9 Sofronoff status of EICIs

Currently waiting for a response from Australian Federal Police, they should respond promptly and normally no later than (details).

Reasonable Prospects

Dear Australian Federal Police,

I request a copy of any documents that applied or were created on or after 1 August 2023 concerning the status of evidence in chief interviews (EICIs) in sexual offence investigations

'Status' is to be broadly understood and includes the evidentiary weight of an EICI, whether it can or should meet the threshold to charge and if so in what circumstances, etc.

'EICIs' is to be understood as a reference to any statement by a complainant that is recorded by police and that may be able to be used as evidence in Court. EICI includes, for example, a family violence evidence in chief interview (FVEIC) and a record of conversation (ROC).

Exclusions: non-SES personal information (SES includes acting SES), direct phone numbers, and non-public email addresses excluding the domain.

Yours faithfully,

Reasonable Prospects