Missing Person’s Research Hub.

4.50pm: workshop finishes

Our event is sponsored by BlackRainbow. Former Met SIO and now Head of Investigation Technology Matt Bonner will share experiences from his 30-year career. He will also explain how the NIMBUS software can help streamline and support missing person investigations.

HOW TO BOOK

Cost: £205 + VAT (GBP) per delegate (LEA and Government Agency rate). £255 + VAT (Industry rate).

Group bookings: We offer various discounts for group bookings depending on numbers, please contact us for details.

Booking: Please send the delegates name(s), email address(es) and purchase order (made out to The Investigator) to booking@the-investigator.co.uk or telephone +44(0)844 660 8707 for further information.

Under no circumstances will a delegate be able to register using a free webmail address (ie: gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Hotmail, AOL etc) but you can use one to login into Teams once your work email has been verified.

Payment can be made by PayPal/debit/credit card (corporate card fees apply + 3%). The meeting link will be sent out 7 days before the event.