Strategic Awareness

Question 1

What is NZ Police’s operating model?

Answer 1

Prevention First

Question 2

Police’s vision

Answer 2

That NZ is the safest country

Question 3

Police’s purpose

Answer 3

to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe

Question 4

Police’s mission

Answer 4

to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing.

Question 5

Name the 6 drivers of crime and harm?

Answer 5

• FH
• Drug and alcohol abuse
• MH issues (including suicide)
• Youth offending
• Gangs & OC
• Road trauma

Question 6

Name the 6 Police Values

Answer 6

• Professionalism
• Respect
• Integrity
• Commitment to Māori & the Treaty
• Empathy
• Valuing diversity

Question 7

Explain Policing by Consent

Answer 7

‘Policing by consent’ refers to the idea that Police power is exercised with the implicit consent of the public.
It does not mean the consent of an individual. No individual can choose to withdraw their consent from the Police, or from a law.

Question 8

Te Huringa o Te Tai - name the three pou?

Answer 8

• Pou Mataara – Our people & their mind-set
• Pou Mataaho – Delivering the Services New Zealanders Expect and Deserve
• Pou Hourua – Focused Prevention Through Partnerships

Question 9

Explain Pou Mataara

Answer 9

Be First then do
- Our people and their mindset

From our Trust and Confidence work, we know that Mäori have a larger expectation for Police than non-Mäori to ‘act professionally with integrity at all times’.

Question 10

Explain Pou Mataaho

Answer 10

Delivering the Services New Zealanders Expect and Deserve

• Effective initiatives and improved practice

Police will focus on a whanau ora approach of co-design and joint delivery of initiatives with Iwi Māori.

Question 11

Explain Pou Hourua

Answer 11

Focused Prevention Through Partnerships

• Effective partnerships

Māori need to be acknowledged as Treaty partners, rather than stakeholders and as such,

Question 12

Name Police’s legislative responsibilities (x eight)

Answer 12

• keeping the peace
• maintaining public safety
• law enforcement
• crime prevention
• community support and reassurance
• national security
• participation in policing activities outside NZ
• emergency management

Question 13

Explain the Crime Triangle

Answer 13

The Crime Triangle reflects the idea that for a crime or incident to occur, an offender and a victim must come together in a specific location without an effective deterrent.

Question 14

What is problem orientated policing?

Answer 14

Utilising a range of applied practical tools, POP aims to understand the factors leading to crime & harm in a specific situation, in order to initiate an appropriate response.
The focus is on rapid crime reduction, combined with an understanding of how to prevent future harm.

Question 15

What does the deployment profile assist with? x5

Answer 15

• understanding our demand
• understanding the resources available
• tasking and coordination
• ensuring responses are delivered
• evaluating impact

Question 16

The deployment process is informed by critical command information.
What are the five key inputs to decision-making?

Answer 16

• our goals and priorities
• intelligence
• demand
• performance
• our available resources

Question 17

Of the three responses (Operational, Tactical & Strategic) explain the what/why?
Operational response?

Answer 17

Our response to individual situations we deal with every day can work to prevent crime and harm.

Question 18

Of the three responses (Operational, Tactical & Strategic) explain the what/why?
Tactical Response

Answer 18

A medium time horizon (1-3 months). This is identified through patterns and trends.

Question 19

Of the three responses (Operational, Tactical & Strategic) explain the what/why?
Strategic Response

Answer 19

With a longer time horizon (3+ months), we can see more strategic opportunities to prevent crime and harm,

Question 20

How will Police adopt a Te Ao Māori view?

Answer 20

Applying a Te Ao Māori view, through the alignment of uara Māori with Our Values, will ensure culturally responsive initiatives and programmes, which restore and strengthen the wellbeing of individuals, whānau, and communities, are developed and implemented.