Een geweldig voorbeeld van transparantie voor een opsporingsproces. De politie van West-Midlands heeft een moordzaak van bijna minuut tot minuut op een blog gezet, zodat burgers kunnen volgen hoe het nu in het echt gaat. Natuurlijk was het nog niet live te volgen, maar ging het om het relaas van een zaak uit het verleden, maar toch. Het geeft aan hoe een verhaal online verteld en gevolgd zou kunnen worden, iets wat we bij steeds meer zaken ook in live blogs zien gebeuren. Door social media gebruikers, de media en soms ook de politie.
Onderstaand blog werd in 2014 gepubliceerd en start vanaf de eerste melding. Het verhaal is in het Engels gelaten, om de ‘echtheid’ ervan niet aan te tasten…
WEDNESDAY 7:45
The investigation starts as soon as we receive the initial murder report which would come in to one of our contact centres. It?s taken by one of call handlers who dispatches officers to the scene on an immediate response.
Name: Emily Poste
Role: Emergency Call Operator
Worked for West Midlands Police for 4 years. Before working for WMP Emily was an Auxiliary Nurse for Hampshire NHS.
Emily?s role is to take 999 calls from the public and calls from other agencies and she also works on the Traffic desks as a Resource Allocate and Dispatcher at Bournville Lane Force Control centre.
PCSOs Judith Chetwood and Daniel Cowell outside crime scene in Wolverhampton.
Name:?Caroline Marsh
Role:?Detective Chief Inspector
Senior Investigating Officer within Force CID for two years
Name: Tony Murphy
Role: Crime Scene Co-ordinator
Worked for WMP for 22 years
Name: Julie Yearsley
Rank:?Detective Constable
Role: Family Liaison officer
Joined the force 19 years ago having previously been an auxiliary Nurse.? She became a detective after 3 years in uniform and has been the force lead FLO for the last 12 months.
As an FLO, Julie?s role is to support the next of kin to deceased from the initial notification of death, formal identification, Coroners court,?victimology and evidence gathering of family members and guide through all aspects of enquiry until court case.
Family Liaison officer Julie Yearsley talks to Johnson Nwakubo about the murder of his brother and how family liaison officers helped him through the ordeal.
Forensic scene investigator using a ultraviolet light to detect footprints.
Name: Hazel Johnson
Role: Senior Forensic Scientist
Has worked for the force for?18 months.? Before working for WMP, Hazel worked for the Forensic Science Service?for 25 years as a forensic biologist.
Her role with WMP includes? screening submitted items for the presence of blood and providing general forensic support to the force by attending scenes of crime or by providing advice on submissions to the forensic science provider.
Name: Keiley Gartland
Role: Head of News ? Corporate Communications
Worked for the force for 10 years.? Her role as Head of News involves working with local and national media, managing the force?s social media ?and supporting investigations and major operations.