On the 16th & 17th January 2018, Barnsley and Barnsley delivered a successful 2 day Investigators course to staff from Aberdeenshire Council. The attendees were from Environmental Health & Trading Standards and the course was held at their Woodhill House HQ in Aberdeen.

 

The course consisted of:

Day 1:  Interviewing Witnesses & Suspects

  • The PRICE model of interviewing:
    • Planning & Preparation
    • Rapport Building
    • Information Gathering
    • Clarify, confirm, challenge & close
    • Evaluate
  • Relevant cases and decisions
    • European Convention on Human Rights
    • The Cadder Decision
    • Parveen Akram v PF Glasgow
    • Anstruther Smith v PF Forfar
  • The common law caution
  • Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

 

Day 2: Evidence & Court Procedures

  • What is evidence?
  • Identifying relevant evidence
  • How to recover evidence
  • Securing and packaging evidence
    • Using production labels and bags
    • Schedule 8 certificates
    • Production management
  • Giving evidence in court
    • Preparing to give evidence
    • Key roles in the court
    • The trial processes
  • Use of notebooks and productions in Court