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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Critical Decisions in the First Hours of a Crime Scene Investigation
A gallop through the initial stages of a serious crime investigation.
What constitutes a serious crime investigation for an OFM in the MPS – what type of incident could we be deployed to and which ones need an assessed response.
What information is needed to start the decision-making process. How much of it is likely to be available in the initial stages of an investigation, is it likely to be 100% accurate and how quickly could it change.
What process do we follow and what could influence it.
What other factors are at play that influence early-stage decision-making - the short term issues versus the long-term issues and trying to predict the future.
Expecting the unexpected. Dealing with the curved balls, which can be many and varied.
