FOI Interview training undertaken by officers (0734-2022/23)

Request

1. Contents of suspect interviewing training undertaken by police officers and detectives
   • Length and number of hours spent on suspect interviewing training
   • Specific practical activities on suspect interviewing training, e.g.role play
   • Skills taught for suspect interviewing and how they are taught
   • Title of readings on suspect interviewing requested to police officers during their training
   • Is the topic “confirmation bias” covered in any section of the training?
   
   2. Do police officers receive any follow up or refresher training on suspect interviewing?
   3. At what point of their career do they receive it?
   4. Who is entitled to it?
   5. Is it mandatory?
   6. How many hours is the refresher training on suspect interviewing?
   7. What topics related to suspect interviewing does it cover?
   8. Does it involve any practical exercise?
   9. If so, what practical exercise does it involve?
   
   If the topic of “confirmation bias” is covered in police training, please provide:
   10. Sections of training covering “confirmation Bias”
   11. Details of training covering “confirmation bias”
   12. Does the training provide specific skills to counteract confirmation bias in suspect interviewing?
   13. If so, what type of skills?
   If the topic is not covered, please state it clearly.
   
   

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Q1. Suspect Interview training, at all levels, is delivered to NYP Officers and relevant Staff in accordance with the relevant College of Policing (CoP) programme specification document as detailed in the National Policing Curriculum (NPC).

Q2. Refresher No / Follow up YES.

Q3. Follow up when embarking on the Detective Career pathway or selected for specialist investigative interviewer suspect SII(Suspect) role.

Q4. Those on the Detective pathway or selected for specialist investigative interviewer suspect SII(Suspect) role.

Q5. YES for those on the Detective pathway or selected for specialist investigative interviewer suspect SII(Suspect) role.

Q6. N/A

Q7 – 13. Content IPR covered, contact College of Policing.

The NPC and associated programmes of learning are the intellectual property of the CoP Ltd, as part of our contracted delivery licencing arrangements with CoP Ltd I am unable to share any detail of the contents of the programmes with a third party without the IPR holders (College of Policing Ltd) explicit permission.

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