Investigative Development
Products for Professional Practice
For organisations that need professionally trained and accredited Investigators, Practitioners, Managers & Senior Leaders
A Short Introduction to...
September 2024 sees our first weekly short introduction to sessions.
Each FREE TO VIEW session introduces a current theme addressed in full by a complete course or programme
Level 6 Diploma in Serious and Complex Investigation
Incorporating the PIP 2 Detective Accreditation for Law Enforcement
Convert your PIP 2 Accreditation into a Level 6 Diploma
New Cohort Starting January 2025
Applications are now open for January 2025
Investigative Training
For organisations that need professionally trained and accredited Investigators, Practitioners, Managers & Senior Leaders
Award Winning Design
Our programme design lead has won national awards for the design of investigative training programmes
Expert Led Delivery
Our trainers are all credible, experienced investigators and qualified educators
Law Enforcement Programmes
Investigators seek to fairly and transparently deliver justice for members of the community they serve.
Community is vital, and the communities an investigator serves deserve the most competent and proportionate investigation possible, delivered with integrity and fairness.
Our accredited programmes are not just for policing but can be tailored for the wider Law Enforcement Community.
Law Enforcement Programmes
Sudden & Unexplained Death in Children
This educational programme outlines the protocols for addressing and probing cases of sudden unexpected death in childhood (SUDC). Its objective is to equip participants with the necessary insights, comprehension, and competencies to adeptly manage SUDC occurrences. This support enables them to assess the possibility of criminal activity and lays a solid groundwork for any subsequent homicide inquiries. After finishing the course, participants will possess the capability to formulate suitable investigative approaches, collaborate with allied organizations, and grasp the concurrent and associated procedures and legal actions concerning SUDC.
Learn MoreDecision Management for Professionals
In a world with ever increasing pressures and workload, understanding the decision-making process and the need for auditable records is key to sustained success. This course develops the skills to understand the decision-making process, allowing the making of defensible and auditable records of decisions. This in turns provides the basis on which individual and organisational learning really can use the benefit of hindsight to continually improve.
Learn MoreSuspect Interviewing Skills
The role of the suspect interview in investigation is crucial to ensuring a fair trial. Ensuring that suspects have an opportunity to give their side of the story and conducting a fair interview free from leading or oppressive questioning is vital.
Learn MoreWitness Interviewing Skills
Witness evidence is at the heart of every investigation and securing that evidence ethically, accurately and compassionately while protecting the product of the interview is important to any successful prosecution.
Learn MorePrivate Sector Programmes
Private sector investigation teams operate under the same pressure to achieve results as any other investigation functions.
Application of the highest standards of proof in the private sector as applies in the public sector will not only professionalise the investigators but also protect the organisation against future challenge.
Private Sector Programmes
Decision Management for Professionals
In a world with ever increasing pressures and workload, understanding the decision-making process and the need for auditable records is key to sustained success. This course develops the skills to understand the decision-making process, allowing the making of defensible and auditable records of decisions. This in turns provides the basis on which individual and organisational learning really can use the benefit of hindsight to continually improve.
Learn MoreSuspect Interviewing Skills
The role of the suspect interview in investigation is crucial to ensuring a fair trial. Ensuring that suspects have an opportunity to give their side of the story and conducting a fair interview free from leading or oppressive questioning is vital.
Learn MoreWitness Interviewing Skills
Witness evidence is at the heart of every investigation and securing that evidence ethically, accurately and compassionately while protecting the product of the interview is important to any successful prosecution.
Learn MoreOpen Source Internet Intelligence
Open Source Internet Intelligence (OSINT) plays a critical role for law enforcement, security agencies, and investigators. It enables efficient gathering of publicly available information from online sources, aiding criminal investigations, threat assessments, and decision-making
Learn MoreBespoke Programmes
For organisations that need professionally trained and accredited Investigators, Practitioners, Managers & Senior Leaders.
Bespoke programme development
Development of every programme has the needs of the customer organisations very much front and centre. Iindividual organisations have their own structure, processes, culture and even language that will be built into the development of each product.
All law enforcement, government and investigation agencies have their own language, department names, processes, IT solutions, the list goes on. The bespoke nature of the design, development and delivery of Equinox Training products incorporate your language, your systems, your structure and your culture into every element of everything we do.