Tavcom Training, part of the Linx International Group, have launched a Managing CCTV Investigations course. The Hampshire-based course is for senior personnel responsible for managing and setting policy, for the investigation of crimes and incidents captured on CCTV and other media. First running in April, the three-day classroom-based training runs at Tavcom in Bishops Waltham. The participants will attain a Tavcom Level Three Certificate.
Tavcom Training Executive Director, Paul Tennent, pictured, said: โThis is an essential new course that provides the skills and confidence needed to efficiently and effectively handle CCTV investigations. The comprehensive programme shines a light on the roles and responsibilities of personnel when investigating incidents, how to assist the police, as well as highlighting codes of practice and operational guidelines.โ The course includes:
ยท Investigating crimes caught on CCTV and other media
ยท Managing enquiries where images provide key evidence
ยท The CCTV Code of Practice and how they relate to investigations
ยท Using CCTV in an ethical manner, privacy, human rights and cultural
ยท Obtaining the best evidential footage and images
ยท Investigative strategy for using images during a major enquiry
ยท CCTV trawling and obtaining images from social media
ยท Using images held by television broadcasts and newspapers
ยท Linking suspects in several pieces of footage
ยท Producing evidential statements and decision logs
ยท Identification of offendersโ capture on CCTV
ยท Understanding concepts of โSuper Recognisersโ and their effective use
ยท Technology and its use in identification
ยท Using CCTV in investigations and briefing prosecutors
The course costs ยฃ795 plus VAT per participant and will run on these 2018 dates:
ยท 17th โ 19th April
ยท 26th โ 28th June
ยท 2nd โ 4th October; and 23 to 25 January 2019.
