Dr Jess Miller delivered a training seminar on how to look after and get the best out of officers as key witnesses during serious post-incident procedures.
The presentation introduced the hippocampal memory system and its application in trauma processing and memory consolidation. Suggestions were presented and discussed for enhancing PIPs guidance (APP) regarding:
- Minimising spatial and episodic recall at Stage 2 and 3
- Managing trauma impact from 48 hours to 28 days
- Assessing trauma impact on memory using validated screens at Stage 4
- Maximising memory consolidation and achieving best evidence at Stage 4 using spatial and episodic information processing techniques (maps & timelines)
- Allowing submission of further consolidated and therefore updated spatial and episodic material from Stage 4
Lively engagement ensued with 220 attendees from SIOs and firearms officers to lawyers, federation reps and the IPCC.
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