What is their role?
- day to day management of the partnership between the family of the deceased and Police investigation.
- may be involved in profiling victim, preparing family tree, gathering all relevant info from the family
what should a family liason plan consider?
- selection of the FLO
- exit plan for FlO
- objectives of FLO
- assessing most app way to interview family
- what and when to release info to family
- complainants from family and how to resolve
- Liase with victim support and other support agencies
when should the exit plan be developed?
before the FLO is deployed and be communicated to the family at the commencement of the deployment
who can family include
Partners
Parents, siblings, children
Guardians, whanau
Any others who have had a direct and close relationship with the victim
includes chosen family
what should OC continue to review in relation to FLO?
- the suitability of the officer for the role
- whether addition FLO need to be app
- the needs and wishes of the family
Suspect within family
- the possibility of deploying a more experienced FLO
- not using FLO in any SW or k9
- investigative or evidential impact of deployment
whats the important of Victim support
early introduction will enable police and VS to work in partnership to provide appropriate info and support to family
what should be assessed in relation to taking statements from the family?
- whether the witness requires special consideration
- availability of the witness
- any particular needs the witness has for assistance
- the optimum approach to be taken when approaching and interviewing witness
what is the paramount importance with regard to family contact
- treated appropriately, professional with respect and with consideration given to their needs.
how long does a family have to object to a PM
24hours
VIS
Used for sentencing and it must be no more than 28 days old.
doe by a homicide trained victim support volunteer
what to do when offender is arrested
- inform family of right to vnr
- make all reasonable efforts to ascertain views on bail and communicate these to the court
- what and why the charges have been laid
- date and place of each court hearing
- release on bail/applications/ details of bail
what are two categories that sources of info fall into when examining lifestyle of victim
people (friends, colleagues) and passive data (NIA, medical history, phone records)
what should be considered regarding releasing victim photograph?
police to make an objective appreciation as the photograph may influence public response
media may use an old photo/family doesnt like so best to secure agreement for publication
before meeting the family, FLO must
familiarise themselves with:
- the enquiry
- all info established concerning the family
- available and intelligence which could impact the liaison role
establish what contact the family has already had, what info has been given
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programmes, remedies, services available through Police to the family as victims in their own right
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progress of the investigation
