Regulated Industry Blandford Waste Team
&Area Enforcement Team
Names: John Wiles Ian Percy
Job titles: Acting Team Leader Area Enforcement Officer
Investigation
Warranted Officers
Giving the Caution
PACE Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes A-H
Code B Code of practice for searches of premises
Code E Code of practice on audio recording interviews with suspects.
Enforcement & Prosecution Policy
All Enforcement and Prosecution must be measured against a policy which also takes into account:Environmental EffectNature of OffenceFinancial ImplicationImpact on Legitimate BusinessDeterrent EffectIntentHistoryAttitudeOffenders Personal CircumstancesForeseeability
Gathering Evidence
Enter Premises
Take Photographs, Samples, Measurements,
Seize Items.
Take Witness Statements
Provide your Witness Statement (use of Pocket Book)
Interview Suspected Offender(s)
Pollution events - dissolved oxygen, ammonium & turbidity
Ammonium & Turbidity spikes
Dissolved Oxygen
Case File Preparation
Case Management System Entry (inter link NIRS CCS)
Proposed Charges
Executive Summary
Other Information
Costs of Investigation
Statements
Documentary Exhibits
Unused Material
Bichard Inquiry
The inquiry opened on 13 January 2004.
The findings of the Bichard Inquiry were published in June 2004.
Humberside and Cambridgeshire police forces were heavily criticised for their failings in maintaining intelligence records on Ian Huntley.
Information & Intelligence
Information
“unevaluated material of every description that when processed can
result in the production of intelligence.”
Intelligence
“information that has now been evaluated and put into context.”
It has a PROVENANCEPROVENANCE
How do you know this?Where did it originate?Who told you?Why did they tell you?When did they tell you?Who else is aware of the information?How do they know?Where were you told?What was said?
Information & Intelligence
Information
Humpty Dumpty fell off a wall and can’t be put back together again.
Intelligence
Humpty Dumpty was sitting on a wall and fell off. The source of this information is unknown. There are significant gaps here. We don’t know if this is true.
Humpty Dumpty can’t be put back together again. This was witnessed by all the King’s horses and all the King’s men. They are a trusted source. This is known to be true.
Information & IntelligenceWhy do we need a Provenance?
How do you know this?Where did it originate?Who told you?Why did they tell you?When did they tell you?Who else is aware of the information?How do they know?Where were you told?What was said?
Information & IntelligenceWhen 5x5x5 is not 125
SOURCESOURCEA – ALWAYS RELIABLEB – MOSTLY RELIABLEC – SOMETIMES RELIABLED – UNRELIABLEE – UNTESTED SOURCE
INFORMATIONINFORMATION1 – KNOWN TO BE TRUE WITHOUT RESERVATION2 – THE INFORMATION IS KNOWN PERSONALLY BY THE SOURCE BUT NOT TO THE PERSON REPORTING3 – THE INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN PERSONALLY TO THE SOURCE BUT CAN BE CORROBORATED BY OTHER INFORMATION4 – THE INFORMATION CANNOT BE JUDGED5 – SUSPECTED TO BE FALSE
HANDLING / DISSEMINATIONHANDLING / DISSEMINATION1 – Permits dissemination within the UK Police service AND to other law enforcement agencies2 – Permits dissemination to UK non-prosecuting agencies3 – Permits dissemination to non EEA foreign law enforcement agencies4 – Permits dissemination within originating agency. Specify internal recipient (s)5 - Permits dissemination but receiving agency to observe specified conditions
Information/Intelligence Sources There are so many, but to name a few…..
Internal systems – IWS, CCS etc
Contacts with Fire Service
Conversations with clients
Observations made whilst conducting a site visit
Large landowner groups
NCSNewspaper reportsNotebooks
letters
E-mails
Investigations & Intelligence
IWS discovered containing a range of items including tyres, car batteries, garden waste and some WEEE.
Incident comes in as report on NIRS with full reporter details
You’ll deal with the incident as usual
…BUT…
Whilst you are there you are approached by a sweet little old lady out walking her prize Pomeranians FiFi and Sweetums. She tells you it’s such a shame and an awful mess. She bets it was that scallywag she saw in a white van the other day with the back doors open. It was parked just there and had something like Coopers Clarence on the side.
Surveillance
A Few of the Benefits…To be equipped with all available information (Hostile Sites).
To be targeted in our approach to environmental crime and offenders.
To identify emerging issues before they become a problem.
To provide new lines of enquiry for ongoing investigations.
To increase the communication between teams and regions.
Better Partnership working – NIM is universal.
Lawful collecting, storing and dissemination of information (DP etc.).
To take a threat assessed approach to issues and seek to resolve them by understanding the root causes
To build and manage organisational memory for the benefit of everyone.
Result
6 individuals and 2 companies interviewed
5 individuals pleaded guilty at court
Stopped 96,000 tyres going to Vietnam
Illegal waste activity cost de-frauded farmer £70,000 in clear-up costs.
Bank left to clear 90,000 tyres at £150,000 when company declared itself bankrupt
The Result
Stopped illegal waste exports to Nigeria
£8,000 paid to dispose of waste correctly
1 illegal over-stayer arrested by Police and deported to Nigeria
1 male arrested for failing to answer bail for fraud and deception offences
Intelligence gained and shared with Borders Agency, Metropolitan Police and Customs
The Result
10 people arrested
8 people pleaded Guilty at Crown Court
1 Cautioned
1 person dismissed – no evidence offered
Fines, costs and Proceeds of Crime £472,000
Stolen property recovered
Local Intelligence gained
Reassurance to local community