Welcome to the Home of ABC Courses' e-learning for Enforcement

Providing interactive online CPD certificated courses for local authority and government officers, consultants and other interested parties

Learn about the tools available to deal with the realities of situations from dog fouling to dangerous buildings, ABC's Enforcement courses will enable you understand the procedures for successful enforcement.

Although the majority of offences, which local government officers enforce, are not usually serious crimes; they must still be investigated in accordance with the Human Rights Act and specific investigatory law provided in PACE, RIPA and CPIA.

• The courses are available 24/7, there is no need to download or install any software, you just get online and go, it's simple, safe and seamless.
• You have access to your own CPD records whenever you want and this is all backed up and verified
• ABC Courses has tier 1 hosting and can boast 100% reliability and 100% uninterrupted service since the company commenced online training courses five years ago

In addition to the courses currently offered, we are committed to develop new courses to deal with common enforcement issues such as warrants, obstruction, service of notices etc.

We welcome your suggestions either about improvements to existing courses or for new courses, which would be beneficial for you.

We also provide a forum that's dedicated for enforcement officers to facilitate debate and offer opportunities to share experiences.

If you require any further information on using this site please see our FAQs section

You can contact us by using the online feedback form when you complete a course. Alternatively you can email us

The Human Rights Act, PACE, RIPA and CPIA

Rules have been created to protect citizens from miscarriages of justice and in light of this have increased in complexity. The rules are designed to control the evidence that's allowed into the courtroom. But many of these rules are not directly applicable to the regulatory offences with which local authority enforcement officer typically encounter.

Therefore, in partnership with CIEH, our authors have also developed courses that are tailored to local authority enforcement; and which consider admissibility of evidence and the Code for Crown Prosecutors, investigation preparation, evidence gathering and how to focus on the facts that need to be proved. We are preparing a 1-Day Course as well as a Certificate Course. Both courses consider how to breakdown the elements of the offence into its component parts and how to decide when to interview suspects, who to interview, what to look for, how to decide what questions to ask as well and also how to explore defences. The Certificate Course would enable officers to present their own 'guilty plea' cases in the magistrate's courts.

Also covered are hearsay, witness statements, what should be covered in a statement, how to introduce exhibits, how to present your evidence to its best advantage, reducing exposure to cross examination by understanding how advocates scrutinise your case file and therefore how to produce a robust case file.