Investigation and Enforcement

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Investigation

RIPA - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

Our courses, covering all overt and covert surveillance activity and featuring CCTV, cameras and listening devices, are aimed at:
Home Office Security

  • applicants
  • authorising officers
  • monitoring officers
  • surveillance teams

We address code compliance, form completion and record keeping, highlighting the distinction between evidence and intelligence. Our consultancy service guides on policy and procedure. RIPA courses

Why conduct investigations?

Pupil
  • spot flaws in processes
  • identify offenders
  • discipline employees
  • caution, prosecute or fine

Effective, ethical investigations, whatever their rationale, have areas in common. Click to access our flowchart which simplifies the investigation process and will help you identify training needs.

Fraud Act 2006

Our courses offer comprehensive coverage of Fraud Act offences with focus on key concepts such as "points to prove"; dishonesty and intent. We develop practical case studies relevant to your specific field.

Fraud courses

Interviewing

We'll hone your interview skills to cover both witnesses and suspects to criminal prosecution and disciplinary hearing standard.

Our PACE compliant courses feature use of tape machines and real-life reconstructions. Legal aspects of interviewing are thoroughly addressed.

Interviewing courses

Enforcement

Intelligence Management

Our courses involve:

  • Identifying objectives and risks to them
  • Information-gathering
  • Evaluation and analysis
  • Spotting trends/making predictions
  • Establishing control measures
  • National Intelligence Model compliance

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Evidence-Gathering

The focus is on inspections and investigations to spot evidence of non-compliance. Our courses cover record-keeping, making seizures and storage to support enforcement decisions which might lead to prosecution. Documents handling, photographs, noting findings and conversations are addressed. more information

Prosecution and hearings

We help organisations achieve successful case outcomes through the effective and lawful imposition of sanctions, such as prosecution. Helping personnel become professional witnesses is vital to the enforcement process. Our courses clearly demonstrate how to proceed ethically while gathering evidence and preparing sound evidential files more information

Enforcement training

Our enforcement specialist Steve Morris says: "Xact will help you do what is vital in this area - encourage compliance whilst enforcing effectively.

"Limited resources need to be targeted to best effect in areas that need most attention simultaneously ensuring all enforcement activity is conducted ethically and lawfully. We fully appreciate the reality of enforcement today and this is factored into our programmes."

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