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Why prosecutions are routinely a very time-consuming exercise of preparation and proceedings

A significant amount of a prosecutor’s time and resources is spent analysing the brief of evidence, confirming the relevance of evidence and witnesses, and preparing strategies to present that evidence in prosecution proceedings. The presentation of evidence in the proceedings may actually constitute a fraction of the prosecutor’s time and resources allocated to a particular case.
If the brief of evidence received by prosecutors already had some form of evidence analytics (i.e. clearly mapped relevance of evidence and witnesses to the elements of the offences plus a chronology of events with associated exhibits) then the time spent by prosecutors analysing and preparing for proceedings would be significantly reduced.
Another way to look at it is the analogy of writing a book review to present to an audience.
Consider which of the following would be the most efficient way to get the book review delivered to the audience?
  • The author delivers the book to the presenter, the presenter reads the entire book, analyses the relevant areas of the book, then prepares the book review? or;
  • The author of the book delivers both the book and the analysis of the book to the presenter, the presenter then confirms the analysis and prepares the book review.

Investigators are the authors of briefs of evidence and prosecutors are the reviewers and presenters of the brief to prosecution proceedings.

Investigators are under increased pressure with complexities of briefs of evidence and the increasing number of prosecutions. Consequently, there are realistically only two options for relieving these pressure; increase the number of prosecutors (as the article indicates), or improving efficiency in the process of preparation for prosecution.

One of these solutions would have a significant increase in human resource cost. However, the other can be achieved through a simple change of investigation and evidence management methodologies known as Elementising Evidence™.

With Comtrac as your investigation partner, you are able to increase your front line capacity while resting assured Comtrac is by your side as your partner helping strengthen results, reducing risk and improving the overall quality of your investigations.

Learn more about the benefits of using Comtrac

 

Book a demo with a Comtrac Investigation Management Specialist. We will discuss your current investigation workflow and show you how other agencies similar to yours are streamlining their investigations.

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Comtrac is completely revolutionising Investigation Agencies by making the Investigation process efficient and consistent.

Our customers achieve high quality outcomes for their stakeholders in every investigation.

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As Head of Commercial and Business Strategy at Comtrac, John is responsible for developing Comtrac’s Partnerships within Public Justice, Government, Regulators and Law Enforcement in Australia and Internationally. He leads a dynamic team that advise heads of investigation, agency leaders, and transformation officers on strategies to revolutionise their digital investigative culture through rationalisation and adoption of new technology.

Following a 27-year career in Law Enforcement specialising in criminal investigations, security intelligence and counter-terrorism, a career change saw a move to commercial relationships, focusing on Digital Intelligence with agencies throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific Region.

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He has experience in software design, development, delivery, support, technical leadership, pre-sales support, stakeholder engagement and vendor management. Jason is a technologist at heart, and has a continuing passion for technology to drive business outcomes.

Prior to joining Comtrac, Jason worked with and lead many teams delivering software solutions for Federal, State and Local Government. He has also delivered commercial products in the audio, financial, mining and aerospace industries.

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Craig Doran has over 22 years of experience in complex investigations from the Qld Police Service within the Fraud & Corporate Crime Unit, State Drug Investigation Group, Property Crime Unit and the Crime and Corruption Commission. During that period Craig received an Assistant Commissioners Certificate for conviction of an international fraud syndicate and later a Commissioners Certificate for the first ever successful dismantling and removal of an outlaw motorcycle gang from Queensland.

From 2008 to 2011, Craig led a team at the Crime and Corruption Commission, designing a digital evidence and brief management system that was quickly accepted by the Director of Public Prosecution Office and resulted in a Corporate Award for the digital transformation of briefs of evidence.

In 2016, Craig became the Founder and CEO of Comtrac. Comtrac is a digital brief of evidence application designed to streamline the criminal justice process by automating the brief of evidence through a digital and brief management methodology known as Elementising Evidence™.