Process management and improvement (PMI) manages two projects within Forensics21 - crime scene investigator tasking and detainee at police station sampling, with the main focus on improving organisation and structure, professional standards and skills, marketplace development and procurement, innovation and technology.
Provides police forces with a series of best practice options for delivering effective crime scene investigator tasking, i.e. geographical make-up, availability of resources, crime numbers and technology to help do the job. Effective Crime Scene Investigator Tasking (CSI) leads to greater public satisfaction with crime scene forensic activity. There is less attendance at crime scenes where there is no forensic activity and greater detection success at crime scenes where forensic activity needs to be carried out. The CSI tasking team undertakes research with police forces already using centralised tasking processes as well as those that haven't, to determine which processes and models work best. The team also identify and report on the benefits achieved and costs associated with the delivery of these models. There is strong focus on engaging with the community while ensuring that CSIs are used effectively at crime scenes where good evidence is found. Through a knowledge management tool developed as part of the PMI project, police forces will be provided with a best practice process for CSI tasking which includes the use of crime scene preservation advice. The tool will support police forces in identifying what they may want to change in their own processes in order to achieve better results at less cost. Crime reduction, citizen focus and increased performance. National roll-out throughout 2009. Detainee at police station sampling (DAPSS) increases the number of appropriate DNA and fingerprint samples taken and the quality of those samples within the custody environment. The project focuses initially on ensuring that the sampling process is carried out in the correct order and that quality of fingerprints and DNA samples are improved. Police forces will be provided with best practice processes and maps and pocket-sized guides to assist them in their work as well as tools to support the train-monitor-tell approach to improve quality of samples. A training package is being designed and developed to supplement an initial police learning and development programme. This will also form part of the induction process for officers and staff new to custody and will include the importance and practicalities of sample taking and the impact of not doing it correctly. Standardised quality assessment checklists will be provided in conjunction with reporting tools to ensure that sample quality is monitored and fed back on an individual basis. This will help to identify police staff who require remedial training and they will be directed to the appropriate section of the training package. A small number of forces are being fully supported by the project in the implementation of DAPSS, prior to national roll-out. Crime reduction, citizen focus and increased performance. National product delivery of DAPSS is planned for March 2010 with roll-out to early adopter polices forces during the later part of 2009. For further information on CSI tasking and DAPSS, email us. Crime Scene Investigator Tasking
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