Common Law Police Disclosure Scheme

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Thanks for all your amazing work could you let me know what training do your officers get around COMMON LAW POLICE DISCLOSURE SCHEME.
And at what level.

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Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please find below a table listing courses currently provided to student police officers in the MPS which specifically relate to the Common Law Police Disclosure Scheme (CLPDS).

In addition, we also teach the following module which, whilst it does not specifically relate to the CLPDS, may be of interest to you:

PU0101ppv01_Managing Police Information and Intelligence covered in week 8, day 4. (60 minute instructor led session)

Session aims

This session will introduce key issues of intelligence, information and data management

Learning outcomes

1. Explain the importance of information and intelligence to key areas of policing, relevant legislation / guidance underpinning information and intelligence.

2. Explain practical issues in collection, retention and sharing of information and intelligence and how information and intelligence held by other agencies can help police operations.

3. Explain data protection regulations and their impact on professional policing and the issues that can arise when data management protocols are not adhered to.

4. Identify the rights of the individual in respect of information held about them and considerations associated with handling information and intelligence about vulnerable people.

COMMON LAW POLICE DISCLOSURE SCHEME
PEQF Course Code	Title	Week	Day	Session Aims	Learning Outcomes	Covers…	Training Delivery	Length
PU0212 IPLDP0212ppv01_CLPD	Common Law Police disclosure (CLPD)	15	2	This session will develop the student police officers’  understanding when dealing with offenders and the  CJS	1. Describe the process of common law police disclosures and its use in protecting the public. 2. Describe police officer responsibilities in common law disclosure.		Lecturer Led session	60 Minutes
PU0068ppv01	CJD Disclosure	10	4	This session will develop the student police officers approach when investigating criminal offences – Disclosure	1. Explain how to manage evidence / information that has been gathered in the course of an investigation. 2. Discuss the impact on non-compliance on victims and defendants. 3. Demonstrate how to record information in case files	Attorney General’s Guidance on Disclosure 2020 Non-Compliance with CPIA 1996	MPS Led session	120 minutes
PU0032tiv01	Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act [CPIA] parts 1,2	4	3			Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (CPIA)	MPS led session	60 minutes
PU0094ppv01	Offender Management	15	2	This session will develop the student police officers understanding when dealing with offenders and the CJS.	Describe the process of common law police disclosures a s and its use in protecting the public. 2. Describe police officer responsibilities in common law disclosure.  3. Explain offender management of high risk offenders through Multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA)	Includes the following ….Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS):  • Known as ‘Clare’s law’. • Procedures to disclose information about previous violent and abusive offending. • Extended common law power to disclose information. ‘Sarah’s law’: • Allows parents, carers or guardians to ask the police for information about a person who has contact with their child or a child close to them.	Lecture Led Session	60 minutes