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<p>The Ministry Of Defence maintains a cadre of Harassment Investigation Officers
who investigate complaints raised within the Services and by MOD civilians concerning
bullying and harassment, and who are not permanent employees of the Department; Appendix
six to the 2013 Annual Report of the Service Complaints Commissioner provides further
details. Beyond this centrally-managed team, the three Services maintain teams of
investigators, many of whom are drawn from their own Service police force, who can
investigate complex complaints.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy has one Complaint Investigation
and Mediation Team (CIMT), comprising two members of the Royal Navy Police with many
years of investigative experience. In addition to their extensive police investigative
training, they are Equality and Diversity Advisers, and have undertaken the MOD Harassment
Investigation Course and professional Mediation Training (through an external training
provider).</p><p> </p><p>The Army currently has six permanent members and three temporary
assigned (12 months) soldiers in its Service Complaints Investigation Team (SCIT),
which replaced the Equal Opportunities Investigation Team. All members of the SCIT
are serving Senior Non-Commissioned Officers from the Royal Military Police, and hold
the following qualifications:</p><p> </p><p>Initial Military Police Investigation
Course</p><p>Volume Crime Investigation Course</p><p>Management Investigation Course</p><p>Police
and Criminal Evidence Act Interviewing Course</p><p>Disclosure Officers Course</p><p>Equality
& Diversity Advisor Course</p><p> </p><p>On arrival in the SCIT, investigators
receive work place training and are allocated a supervising investigator for a period
of three months or as necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The RAF has a Service Complaints Team,
and an Equal Opportunities Investigation Team (EOIT), which investigates complex equality
and diversity complaints. The latter team comprises a Warrant Officer and a Flight
Sergeant, both members of the RAF Police, and an administrator. The investigators
complete the following courses as part of their role training:</p><p> </p><p>Equality
and Diversity Advisor</p><p>Harassment Investigation Officer</p><p>Fundamentals of
Employment Law (through CIPD)</p><p>Preparing for Employment Tribunal (through CIPD)</p><p>Certificate
in Bullying and Harassment Investigation – City and Guilds</p><p>Level 4</p><p> </p>
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