Bespoke training

We can also provide the training exclusively for your organisation if the above dates aren’t convenient and you want to train your teams together.

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Contact us by emailing dale@the-investigator.co.uk for more details.

 

Renters’ Rights Act Investigation Training for Local Authorities

• The Investigator is running a series of two-day online training courses that support local authorities to comply with their new legal obligations under the Renters’ Rights Act

 

• The training will provide delegates with a working knowledge of how to conduct investigations that are legally and ethically sound. It also builds skills and confidence

 

• It includes key guidance, legislation and operational best practice that are needed to conduct effective investigations

 

• At the end of the two-days, delegates will be ready to start conducting their own investigations.

 

You can book onto any of the course dates listed above. We will be running further courses throughout the year.

 

About the Investigator www.the-investigator.co.uk

• The Investigator is an established provider of investigation training for law enforcement and all public bodies with an investigatory function

 

• Now in our 17th year, we have organised more than a thousand training sessions, workshops and conferences that have been successfully received by delegates from the public and private sector.

 

• Our aim is to provide contemporary best practice and guidance to support the operational work of frontline investigators and ensure they are properly equipped to carry out their work to a high standard

 

• All our trainers are leading experts in criminal investigation and have worked on thousands of successful high-profile cases and they have extensive training experience.

 

Course Outline

Day One

Session One: The Investigation in context

• An introduction to the principles of an investigation

• What constitutes an effective investigation?

• Investigative decision making and its role in an effective investigation.

 

Session Two: Planning your investigation

• Establishing the remit/parameters of your investigation from the outset to ensure a focussed and proportionate approach.

• An introduction to the concept of ‘Points to Prove’ and how it can help you plan and structure your investigation

• Key considerations around vulnerability and special requirements of those involved in your inquiry/investigation.

 

Session Three: Gathering evidence

• An introduction to the key principles of gathering evidence

• A consideration of the term ‘Reasonable Lines of Inquiry’ and how this can help you pursue all leads in a fair and objective manner.

 

Session Four: Conducting investigative interviews with suspects

• An introduction to the principles of the PEACE investigative interviewing module

• Planning and structuring your interviews

• How to interview a suspect under caution.

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Session Five: Conducting interviews with victims and witnesses

• An introduction to the principles of the PEACE investigative interviewing module

• Planning and structuring your interviews

• How to interview a victim/witness under caution. Consideration of Achieving Best Evidence principles when interviewing vulnerable victims and witnesses.

 

Day Two

Session Six: Search and seizure

• Key principles around carrying out legal and ethical searches of premises including considerations of warrants

• How to plan out and conduct the search

• How to seize evidence and secure it so it’s evidentially sound, admissible in court and withstands scrutiny from the defence.

 

Session Seven: Digital evidence and the digital strategy

• A look at the various types of digital evidence that could underpin your investigation including mobile device data, social media and CCTV

• Issues around downloading and triaging digital evidence

• A look at the legal and ethical considerations when using digital evidence.

 

Session Eight: Making good decisions and recording your decision making

• An examination of the principles of investigative decision making

• Using the National Decision Model to make good decisions

• Advice on how to record your decisions in a clear and contemporaneous manner.

 

Session Nine: Writing your case file to present to legal experts

• Best practice around writing your case file and presenting it both written and verbally to your legal team.

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You can download a PDF brochure to share HERE

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HOW TO BOOK

Cost: £495 + VAT (GBP) per delegate 

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

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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. 

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Payment can be made by PayPal/debit/credit card. ​The meeting link will be sent out 7 days before the event.

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