Agencia, which delivers transformational health and justice projects, both in the UK and internationally, has recently finished training police officers in the Caribbean, equipping them to undertake the role of Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) for a major crime investigation, in particular homicide investigations.
During February and March 2022, 16 officers from British Overseas Territories took part in the training, including officers from the British Virgin Islands, The Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos and Anguilla.
At the end of the course, participants were able to develop and implement appropriate investigative strategies as part of the wider investigative and prosecution team, set up an administrative and major incident room, determine mindsets and cognitive influences on investigative decisions, identify and safeguard vulnerable witnesses and family liaison officers and implement a media strategy.
The bespoke training blends classroom-based teaching with on-site mentoring where Agencia's experts work closely alongside officers to apply the theory into real life scenarios.
The course is being delivered by Agencia on behalf of the Governors Office and the UK FCDO. The Trainers are two former UK Police Officers, Gareth Bevan a retired Detective Chief Inspector and Andy Bevan a retired Detective Chief Superintendent, both Homicide SIO’s who have a wealth of operational and training experience.
Gareth Bevan said:
It was a real pleasure to work with the detectives on this course. They readily embraced what we had to say, and their enthusiasm for learning and developing their investigative practice was superb. Consequently, the course was an outstanding success.
Andy Bevan said:
Right from the outset, it was clear that this enthusiastic group of Detectives were eager to learn. It was a privilege to work with such talented students who wanted to develop their investigative and leadership skills further and benefit, not just from the training we were delivering, but from each other’s experience as well.
Before being commissioned to deliver the programme, Agencia undertook a strategic assessment of the capacity and capability of the police force to undertake investigations into complex and serious organised crime. Agencia then produced all the training materials, adapting specialist investigative techniques to be fit for purpose for local implementation.
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