John Buckley
Confidential Informant Training - From us, ...

I was asked yesterday has to what makes confidential informant (Human Source) training provided by HSM Training different from other providers. I wasn’t quite sure where to start. Then it dawned on me that it doesn’t actually start with us, it starts with the customer and what they need. And what they need is not always what they want.

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There are things I understand about policing and things I don’t. - Using Software to Save money

An article that discusses the reluctance to embrace software effectively. “While delivering training to police officers I am often asked why they have to spend so much time transcribing interviews. It gets tiring because I don't have answers. These officers want to be out on the streets helping people.”

Lost Police Notebooks - Using technology for smarter policing

Lost Police Notebooks - Using technology for smarter policing

A discussion around secure police notebooks. Moving from paper-based pocketbooks to secure apps on a mobile phone. Using technology to save money for police while keeping everyone more secure.

Securing documentation - Intelligence Work 101

A distressing story from West Midlands UK about the loss of confidential intelligence on gang members. This article discusses why losing confidential material of this type, should not happen. We are in the 21st Century and there are secure encrypted methods for keeping intelligence safely and a handwritten police notebook is not one of them.