Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain and evaluate operational direction
- The investigation is conducted in accordance with requirements of the investigation situation or plan.
- A process of continual assessment is applied to review and evaluate progress, and new directions planned and implemented in response to unforeseen events.
- The conduct of the investigation is sufficiently adaptable/flexible to allow for contingencies.
- Regular briefings and debriefings of all relevant personnel are conducted to ensure the sharing of information.
- Collect and analyse information relevant to investigations
- The relevance and reliability of information sources are assessed in accordance with organisational guidelines.
- Relevant information is legitimately collected, analysed, and documented to further the investigation.
- Evidence from incoming information is identified, secured and controlled in accordance with organisational guidelines.
- All information obtained from crime scenes and throughout the conduct of the investigation is assessed to determine relevance.
- Seize, process and manage exhibits
- Identify and investigate subjects and suspects
- All organisational avenues of inquiry and investigative procedures are considered and utilised to identify subjects and suspects.
- Investigative techniques are selected and applied, in accordance with commonwealth and/or jurisdictional laws, policies, guidelines and established ‘Codes of Ethical/Professional Conduct’.
- All relevant information is applied to identify and locate persons relevant to the investigation and eliminate persons who are not.
- Profiles are assessed to identify further avenues of inquiry.
- Persons are interviewed in accordance with organisational policies and guidelines.
- Develop subject profiles
- Enquiries are conducted to develop subject profiles.
- Movements of profile subjects relating to the offence are identified and recorded.
- Profiles of subjects’ antecedents are established and recorded.
- Risk or threat assessment levels are determined and recorded to inform subsequent action.
- Liaison is established with other appropriate agencies to facilitate development/identification/analysis of profiles.
- Profiles are recorded, documented and securely distributed, to inform relevant operatives in accordance with organisational policy.
- Implement responses to investigations