The ecosystem of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency is crucial
Currently, prosecutors and prosecution investigators from the existing Prosecution Service are the main force,
while those from the police are merely there to fill out the numbers.
A proper ecosystem requires that, over time, former prosecutors should transition into roles providing
legal support services for investigators' inquiries, severing their ties with the prosecution.
New recruits should either rise from police officers to Serious Crime Investigation Agency investigators, or the Agency must recruit independently.
Therefore, everything from recruitment to promotion and retirement must be handled separately from the Prosecution Service (Indictment Service).
Only then can investigation and indictment be truly separated.
The reason Special Prosecutors can hold both investigation and indictment powers is not just because the scope and duration of investigations are legally limited,
but because it is permissible due to the temporary nature of their ecosystem.
However, the current outlook suggests that high-ranking officials, from the Commissioner to Grade 2 and 3 officers, will continue to come from the Prosecution Service.
If personnel exchange between the Serious Crime Investigation Agency and the Indictment Service continues,
it would be better not to have the Serious Crime Investigation Agency at all.
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