LOSING THE DETECTIVES: VIEWS FROM THE ... - Police Federation

CONTENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1
CHAPTER 2: The skills and experience deficit in GO CID 7
CHAPTER 3:
CHAPTER 4:
CHAPTER 5:
CHAPTER 6:
Explaining the deficit – where have the
experienced detectives gone? 14
The workload of GO CID and the
remits of specialist squads 22
The workload of GO CID and the
under-resourcing of 24/7
response teams 29
Organisational priorities and
their effects on GO CID 36
CHAPTER 7: The undervalued criminal
investigations of GO CID and
senior management's
reported lack of CID
experience 50
CHAPTER 8: Consequences of the underresourcing
of GO CID for
individual Detectives 60
CHAPTER 9: Consequences of the underresourcing
of GO CID for
criminal investigation and
crime detection 67
CHAPTER 10: Discussion 82
APPENDIX: Workforce Modernisation –
The Mixed Economy Policing Project in
Surrey Police 88
BIBLIOGRAPHY 104
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