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Latest changes – managing effective investigations

Date Category Guidance Changes
Investigation Managing effective investigations

Extensive changes to entire section following June 2023 consultation, including updating section title from 'Managing investigations' to 'Managing effective investigations'.

Investigation Managing effective investigations

Section – Managing people > 5th bullet point > changed UK Border Agency (UKBA) to UK Visas and Immigration.

Investigation Managing effective investigations

'Managing scenes' moved into new section under Investigative strategies – Scene strategy.

Investigation Managing effective investigations

Reintroduction of resources list.

Investigation Managing effective investigations

New section added on Requests for third party access to a scene to attend a victim.

Investigation Managing effective investigations

Deleted the link regarding the ACPO Crime Committee (1999) revised guidelines for the use of policy files and changed to new NPCC (2021) Major Crime Investigation Manual, section 16, policy file.

Investigation Managing effective investigations

New link to MIRSAP page added to replace ACPO document.

Investigation Managing effective investigations

Links to the Murder Manual replaced with links to the Major Crime manual (or removed if not relevant).

Investigation Managing effective investigations

Broken link to CPIA Code of Practice replaced.

Investigation Managing effective investigations

Cross contamination - wording updated and link to Government Guidance added..

Investigation Managing effective investigations

Reference to guidance decommissioned as a result of publication of Child abuse APP amended.

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