We provide a range of specialist services and solutions to police forces across the UK by increasing force capacity and capability, providing impartiality, and improving performance. As a trusted partner for the police, our services can assist with investigation, review, analysis, and performance improvement, tailored to support the ever changing demands and challenges of the police forces. All our services are delivered through a Statement of Works (SOW) which set-outs the key deliverables, milestones, targets, responsibilities and cost of our services. We are proud to have supported Major Crime, ROCU, PPU, SOCU, CID, PSD, CJU, RASSO & CAIT teams with our services.
Witness statements, house-to-house enquiries and reviewing CCTV footage.
An accredited and dedicated CCTV retrieval and review team helping collect key evidence.
A wide range of services across community protection and people welfare.
Preparing, reviewing and redacting case files for forces – improving quality when required to enhance successful prosecution rates.
Specialist intelligence analysis and independent reviews to support how forces react to current & emerging threats.
Retrieving and reviewing digital evidence from a number of devices to support further investigation on persons of interest.
We deliver a wide range of solutions and services to the regulatory sector to support with demand, skills, and experience which contributes towards continuous improvement and high quality outcomes. Delivering our services through a statement of work, we report on key deliverables, quality, milestones, and budget throughout the project duration. We pride ourselves on not just being a service provider but also a partner who shares the risk and delivers high quality outcomes with efficient and effective methodologies.
An independent review of cases, both current and historic by highly skilled specialists.
Providing well trained and experienced community safety wardens to the local authorities
Witness statements, house-to-house enquiries and reviewing CCTV footage.
A wide range of services across community protection and people welfare.
We review current and historic cases and to determine if further evidence can be secured.
We have a range of surveillance services which include static, follow and online surveillance
Specialist and experienced investigators supporting investigations across the UK.
An independent service for complaints management, review and investigations
Specialist teams using the latest surveillance equipment to gather the highest quality evidence.
RSMS have a new approach for SIOs to consider when planning their resource capabilities.
With our investigation support service, we are able to deploy pre-vetted, specialist, and experienced police investigators to support police forces across the UK. These teams are able to support a part, and in limited circumstances all, of the responsibilities and functions from our client’s investigations providing:
The investigative teams support with:
‘An accredited and dedicated CCTV retrieval and review team.’
RSMS CCTV Retrieval and Review Teams of trained and accredited investigators deployed to support with complex and non-complex CCTV retrieval and viewing across major crime and volume crime.
Able to deploy within 24 hours to ensure no video evidence is lost, our teams track, trace, identify, collate, retrieve and review CCTV footage and material supporting investigations. With the latest guidance for CCTV retrieval now released, our teams are also deployed with the UKs first and only bespoke qualification – SFJ lvl3 in CCTV Investigation and Retrieval – designed and delivered in-house by our specialist investigative training division.
In addition to retrieval, we also deploy dedicated CCTV review teams to review video content in support of an enquiry.
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RSMS understands the importance of achieving and maintaining excellent standards of safeguarding and offers a wide range of independent safeguarding services, providing police forces, sporting bodies, religious institutions, fire and rescue services and local authorities alike with expert and fully-managed Consultancy support.
Our team can provide support to your organisation on a short, medium or long-term basis; we pride ourselves on being flexible and adapting our services to meet client needs, budgets and time-scales.
RSMS deploys teams of experienced and thoughtfully selected Consultants to assist with Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs), Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Improvement Services, Independent Investigations, Safeguarding Strategy Creation and Implementation and much more.
‘Preparing, reviewing and redacting case files for forces – improving quality when required to enhance successful prosecution rates.’
RSMS Case File Support Team of highly skilled and experienced specialists are available to support on current and live case files
Our teams are able to prepare, review and redact case files due to be presented to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
They provide information, advice and guidance to help improve the approach and outcomes of the investigations. In addition, cases are reviewed to understand if there are critical gaps or additional actions recommended to the OICs.
‘Specialist intelligence analysis and independent reviews to support forces react to emerging threats and to identify current threats, issues and challenges to historic and current investigation’
Intelligence Analysis – RSMS Intelligence Teams are able to create an intelligence profile on specific incidents including key factors such as risk, harm and threat. In addition, extensive intelligence can be developed on persons of interest, addresses, vehicles, networks, associations etc, by using up to date intelligence software and skillsets.
Independent Reviews – RSMS are deployed to identify current threats, issues and challenges to historic and current investigations and establish if further evidence can be identified / secured to understand if lessons can be learnt to prevent similar incidents happening in the future. We are able to identify issues or gaps and provide advice, support and guidance to proactive and reactive investigations.
‘Retrieving and reviewing digital evidence from a number of devices to support further investigation on persons of interest.’
RSMS DF Support Team of trained DFU Technicians and Kiosk Operators can be deployed to forces which have a high demand in their mobile device evidence retrieval. We provide an innovative support service to help meet these demands that is fit for the evolving demand in today’s challenges.
Our teams are trained in the relevant core skills for data recovery, analysis and operating Kiosks. They undergo a continual competency assessment, CPD and it is mandatory for each practitioner to pass a number of training courses to comply with best practice under the Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) codes of practice V7.
The service is tailored to fit the needs of our bluelight clients as well as being effective and efficient in terms of cost, quality and speed.
RSMS conduct independent reviews conforming to impartiality. Reviews range from internal standards and conduct of staff, financial investigations, performance, review incidents which have taken place to enable lessons learned or self-refer to council or legal bodies. Our highly trained and experienced consultants conduct a thorough review and capture all relevant information required which is set out in the terms of reference.
The reviews contribute towards positive improvement across the organisation.
RSMS deploy overt, high visibility Community Safety Officers, Marshals and Wardens to local authorities across the UK to provide community protection and safeguarding. This includes community engagement, welfare visits, ASB response, intelligence gathering on drug usage, abandoned vehicles, graffiti, fly-tipping and other community based activities. We work in close partnership with multi-agencies and provide enhanced safeguarding support through projects such as violence against women and girls (VAWG) and other activities involving protection of vulnerable persons.
The service provides detailed management information and intelligence which is shared with the authorities to enable a dedicated and committed focus on areas needed for improvement and attention.
Our smart, high visibility uniform reassures the community.
With our investigation support service, we are able to deploy specialist, and experienced investigators to support investigations across the UK. These teams are able to support a part, and in limited circumstances all, of the responsibilities and functions from our client’s investigations providing:
The investigative teams support with:
RSMS deploys expert safeguarding consultant to support with case development and organisational development. Our experienced consultants thoroughly review cases to provide suggestions and recommendations for case development in addition to undertaking investigations concerning a vulnerable person. We work extensively across the regulatory sectors and the sports, religious and charity sectors.
We support individual cases or volume cases to achieve the best outcome within time and budget.
We have successfully supported over 8,000 safeguarding cases and investigations.
RSMS delivers independent case reviews and are commissioned to undertake serious case reviews (SCR), child safeguarding review (CSR), domestic homicide reviews (DHR) and similar cases. We review a sensitive current or historic case and establish if further evidence can be identified / secured and/or to understand if lessons can be learnt to prevent similar incidents happening in the future.
Our Independent experts carefully review the case and provide a comprehensive and detailed report showing the findings following the review. We adhere to strict Terms of Reference (TOR), understand the circumstances relating to the incident, carefully review of investigation/cases, understand intelligence collated and how it was used/disseminated, produce a comprehensive report based on the detailed review and identify lessons learned and recommendations for future investigative processes, where required.
We provide expert surveillance to support investigations. We have a range of surveillance services which include static, follow and online surveillance. Our specialist teams use the latest surveillance equipment to gather the highest quality evidential material which can be used to prove or disprove potential perpetrators. The service includes high-spec equipment such as on-person covert radios, cameras in addition to static audio and visual equipment which blends into the every day to day environment.
We deploy individuals plus equipment or teams deployed to fixed locations and/or mobile units by foot and vehicle. We have the latest technology to conduct online surveillance and purchases through covert methods to successfully carry out test purchases and other activities for evidential retrieval.
Our clients use this service to gather evidence on perpetrators who have committed criminal and civil offences. We conform to industry best practice and legislation such as RIPA.
RSMS provides performance reviews and provide recommendations to maximise business process, procedures and standards. We independently inspect and review specific business areas set by our clients prior to a large regulatory inspection or to test the efficacy through our robust techniques and quality assurance management systems.
We specifically identify current threats, issues and challenges to historic and current investigations where the public, vulnerable persons may be at high risk of harm and review how victims are supported. Identify issues or gaps within the investigation and to provide best practice principles.
Our specific areas of performance review is: safeguarding, complaints, case file quality, victim and witness satisfaction, equality, diversity and inclusivity to name a few.
Performance reviews are conducted on clients site and remotely. On completion, a comprehensive report is provided which includes any recommendations, advice and guidance for continuous improvement.
With our investigation support service, we are able to deploy specialist, and experienced investigators to support investigations across the UK. These teams are able to support a part, and in limited circumstances all, of the responsibilities and functions from our client’s investigations providing:
The investigative teams support with:
We provide independent service to conduct complaints management, review and investigations. This is a flexible service which can be engaged on a daily basis or to manage an end to end project to support volume cases or in-depth singular cases.
Our highly experienced complaints consultants are available to work anywhere in the UK and internationally. The teams are qualified and experienced practitioners with extensive techniques to review and investigation basic to complex complaints and conduct sensitive investigations.
We can implement a dedicated complaints service which encompasses an email and phone line for complainants to submit their complaint which is managed by RSMS. Full management information and reporting is provided to our clients which shows number of complaints, themes, response and recommendations.
We provide expert surveillance to support investigations. We have a range of surveillance services which include static, follow and online surveillance. Our specialist teams use the latest surveillance equipment to gather the highest quality evidential material which can be used to prove or disprove potential perpetrators. The service includes high-spec equipment such as on-person covert radios, cameras in addition to static audio and visual equipment which blends into the every day to day environment.
We deploy individuals plus equipment or teams deployed to fixed locations and/or mobile units by foot and vehicle. We have the latest technology to conduct online surveillance and purchases through covert methods to successfully carry out test purchases and other activities for evidential retrieval.
Our clients use this service to gather evidence on perpetrators who have committed criminal and civil offences. We conform to industry best practice and legislation such as RIPA.
Red Teams assess the strength of the effectiveness of existing controls and security across various sites. Our teams test the vulnerability through various techniques in trying to gain access to a secured site. This test the strength and capabilities of the overall security inclusive of vulnerabilities and real time vulnerabilities. We provide in-depth reports based on findings and any suggestions or recommendations where required.
Having a strong security control over premises is extremely important to protect internal or external threats through loss of data or exploitation of organisation information.
