OTIENO BENEDICT ODHIAMBO

• Leading and conducting investigations into 16 major cases and public interest cases of allegations of deaths, serious fraud crimes and serious injuries to persons caused by Police, with 75% successful court conviction rating
• Gathering information and produce intelligence reports to inform investigations, and Supporting prosecution process in court;
• Planning and coordinating team activities; Assessing and prioritizing team workloads and allocating team functions to individual team members and monitoring performance;
• Supervising and coordinating available resources against workloads, managing team functions including cases from reception to final report writing, ensuring efficient workload;
• Overseeing day to day tasks and performance of team members, coaching and mentoring team members, and identifying individual and collective training needs; Quality control; auditing investigations files to ensure adherence to IPOA quality standards;
• Develop effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.
• Conduct regular reviews of operations and identified areas for improvement.
• Maintain overall safe work environment with employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures.
• Evaluate staff performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies.
• Generate reports detailing findings and recommendations.
• Testify in court during certain criminal cases.
• Prepare warrants and searched buildings for criminal activity and illegal substances.
• Supervise, directed and evaluated assigned staff members and newly hired officers.

Achievements

• Obtained and verified evidence by interviewing, observing and conducting surveillance of suspects and records.
• Delivered calm, professional testimony to support case evidence, establish timelines, and offer law enforcement expertise.
• Trained team members on agency processes, court procedures and investigation strategies.
• Followed constitutional standards to properly obtain and execute warrants for arrests and searches.
• Collected sworn written and recorded statements backing up investigations.
• Verified compliance with codes and documented findings.
• Determined case direction based on reviews of wide-ranging information.
• Conducted confidential investigations of potential insurance law violations.
• Gave official testimony in grand jury, administrative and open court hearings.
• Oversaw criminal cases, coordinated investigations, and prepared evidence and investigators for court cases.
• Supervised and motivated field investigators and collaborated with personnel to identify strengths and areas of weakness.
• Organized and executed undercover surveillance operations.

Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise implementation of strategies, policies, manuals, plans, standards and procedures pertaining to investigations;
• Coordinate investigations of any complaints on police misconduct and make recommendations to the division;
• Lead team in conducting investigations into public interest cases
• Manage records of all cases investigated by the Authority;
• Supervise internal case tracking system of all investigations;
• Coordinate implementation of quality assurance standards of investigations; and
• Coach, mentor, supervise and facilitate capacity development within the team.

Operational Responsibilities / Tasks

• Liaise with other teams to enhance investigations;
• Conduct audit and review of all investigations;
• Gather and analyse information on investigations;
• Liaise with other institutions on issues of Police oversight, including other State organs in relation to services offered by them;
• Provide safe custody of all evidence;
• Participate in rapid responses;
• Facilitate prosecution process in court in Liaison with the division head
• Provide reports on ongoing and completed investigations;
• Receive and allocate cases for investigations to team members and monitor progress;
• Provide data to facilitate publication of findings of investigations;
• Communicate and implement department’s decisions to team members;
• Develop periodic individual performance reports; and
• Identify risks faced by the team and formulate measures to mitigate them.

• Undertaking investigations into Intellectual Property infringements Gathering and analyzing evidence Gathering information and produce intelligence reports to inform investigations; Ensuring safe custody of all investigative records and evidence Conducting undercover surveillance operations; Carrying out sting operations and documenting all investigations in concise, factual and timely manner; Supporting prosecution process in court

The programme develops the skills required to become a leader in the security, intelligence and crime-prevention areas in the public and private sectors