Criminal Investigations: The Impact of Patrol Officers on Solving
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Not ‘part of the job’
Impact on officers and staff, impact on service delivery and ‘the human factor’
No single failing – ‘work in partnership’ – officers, CPS, Federation, Occupational Health, media etc
Root and branch review
Evidence Based approach
Trends, causes, patterns
Deployment - call handling, risk assessment, double crewing
Support from colleagues/supervisors and senior management
Training & equipment - length of training, Taser, use of force
Better investigations improve the chance of conviction
A force priority not a gold group issue
Fewer officers = Potential greater risks?
Understand the data even better - trends, themes and weak points
Work both internally and externally - evidence based
Not unique - National research and approach
Work in Partnership - not in isolation
Contact with Ch Supt Chilton
Contact with John Apter
A ‘good news story’
How I got involved
Offences
Charging Decisions
What CPS could do?
The quality of file received
Some basics
Not part of the job
Regarded as serious matters
Change in culture/ attitude
Assaults on police officers are serious crimes- not ‘add ons’
Proper and thorough investigations
Desire from CPS to prosecute these cases
Putting the Court there at the scene- best methods of achieving this
Fundamental principles
CPS values and DPP priorities
Making a difference
Injured officer = victim
Victim’s Code and VPS
Victim’s Right to Review
Service to victims and witnesses
2 months this year- 88 cases, 83 convictions (79 assault police/ 4 resist)
5 unsuccessful (2 lost at trial and 3 dropped insufficient that acting in execution of duty)
Conviction rate 95% v 84% Mags court generally
Offenders that have assaulted or resisted officers have been brought to justice
The success story – evidence base
Relationship Building
Trust
Communication is key
Working collaboratively