Disclosure Training (2320/20)
Request
1) What training do you currently provide for your staff regarding disclosure as per the CPIA 1996? i.e. Online learning (NCalt) or classroom based.
2) Does this training differ for PIP1, PIP 2 or Civilian investigators?
3) Do you provide any form of advanced disclosure training courses and if so are these in collaboration with the Crown Prosecution Service.
4) In total how many hours training do officers and staff receive on disclosure training.
5) Once a staff member is trained do they receive any refresher training.
6) How many staff have received disclosure training in the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019?
Response
Please find attached our response.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.