SFJ CI105 Supervise Investigations and Investigators 6

SFJ CI105 Supervise investigations and investigators

Overview This unit is about supervising criminal investigations which fall within your area of responsibility and the investigators conducting them. These may be either volume and priority or serious and complex investigations.

To achieve this unit you must understand the process of investigation and the appropriate techniques and resources available to assist investigators in obtaining and documenting material. You must be capable of advising and guiding investigators in relation to investigative planning and decision making, providing feedback when appropriate. You must be able to understand and apply the legislation and policy to all investigations recognising the links to local and national policing objectives or priorities. You must quality assure all investigations in your area of responsibility to ensure they meet required standards.

There is one element 1 Supervise investigations and investigators

Target Group This unit is for those who supervise volume and priority and/or serious and complex investigations, but do not necessarily carry out the investigations themselves.

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Performance criteria

You must be able to: P1 ensure the investigation has been recorded in accordance with national crime recording standards P2 develop your understanding about the nature of the investigation and how it fits with the organisation's priorities P3 ensure that the investigation has been allocated appropriately, matching the skills and experience of the investigator to the complexity of the investigation P4 brief the investigator and other relevant people about the investigation, clarifying what is expected of them P5 ensure that investigators follow force policy in relation to risk assessment and management P6 ensure the investigator develops an investigation plan to effectively identify, prioritise and pursue all relevant lines of enquiry, making full use of available management information systems P7 ensure all the material gathered is recorded, retained and revealed in line with current legislation and policy P8 provide advice and guidance to the investigator where required to ensure that all lines of enquiry are dealt with appropriately P9 monitor and assess lines of enquiry within the investigation, identify problems and opportunities and ensure the investigator takes prompt and appropriate action P10 review performance and provide support, advice and feedback as required to help the investigator and other relevant personnel improve their performance and address any development needs P11 ensure all individuals are dealt with in an ethical manner, recognising their needs with respect to race, diversity and human rights P12 ensure the investigator fully documents all decisions, actions, options and rationale in accordance with current policy and legislation and briefs others to ensure continuity P13 ensure the investigator passes on relevant material promptly to the appropriate person or department P14 ensure case files are prepared and submitted and post-charge procedures completed in compliance with current legislation, policy and guidance P15 review the investigation, identifying and communicating lessons to be learned by yourself and other relevant people P16 ensure the investigation has been finalised in accordance with national crime recording standards

Knowledge and Legal and organisational requirements understanding

You need to know and K1 current, relevant legislation, policies, procedures, codes of practice and understand: guidelines for supervising and conducting investigations K2 current national and organisational priorities K3 current, relevant legislation and organisational requirements in relation to race, diversity and human rights K4 current, relevant legislation and organisational requirements in relation to health and safety

Supervising investigations and investigators

You need to know and K5 the importance of recording and finalising investigations in accordance understand: with national crime recording standards and how to ensure this has been done K6 the scope and type of investigations in your area of responsibility K7 recognised good practice and developments in conducting the types of investigations in your area of responsibility K8 how to assess whether investigators have the required skills and experience to conduct different types of investigation K9 how to conduct briefings, clarifying what is expected of people K10 how to conduct risk assessments and appropriate action to take in response to identified risks K11 how to develop and evaluate investigation plans to identify, prioritise and pursue all lines of enquiry K12 management information systems available and how these can be used to support investigations K13 the importance of recording, retaining and revealing all the material gathered in an investigation and how to ensure this happens K14 how to monitor and assess the quality of investigations K15 the types of support, advice and feedback investigators may require and how to provide these K16 how to debrief the investigator and other personnel to identified any lessons to be learned K17 people and departments who might benefit from material generated by the investigation

Record keeping

You need to know and K18 the reasons for keeping accurate records and documentation for control understand: and management purposes K19 the organisational procedures for record keeping K20 how to maintain the security and integrity of information, records and documentation

Additional Information

Scope/range 1. investigation related to 1.1 volume and priority performance 1.2 serious and complex criteria 2. relevant people 2.1 people within your area of responsibility 2.2 colleagues within your organisation

3. lines of enquiry 3.1 suspects 3.2 witnesses/victims 3.3 forensic/scientific 3.4 intelligence 3.5 property 3.6 technology

4. feedback 4.1 informal 4.2 formal, using organisational procedures

5. material 5.1 statements 5.2 documents or reports 5.3 data held on IT systems 5.4 physical exhibits such as weapons, clothing, stolen goods 5.5 biological or chemical material e.g. DNA samples 5.6 fingerprints 5.7 images 5.8 audio or video recordings

Links to other This unit does not apply to major investigations, which are covered in unit NOS CI103 Manage major investigations.

Developed by Skills for Justice

Version number 2

Date approved April 2009

Indicative review April 2014 date

Validity Current

Status Original

Originating Skills for Justice organisation

Original URN SFJ CI105

Relevant Public Services; Public Service and Other Associate Professionals; occupations

Suite Policing and Law Enforcement

Key words managing investigation policing law enforcement

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