Training
Students applying to be a trained FLO will do day to day police work in their parent department and will only be brought in as an FLO and taken off normal duties when the need arises. Students will initially have a 5 day training module to gain the necessary requirements to be an approachable and friendly FLO. Training is disciplined and structured to make sure all potential FLO's become both professional and supportively in the execution of their duties.
FLO Course Content is made up of:
- Overnight reading during the course (as FLOs can be assigned for twenty-four hours a day)
- Talks from surviving victims or their families.
- Team building exercises.
- Studying of computer presentations.
Upon completion of the first module, FLOs train further in three subjects, which may include major crime and road death. The course is made up of a total of seven days training, divided into two modules held on consecutive weeks.
In 2011 Blackstones Practical Policing series released the first book about Police Family Liaison. 'Police Family Liaison'- Duncan McGarry and Kevin Smith http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199214082.do
Duncan McGarry has been UK National Police Family Liaison Advisor since 2002 and has managed Family Liaison deployments all over the world, including September 11th attacks in New York where he led the UK Family Liaison Team that responded in Manhattan.
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