9 Risk Management ,Health & Safety

Question 1

What are our risk management principles?

Answer 1

• develop a culture of risk awareness and continuous improvement
• Provide a supportive environment we risk is openly discussed in managed
• Include an actively consider Te Ao Māori
• And incorporate the views and perspectives of the communities Police serve
• Safeguard the Mana, Reputation and integrity of the Police

Question 2

What do Police define risk as?

Answer 2

Any potential future, Uncertain event that may affect the achievement of our objective

Question 3

Our management of risk ultimately shapes and influences what? what is our risk management about?

Answer 3

How we achieve our business goals and objectives and make quality informed decisions.
Risk management is about knowing our options, Understanding what could stop us from achieving our objectives, And what could help us achieve them.

Question 4

The timely and transparent reporting in escalation of risks ensures what?

Answer 4

Ensures there is an early warning of emerging risks safeguards us from potential surprises and enables Police to make robust, well informed decisions

Question 5

What are the five steps to escalating risk?

Answer 5

• All staff
• Management/supervisor
• National manager/district Commander
• Executive leadership board
• Governance group

Question 6

What are the five steps to project/program risk?

Answer 6

• Project staff/manager
• Program manager
• Portfolio manager
• Senior responsible owner
• Steering group
• Governance group

Question 7

What is the executive leadership team responsible for?

Answer 7

Governing Police strategic risks

Question 8

What is the National operations steering group responsible for? (NOSG)

Answer 8

The oversight of operational risks and application of TENR

Question 9

What is TENR?What is The overriding principal when applying TENR?

Answer 9

Dynamic risk management tool Used by frontline staff to assist any given situation that involves risk with the potential to cause harm and respond appropriately.
- Overwriting principal when applying TENR is safety is success.

Question 10

What are the four types of risk? Describe each one briefly?

Answer 10

Strategic, Organisational, Operational, Portfolio

Question 11

What is operational risk?

Answer 11

Risk that may affect the achievement of day to day operations.

Question 12

Explain the three lines model?

Answer 12

First line -we all
Second line - District, Services centre and PNHQ
Third line - Assurance group

Question 13

What are the five steps of risk management process in to ongoing processes?

Answer 13

• Establish context
• Identify Risk
• Analyse risk impact
• Evaluate risk
• Take action

Question 14

How do you decide a risk and be clear on what the risk actually is?

Answer 14

What is the future uncertain event.
What is the causes.
What are the consequences.

Question 15

What may we decide to do with the risk?

Answer 15

Act
Monitor
Accept
Achieve

Question 16

What should treatments in any future action for different risks be Prioritised on (take action)?

Answer 16

-Level of risk
- Assurance in the proposed treatments
- Relative costs and benefits of treatment/future action
-ongoing assessment of internal/external context

Question 17

Give examples of risk management?

Answer 17

Planning SPT’s, New Initiatives, Changing how we do Things, Changes in our operating environment, Near misses, Lessons learnt and events

Question 18

What does the NZ Police health, Safety and wellness management system framework outline?

Answer 18

New Zealand Police insures our people, Contractors and visitors are kept healthy, Safe and well

Question 19

Why do we need to know about health and safety?

Answer 19

Legal- It’s the law
Ethical- Looking after our people is the right thing to do
- Our business- Good health and safety is good business (Core to our business)

Question 20

What are the definitions of HSWA, Work NZ, Duty holder, PCBU, Workplace, Work environment, Health, Duty of care?

Question 21

As a leader, what must you do for health and safety?

Answer 21

Leaders must
- Support the safe and healthy work practices of your team
- Be aware of risks related to Work how to manage these risks, How to respond to incidents and communicate regularly about health safety and wellness and complete health and safety inductions

Question 22

Who should you call if there is an unresolved health and safety issue?

Answer 22

A health and safety representative to ensure fear representation across the Work group

Question 23

What are duties of workers under S 45 HSWA?

Answer 23

• Take reasonable care for their own H and S
• Take reasonable care that the acts/admissions do not adversely affect the H & S of others
• Comply as reasonably able with any instruction that is given by PCB you to allow to comply with the act or regulations

Question 24

What is s46 HSWA?

Answer 24

Duties of other persons at workplace

Question 25

What is the cycle to managing health and safety hazards and risks?

Answer 25

Plan- Assess risk and identify control measure Do - Implement control measure Check - Monitor performance of Control measures Act - Take action on lessons learnt

Question 26

What are the static risks? Can they be planned for ahead of time?

Answer 26

Static risks are predictable and all remain constant over a period of time. Yes they can be planned.

Question 27

What are dynamic risks? How do you manage these?

Answer 27

Maybe difficult to predict/occur because of sudden changes. They are hard to plan for and controls. May need to be implemented “ On the run”.- By using TENR And also doing a risk assessment, HNS should be included in any TENR and AFCO

Question 28

What is a critical risk?

Answer 28

Critical risk as death or life-threatening injury

Question 29

How should incidents of near misses be reported? What does it not include?

Answer 29

My Police by persons involved. If they can’t a supervisor should. Debrief or review of what happened and what can be learned to avoid it happening again. Not blame. Must be viewed by supervisor

Question 30

Where do you find risk assessment forms and risk management resources?

Answer 30

Ten One - Managing risks and hazards, Police manual, New Zealand Police risk matrix, Risk consequence table and risk likelihood table

Question 31

What is a near miss? What does it Not include?

Answer 31

I miss incident that could’ve caused harm but didn’t “ Damn that was close” event. It includes “Loss only” Incident with damage was to Police property, Minor car crash and no people harmed. And near miss as an opportunity to prevent a future injury before someone has hurt. Doesn’t include - An unsafe condition - Patrol car with bald tyre and Police know about it - An unsafe act - Police take car out knowing it has a bald tyre.

Question 32

What is a notifiable event under section 25 HSW A?

Answer 32

- Death of a person - Notifiable injury or illness - Notifiable incident

Question 33

Are deaths, injuries or illnesses unrelated to Work notifiable events? Give examples.

Answer 33

No. Diabetic worker slipping into a coma at work, Driving to work in a private car when driving is not part of their work, injuries to detain that are triggered by a medical reason

Question 34

What is a notifiable injury or illness S 23 HSWA?

Answer 34

Specified serious work related injury or illness that require a person to be admitted to hospital for immediate treatment and notifiable

Question 35

What is a notifiable incident?

Answer 35

Unplanned or uncontrolled events where a worker is exposed to serious and imminent risk of harm. Serious near misses

Question 36

What should you do if a notifiable event occurs?

Answer 36

Notifications to WorkSafe are made by district health and safety advisor or the Safer People team at PNHQ

Question 37

Give examples of when to notify WorkSafe?

Answer 37

- Being admitted to hospital (Not getting stitches) - Serious head injuries - loss of consciousness

Question 38

What critical risks have been identified in the Police. What is the critical risk program?

Answer 38

- Psychological harm - Motivated, offenders - Roadside operations - Contractors and third parties - Driving - Custody - Hazardous exposure Critical risk Program - To ensure we are doing all we can to keep people safe from risk

Question 39

What is a critical incident? What does it include?

Answer 39

- Incident involving death/life-threatening injury to a person during Police activity or to a person and Police custody or under care of Police - Police discharging a firearm at a person intentionally whether or not death/injury - Accidental discharge results of death/injury

Question 40

What happens following a critical incident?

Answer 40

Internal/external investigations/reviews may take place.Police critical incident investigation is the lead investigation with a range of objectives to - Determine the circumstances of the incident - Gather and preserve evidence - Establish with the force used was legally justified and whether any person is criminally liable for actions taken. Welfare needs and reputation risks are managed. A number of reviews/investigations may take place - Play some investigation into the critical incident to establish the facts of what occurred and determine whether the police employees or any other persons are criminally liable for actions taken - IPCA investigation - A policy,practice and procedure review (PPP) - A coroners enquiry at the person has died - A WorkSafe investigation H&S Act 2015 - An internal Place health and safety review - And employment investigation may be carried out separately if potential breach of the code of conduct was identified. All information generated by the police investigation may be shared with other agencies