The College of Policing supports sharing investigative practice across the policing community to support better investigative outcomes.
To enable knowledge sharing, we're inviting you to submit details of your investigative case example using this form. This information will be considered for inclusion in our practice bank. If you have more than one example to share, please use a separate form for each case.
Investigative case examples should explain an innovative line of enquiry which has led to a successful prosecution. Use this form to tell us about your investigation case example.
We will contact you for additional information about your investigation case, before it is reviewed by a panel of subject matter experts who will determine if your example is eligible and suitable for inclusion on the public-facing practice bank.
Your investigative case example should be based on:
- an innovative line of enquiry which has been tested through the court process AND has been identified as a significant contribution to the successful prosecution
If you have any questions regarding the eligibility of your case example, please contact investigation.cases@college.police.uk
Before starting the form, make sure you have access to any documents that you might want to refer to. You can save the form and come back to it to finish.
Your participation in this investigation case sharing process is completely voluntary and you are under no obligation to participate. We ask you to provide your name and email address for the purpose of contacting you about your submission.
In addition to this, the College will obtain your permission at the end of the form to:
- publish your name, email address and investigation case on the College of Policing’s public-facing website, so that people may contact you about your example
- share your name and email address with other forces who may benefit from your example and would like to contact you directly
The lawful basis for processing your information is to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us. By completing and submitting this form to the College, you hereby grant the College of Policing permission to edit and publish the contents on its website. You also warrant to the College that the content is your own original work and does not infringe upon the copyright or any other rights of another party.
You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting investigation.cases@college.police.uk
We will hold your information for 10 years. After this period, your information will be securely disposed of. All information is held securely on our College network.
For more information about your rights, or to contact our data protection officer, please see the College privacy notice on the legal section of our website.