MIST team

English to Croatian Law/Patents Law (general) Police work

The MPS are supporting officers with developing their investigative skills – embedding the changes brought in under Mi Investigation. This includes introducing Detective Sergeants onto
response teams and creating Mi Investigation Support teams (MIST) on BCUs. Forensic managers have been introduced onto each BCU to maximise the opportunities to detect more crimes using
forensic evidence. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of the case files submitted to the CPS to ensure errors do not result in acquittal, which is being supported by the Case Management
Team. The use of Body Worn Video footage in interviews is being promoted to encourage early guilty pleas and seeking to reduce the number of suspects released under investigation.

Mi Investigation
A fundamental change to the nature of the demand for ERT officers is the introduction of Mi
Investigation. In the majority of cases the officer deployed to the scene will investigate that crime from
start to finish. This aims to provide a single point of contact for any issues relating to that crime, reduces
the number of handovers between officers and ultimately provides a clearer, more efficient service to
victims of crime. Response team officers now hold and investigate all non-serious and/or complex
crimes. Officers will complete solvability assessments in relation to their crimes, making the decision to
screen out crime once all possible lines of reasonable enquiry have been exhausted. This is an
ambitious change, dictated by the need to provide victims the best service in the context of increased
demand and constrained resources. The internal culture change associated with it is also ambitious,
with officers concerned they may have neither the time, nor the skills needed to deliver it effectively. We
are conscious this is a change that will take time, persistence and effort to fully embed and make a
positive difference to victims.