Our Bitesize Sessions

This session will cover the stages of PEACE and how to implement them within interviews with victims, witnesses or suspects. This session will also cover the importance of conversation management when conducting investigative interviewing.

This session will explain the five-part model when writing witness statements. The five-part model is used to ensure that all information is gathered from the witness and written in a logical order which makes the information easy to find for the prosecuting lawyer. This is a recognised model for completing witness statements.

This session will cover the importance of getting it right when dealing with disclosure. Investigating officers have a duty to ensure that material is gathered and retained correctly as part of an investigation. The role of a disclosure officer is key to a criminal investigation.

This session will cover what intelligence is and how to manage and use it during a criminal investigation.

This session will look at how investigators can manage vulnerable and intimidated witnesses and how to get the best evidence from them.

This session will look at what bad character is and how it can be used in PACE interviews. The course will also touch upon using bad character against a defendant in court and how investigators can bring this to the attention of their prosecutor. We will also look at what significant statements are and how they dhould be dealt with, and managing offences taken into consideration.

This session will look at how individuals can be a good prosecution witness and other things to consider when attending court. This session is ideal for those who are required to attend court to give evidence or those who are involved in supporting witnesses or victims at court.

This session will cover the categories of evidence that can be gathered in criminal investigations and how these can effectively be used within criminal investigations. This session will also look at what hearsay evidence and why this type of evidence is not normally permitted within criminal investigations. 

This session will cover different methods that can be used when planning for a suspect or witness interview.

This session will look at how investigators can deal with legal representatives and how pre-interview disclosure can be presented. 

This session will look at various methods investigators can use to gather evidence during the course of an investigation. 

This session will look when investigators should consider gathering a victim personal statement or business impact statement and how they should be written.