Police Courtroom Skills Training - Witness Familiarisation Reviews

Brilliant thank you

It was an absolute privilege to have a defence barrister that is so experienced be able to speak to us. I am an experienced officer and am quite comfortable with court, however I have such a better understanding of processes, decision making and principles that I did not understand at all beforehand. I think this course will only help me be a better interviewer and investigator and it was such a rare opportunity and insight. I'll probably use the knowledge I learned today the most in my career!

A really enjoyable and informative day which was very interactive.

I believe this course is an integral part of policing. We complete a number of training sessions on getting a case to court but then almost no training on what to do when you are called to give evidence. I feel that without this course we can only expect that cases are lost because of a lack of knowledge which can be picked apart by trained solicitors.

An experience! But was very worthwhile training, showing our mistakes in safe space.

This was good, but wasnt ideal that the scenario in which we were in the box about wasnt realistic because we wouldnt be questioned on that. It would be useful to have a more relevant situation, however was really useful to learn the tips and tricks.

Very relevant training. Richard is an experienced professional who was personable and engaging.

Really good course and input which helped to settle nerves. Learning defence tactics helps with remaining calm and knowing how to deal with it.

Great course and would fully recommend for it to continue on the DC course

The interactive part of the course where a mock court environment is probably the most valuable as as a participant the experience will help but conversely watching the process as an observer has massive value to to pick up on the tools and methods used by the defence and be able to process and hopefully combat these in court.