Regional Fraud Development Officer
The Regional Fraud Development Officer liaises with key stakeholders, supports the rollout of national campaigns and strategies, and works to identify ways forces can become more efficient with their economic crime capability.
Services
Our Regional Fraud Development Officer is DI Andrew Kennard. Andrew can:
- coordinate national fraud initiatives with City of London Police – the lead force for economic crime
- work with Action Fraud to improve force processes for recording and investigating fraud
- support collaborating forces on cross-border offences and identify areas of work where SWROCU can assist
- identify national training courses for delivery at a regional level to improve access for force teams, reduce costs, and improve regional practice
Who can use the services?
- Any officer or police staff
DI Andrew Kennard is keen to offer initial advice on how our capabilities and other partners may be able to assist your investigation. Bids for capabilities then need to be taken to your Force Tasking meeting.
Recent work
Regional money laundering intensification
The Regional Fraud Development Officer was responsible for leading the regional pilot for Op Emma – a national money laundering intensification. They coordinated the Pursue and Prevent response that included 111 Cease and Desist notices being issued and over 80,000 people receiving prevent messaging.
Sharing knowledge and training
The Regional Fraud Development Officer has organised local economic crime academy courses including five money laundering courses over 12 months and managed the City of London Police training for our five regional forces.
The takedown of ‘iSpoof’
The Regional Fraud Development Officer coordinated activity for Op Elaborate – an international investigation targeting iSpoof, a website used by fraudsters to impersonate banks and building societies and capture one-time passwords.
Working outside of our region
The Regional Fraud Development Officer supported a significant fraud investigation led by Devon and Cornwall Police by organising facilitation meetings with the NCA, Police Scotland and NWROCU to establish who would deal with the additional OCGs that had been identified.
CPD
A CPD input following the recent Economic Crime Baseline Assessment.
Elaine Kong from UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) SARS Exploitation Team gives an introduction to SARs and explains the value of SARs intelligence.
Recorded on 18 Sept 2025
How to request services
Our Gateway, within the Regional Intelligence Unit, can provide more information about this service:
- by phone – 01278 647 299
- email – swrocugateway@avonandsomerset.police.uk
The Regional Intelligence Unit is available:
- Monday to Friday 08:00 – 22:00
- Weekends 08:00 – 16:30
For complex or resource-intensive requests, or requests for sensitive tactics, you will be asked to complete the BID Capability Form. Please refer to the Tasking Procedural Guidance about this process.
For urgent, out-of-hours enquires, call 01278 647 299 and the number will divert to the on-call SWROCU officer.