What is the definition of Control and its main objectives?
What is not included?
- Control operates horizontally across agencies:
- Coordinating / directing the response
- Sets Priorities & Objectives
- Determines how best to impliment them
- Assigns task to other agencies & coordinate other agencies wider actions
Does not include
- Ownership, administrative responsibility or the management of another agency’s resources
What is the definition of Command and its main objectives?
- Command operates vertically within an agencies:
- describes the internal ownership
- administrative responsibility and
- detailed direction of an agencies personnel and resources
What are the three essential elements of control and command?
Clue: L C D
- Leadership,
- control
- decision-making
What are the five (5) response levels of CIMS?
- National
- Regional
- Local
- Incident
- Communtiy
Control & Command
define the following principle:
What?
- Lea
- Co
- Eff/D/M
- Beh L/E
- Prev/V /F
WHAT =
- Leadership
- Coordination
- Effectice decision making
- Behaving lawfully/ethically &
- Prevention/victim focused
What are the eight (8) recognised levels of control and command?
Clue: P- St- N -R -L -I -FC - C (8)
- Political -Government
- Strategic -Commissioner, Agency Chiefs, etc
- National -agency coordination centres, HQs, etc
- Regional -Regional agency offices
- Local -execution phase
- Incident -forward command, incident control
- Forward Commander
- Community
What is the principle in regards to subject matter experts?
Involve SMEs early!
What is the role of chief of staff in a major critical incident?
deal with day-to-day running of the op Staff planning process development of course of action (thus freeing the Operations Contoller/Commander to deal with political and media pressures and focus on strategic resolution)
What is the New Zealand police critical incident appreciation process?
Clue:
- Ai
- Fact
- Cou of Ac
- Outl Pl
AFCO
- Aim
- Factors
- Courses of action
- Plan (outline)
What are factors?
Clue: C Fa In (3)
- Circumstances,
- facts,
- influences (that might contribute to the conduct of the operation)
What factors should be considered in a critical incident operation?
(14)
- Ground,
- time and space,
- weather and environment
- risks
- legislation
- budget
- media
- political considerations
- police role
- log
- health and safety
- intelligence
- community impact assessment
- offenders.
What information should an Outline Plan for a critical incident operation cover?
Clue: S M E
- Situation and background
- Mission similar to the aim
- Execution what’s to be done, when, how, where, who by
What two major coordination and response operations will the NCCC generally take resposibility for?
Clue (2)
- Significant national/international operations
- operations involving two or more Police districts
What are the principles of Operation Orders?
(5)
- Written and record
- kept Clear and simple
- accurate as possible
- Capable of being executed
- sufficient time given
What are the various types of operation orders?
(5)
- operation instructions -for preparing the Ops order
- Warning orders giving preliminary notice of ops order
- operation orders using SMEAC
- movement orders when staff are moved
- administrative instructions -entirely Administrative
Explain GSMEAC?
- Ground and terrain
- Situation what is going on
- Mission very clear and concise
- Execution how mission achieved
- Admin and logistics
- Command and signals
- Appendices
- Briefings
- Debriefs
- Lessons Learnt
- Orders Group
Police uses the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) as its control and command model for the following reasons
Clue: explain why (7)
- A model of command, control and coordination
- consistent / required in any interagency response in NZ
- understood / practised by our multi agency partners
- consistent with command, control and coordination SOPs already in place (to national level)
- It provides a platform for inter-operability with Australian Police jurisdictions (based on the ANZPAA model)
- It is already known at all levels of Police and is the operating norm for front line (response) staff at emergency incidents
- It does not require Police to learn and practice two models of command, control and coordination; nor alternate between the two in a rising tide event that develops in such a way that it requires a multi agency response.
The Police Control and Command System will be utilised in a variety of environments including
(6)
- Business as usual
- Rising tide incidents
- Critical incidents
- Major critical events
- Planned operations
- Spontaneous operations
Control & Command
Define the principle:
WHY?
The ability to effectively:
- Cont
- Com
- Lea
- Coo /Op
WHY =
- The ability to effectively control, command, lead, and Coordinate Police led operations is fundamental to policing in New Zealand
Control & Command
Define the principle:
HOW?
HOW = Police will:
- Ensure all police employees are aware of health & safety considerations
- Adhere to scope of C&C, its functions & environments it is used in
- Familiarise themselves with the principles of Control and Command
- Ensure staff understand the Control and Command roles and responsibilities
- Use a Critical Incident Appreciation Process (e.g. AFCO: Aim, Factors, Courses of action, Outline of plan) to support any incident
- Familiarise themselves with National Command and Coordination Centre’s purpose and Emergency Management Platform of support (RIOD: Real-time Intelligence for Operational Deployment)
Control & Command
Define TENR
- Threat
- Exposure
- Necessity
- Any Response
Command
Command is “The authority that a Commander in the New Zealand Police lawfully exercises over assigned staff by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the authority and accountability for effectively using available resources and for?
- Pla
- Org
- Dir
- Co
- Com/Wel/disc/Mor/Ass
- planning
- organising
- directing
- coordinating and controlling Police resources to achieve the accomplishment of assigned tasks
- Command also includes responsibility for the welfare, morale and discipline of assigned staff
Principles of Control and Command
Define the principle of UNITY:
- One Control or Command structure or control and command authority at any one time.
- The Controller/Commander is responsible for the successful outcome of the operation and has the authority to control all Police and other agency resources committed to the operation.
- As well as overall control and command, this principle also relates to task or phase specific parts of an operation, including delegated authority.
- Clear chain of control or command. All units in the chain of control or command must be aware of their immediate superiors, subordinates and inter-agency counterparts.
Principles of Control and Command
Define the principle SPAN:
What is the internationally recommended number of direct reports a controller or commander should have?
Depending on the complexity of the incident 2 -7
Principles of Control and Command
define the principle CONTINUITY:
- All control and command must be sustainable.
- There must be mechanisms in place whereby the Controller or Commander can delegate particular tasks and have identified officers as replacements if required. It is important that all staff know the identity of these replacements.
- There must be a process to ensure that operations are not disrupted or delayed during the transfer of authority.
- Controllers and Commanders should ensure that during the planning phase, alternative headquarters, contingency plans and a reserve capability are put in place.
Principles of Control and Command
Define the principle DELEGATION:
- Cent Com/Con
- De ex
- comm/con resp 4 their del part of the pl
- All level, necess dir and res 2 cond task w/o inter
- The centralisation of control/command and decentralisation of execution
- Controllers and Commanders have responsibility at each of their levels to implement their delegated part of the operational plan.
- At all levels, Controllers and Commanders should be given the necessary direction and resources to conduct the task without interference
Principles of Control and Command
Define the principle OBLIGATIONS:
A Controller or Commander has responsibility for :
Think bigger picture stuff
Comm saf - H & S, rep of Pol, law/eth/prof
- Community safety
- Health and well-being of staff and
- The wider reputation of Police.
- Controllers and Commanders must ensure that at all times they behave lawfully, ethically and professionally.
Critical Incident Appreciation Process
Describe the elements of the appreciation process: Allows–
- Des. pla, exe, adap of act with the operational environment
- compl by ind or T
- writ
- clear th & log reas 2 exam who sit
An appreciation:
- allows the design, planning, execution and adaption of actions within the operational environment
- can be completed by an individual or a planning team
- should be written - particularly for larger incidents or operations
- allows for clear thought and logical reasoning by examining the whole situation.
