• Course flow chart

Core courses

• Conducting investigations
• Evidence and exhibits
• CPIA – Disclosure
• RIPA
• Internet investigations
• PACE
• Interviewing
• Witness statement
• Case paper preparation

Specialist courses

• Intelligence Officer
• NIM
• PIDA – Whistleblowers
• RIPA
• Fraud investigations
• Doc & identity verification
• Internal investigations
• Social network investigations
• Appropriate adult

Appropriate adult

Aim

For delegates to be able to perform the role of an "Appropriate Adult"

Outcomes

To enable delegates to:

• Identify and understand the relevant parts of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Youth Justice & Criminal Evidence Act 1999
• Understand the role of the Appropriate Adult
• Have the skills needed to undertake the role of an Appropriate Adult
• Identify and communicate effectively with investigator, custody officer, legal adviser and others involved in the process
• Identify confidentiality issues and duties of the appropriate adult
• Ensure provisions for the treatment and questioning of a vulnerable person are complied with
• Know how to make representations in relation to the treatment of a vulnerable person
• Understand a vulnerable person’s right to legal advice under Section 58 PACE
• Conduct the role of an appropriate adult for a detained vulnerable person during custody, during specific investigation processes and during interviews as a suspect and as a witness

Note: Vulnerable person includes a juvenile or person who is mentally disordered or otherwise mentally vulnerable

Delivery

PowerPoint presentation, flipchart explanation, group discussion, practical examples and case studies

Information service

Support information
Support information for investigators