What is the point of the police providing a summary at the end of the interview?
A. The summary of the content of the key parts of an interview at its conclusion by the officer ensures that all involved will more readily agree that there was either a full admission, a qualified admission or a defence raised to the allegation. Merely recording that a full and frank admission was made will not be sufficient in the future. Police supervisors will be able to judge if further work is required before charge and the prosecutor and defence advocate can better assess the quality of the interview. This is an action suggested by the Senior Presiding Judge as helpful to all concerned. Officers will be assisted in this task by making notes of the key parts as the interview progresses and using these to construct the summary at the conclusion. In the course of interview officers should endeavour to establish if the suspect challenges: · the complainant’s injuries, · DNA, fingerprint or other forensic analysis, · Visually recorded evidence, · Key elements of the prosecution case,
