Our Bitesize Sessions

This session will look at how to conduct an investigative interview 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 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 when investigators should consider gathering a victim personal statement or business impact statement and how they should be written.

When considering taking prosecution action further to an investigation, it is important for decision makers to consider various factors. Decision makers need to be able to record and justify their decisions and demonstrate that they have considered the evidential test and public interest test. This bitesize session will look at the two tests to apply, the factors that need to be considered and how to record and justify decision making effectively. 

Part 2 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 creates the Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) which can be sought post-conviction. CBO’s provide a great opportunity for enforcement agencies to obtain restrictions and/or prohibitions against an individual. A CBO can be used to deal with a wide range of anti-social behaviour. IN this bitesize session we will look at when CBO’s can be sought and by whom, the tests, how to apply, and considering the terms associated with a CBO.

In this session we will look at considerations when a fly tipping report is received and what should be done before attending the scene. We will also examine how to manage the scene on arrival and what potential evidence it may provide.

Businesses have a number of duties when it comes to waste management, but what can officers do when they are faced with non-compliance? In this session we will examine the possible enforcement options available to you as an investigator or enforcement officer, including formal and informal action.

A key part of ensuing compliance and taking enforcement action, where needed, in relation to commercial duty of care is having a good understanding of how to conduct a good quality, detailed trade waste inspection. In this bitesize session we will consider what officers need to be looking for and recording when undertaking these inspections.

The waste transfer process can be complex, and it is important for investigators and enforcement officers to have an understandiing of what is required and how the process works in order to identify any non-compliance with the legislation. This session will look at what documents should be available for you to inspect and the different roles in waste management. 

Ever walked on to a scrap metal site and wondered what you should be looking out for? This bitesize session will talk you through things to look out for and consider when conducting a compliance checks with scrap metal dealers (sites and collectors).

A recent report has identified that scrap metal suitability checks are not being completed in sufficient depth and to the required standard. In this bitesize session we will look at what should be considered when undertaking suitability checks as part of scrap metal applications.

With waste crime becoming more organised and targeted this session will examine how we can tackle organised crime groups. We will consider available tactics, partnership working and the role of the Lead Responsible Officer.

The Consumer Standards place a requirement on Social Housing Providers to work collaboratively with other individuals and organisations to ensure the safety of shared spaces and reduce anti-social behaviour. Waste crime can have a significant impact on the lives of tenants and also on budgets when it comes to clearance. In this session we will look at the required outcomes and how partnership working can help tackle and reduce waste crime. 

Money laundering is the process of concealing money obtained from illegal activities in order to hide its origin. Where waste crime takes place it is likely that money laundering may occur to make the 'dirty' money obtained through illegal waste activities clean. In this session we will look at money laudering within the waste sector and how we can consider this as part of investigations.