Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual and Workbook 2011

by Connor, Paul P.; Hutton, Glenn G.; Johnston, David D.; McKinnon, Gavin G.; Pinfield, Dave D.; Taylor, Neil N.; Chapman, Julian J.

• ISBN13: 9780199595549
• ISBN10: 0199595542
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual and Workbook 2011 are the only official study texts for the National Investigators' Exam (NIE) which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. This pack is fully revised for the 2011 NIE syllabus and contains the latest information relevant to the role of a trainee investigator.

The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2011 is the only official study text for the National Investigators' Exam (NIE), which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. Based on the bestselling Blackstone's Police Manuals, it provides all the legal information which is relevant to the role of a trainee investigator, namely in the areas of Evidence, Property Offences, Assaults, Drugs, Firearms & Gun Crime, and Sexual Offences. It also covers the relevant PACE Codes of Practice and chapters on RIPA 2000, Proceeds of Crime, and Entry Search and Seizure Powers.


The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook 2011 takes the trainee investigator through each of the topics relevant to the examination. It contains many practical exercises, case studies and multiple choice questions to help students prepare for the NIE. The book also contains useful cross references to the Manual in the answers sections, so students can check their understanding of the content.

Now in its ninth edition, this popular set contains the latest legislation and case law relevant to the 2011 NIE , including the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Policing and Crime Act 2009, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Matters Subject to Legal Privilege) Order 2009, and the consolidated Criminal Procedure Rules 2010.

Author Biography

Paul Connor LLB is a Police Training Consultant and is a member of the ICIDP Curriculum Review Group. He has previously been involved in training activities with the ICIDP and NIE. Paul is also the consultant editor for the Blackstone's Police Manuals and author of Blackstone's Police Investigators' Q&A and Blackstone's Sergeants' Mock Examination Paper.


Glenn Hutton BA, MPhil, FCIPD is a Director of Psychometric Technology Limited which designs and publishes psychological tests and provides selection and assessment services. Formerly a Superintendent in North Yorkshire Police, he also worked as Head of NPT Examinations and Assessment, Head of Training in North Yorkshire and as both Course Director and Director of Studies at the Police Staff College, Bramshill.

David Johnston LLB, LLM is a barrister and Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police Service. Johnston is an OSPRE Assessor and a former member of the NPT Examinations and Assessment team. He previously worked as a legal researcher for the Home Office in Harrogate.

Gavin McKinnon LLB, LLM, MSc, MCIPR is Chief Superintendent and Director of Corporate and Public Affairs at the National Policing Improvement Agency with responsibility for marketing and communications, legal services, corporate governance, policy, and equality and diversity. He was formerly an officer in the RUC/PSNI, and Deputy Director of the Home Office Police Reform Unit.

Dave Pinfield is a serving police officer with West Midlands Police and has been an officer for 21 years. He is currently the Detective Sergeant Team Leader having responsibility for the force with regards to the ICIDP and IMSC courses at the Detective Training School. He has been involved in the National Investigators Examination since January 2002. He is the author of Blackstone's Investigators' Mock Examination Paper.


Neil Taylor is a serving police officer with the West Midlands Police and is a police trainer at the Detective Training School.

Julian Chapman is a serving police officer with the West Midlands Police and is a police trainer at the Detective Training School.

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Blackstone's Investigators' Manual 2011