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“Do current police interview techniques meet the requirements of the courtroom”

“Do current police interview techniques meet the requirements of the courtroom”. Emerging UK Issues. Competing Needs Current debate Series of questions Future. Considerations. Initial Investigation Investigative Material Evidence Outcome. Investigative Interview Principles. Fairness

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“Do current police interview techniques meet the requirements of the courtroom”

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  1. “Do current police interview techniques meet the requirements of the courtroom”

  2. www.npia.police.uk Emerging UK Issues • Competing Needs • Current debate • Series of questions • Future

  3. www.npia.police.uk Considerations • Initial Investigation • Investigative Material • Evidence • Outcome

  4. www.npia.police.uk Investigative Interview Principles • Fairness • Accurate and Reliable Information • Investigative Mindset • Effective techniques

  5. www.npia.police.uk Interview framework • Analyse • Plan • Conduct • Presentation

  6. www.npia.police.uk ACPO Interview Steering Group • Operational Activity • Policy and Guidance • Learning and Development • Legislation • Technology • Research

  7. www.npia.police.uk Needs • Interviewee • Investigation • Courtroom

  8. www.npia.police.uk Key Elements • Research • Training • Operational Practice • Judiciary

  9. www.npia.police.uk Current Practice • Interview techniques • Guilty • Not Guilty

  10. www.npia.police.uk Victims and Witnesses • Written statements • Visual records • Evidence-in-Chief

  11. www.npia.police.uk Concerns • Poor technical quality • Inappropriate seating positions • Interviewing by inexperienced officers • Length of interviews • Unfocused interview structure • Length of rapport • Repetitive questioning • Unnecessary probing • Constant summaries

  12. www.npia.police.uk Structure • Incident • Investigative Areas

  13. www.npia.police.uk Suspects • Suspect Account • Police Agenda • Challenge

  14. www.npia.police.uk Suspect Account • Incident • Innocence • Adverse Inferences • Lines of Enquiry

  15. www.npia.police.uk Police Agenda • Investigative Topics • Relevance • Lines of Enquiry

  16. www.npia.police.uk Challenge • Effective • Robust • Essential

  17. www.npia.police.uk Evidence Presentation • Visual Records • Presentation • Courtroom

  18. www.npia.police.uk Summary • Are your interview techniques fit for purpose? • Do they meet the needs of the Victim? • Do they meet the needs of the Witness? • Do they comply with the law? • Do they meet the needs of the investigation? • Do they meet the needs of the court process?

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