Family Liaison Officer Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is the primary function of the Family Liaison Officer?
As partners in the investigation and not a support person.
What does the role of the FLO involve?
An investigator
What are some of the Family Liaison plan considerations?
- Selection and implementation of FLO
- Safety
- Objectives
- Information to be shared
- Exit plan
- Any information family wants to feedback to Police
- Any complaints family have
- Liaison with victim support and other support services
What is an Exit Plan for a Family Liaison Officer?
The exit plan will be determined and executed at the discretion of the
O/C Investigation and should include plans for reactivation.
Define the term ‘Family’?
- Parents, siblings, partners, children, guardians, whanau and others who have a direct and close relationship
- Includes chosen family
- Should reflect victims culture and lifestyle
If a suspect is suspected to be living with Family members, what considerations/ actions or precautions should be taken?
- Welfare and safety of the FLO
- Increased monitoring of work and interactions with family
- Level of info disclosed
- Process intel from FLO is managed
- Need for FLO to be clear in interactions with family
- Importance of documenting all comms
- Possibility of more experienced FLO
- Not using FLO in search/arrests
- Impact of deployment
- Whether FLO will reside with family
Before meeting family, Family Liaison Officer must:
- Familiarise themselves with file
- With family
- Work out what information to share and no share
- Intel
- Religious beliefs, lifestyle, communication requirements
- Establish contact the family has had with Police
- Establish what info they have
- Establish what info public have
Witnesses within the family….
- Special Considerations of the witness
- Availability of the witness
- Needs of the witness
- Approach to the witness
What is the significance of a Victim Impact Statement? Outline the requirements.
- Impact the crime has had on them
- No more than 28 days from sentencing
Disclosure of info to family …
- What supports and services are available
- Progress on investigation
- The role as family as witnesses in prosecution
When building a Victim profile, what two categories can the Family Liaison Officer get this data from. Provide an example of each.
People and passive
List people with sources of information for the victim profile….
- Colleagues
- Partners
- Associates
- Online
- Hobbies and habits
-Travel movements
List passive sources of information for the victim profile….
- NIA
- CID
- Medical history
- Mental health records
- Human Source Management Unit (HSMU)
- Internet usage
- Vehicle details
- Banking
- Photographs
Who should help with return of property?
Family Liaison Officer
Once an offender has been arrested, in consultation with the O/C the FLO must…?
- That they’ve been arrested
- What for
- What they have been charged with
- What their views on bail are
- Court appearances and location
- Any application for name suppression
If a homicide is identified at an early time and a Family Liaison Officer is selected and deployed to the scene, what actions will they take from the beginning?
