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Investigative Skills

Courses Under Review

The following courses are under development:

  • Management of Linked Serious Crime (MLSC) and Serious Crime
  • Intelligence
  • Management Information
  • Technology and Resources (SCIMITAR).

We will advise new dates for these courses as soon as they are released.

NPIA Investigative Skills currently design, develop and in a limited category deliver national:

  • Investigative training and development programmes
  • Assessment strategies, and
  • Registration protocols

All of which form various aspects of the Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP).

These programmes/courses form the career pathway for Investigators and are based on Core Investigative Doctrine as well as the relevant investigative National Occupational Standards for the role.

Investigative training and development programmes are divided into two categories:

Core Programmes/Courses

  • Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP) - PIP level 1 Force delivered
  • PIP Level 1 Standalone Training Course - PIP level 1 Force delivered
  • Initial Crime Investigators Development Programme (ICIDP) - PIP level 2 Force delivered
  • Initial Management of Serious Crime Course (IMSC) - PIP level 2 Force delivered
  • Detective Inspectors Development Programme (DIDP) - PIP level 2 Force delivered
  • Senior Investigating Officers Development Programme (SIODP) - PIP Level 3

Specialist Programmes/Courses

  • Specially Trained Officer Development Programme - PIP level 1 Force delivered
  • Specialist Child Abuse Investigator Development Programme (SCAIDP) - PIP level 2 Force delivered
  • Family Liaison Officer/Co-ordinator Force delivered
  • Investigative Interviewing Force delivered