Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify prisoner escort requirements
- Check and confirm the requirements for escorts and organise resources and equipment according to escort plan and duty instructions.
- Identify special needs requiring additional resources, and make and report adjustments to escort plans.
- Ensure that all information relevant to the escort is gathered and made available to escort team.
- Provide clear, accurate information to prisoners to address concerns and problems and promote cooperation.
- Prepare prisoners for escort
- Check and confirm the identification of all prisoners to be escorted against authorised information.
- Check and confirm prisoner property, files, security equipment and all resources needed to accompany prisoners.
- Confirm the classification and conditions of prisoners and note any special needs.
- Search prisoners according to procedures, taking account of prisoner’s sex, health and safety requirements.
- Search vehicle and check all equipment is working.
- Check and confirm escort requirements against the escort plan.
- Check and confirm itinerary and route against movement plans and special needs and adjustments.
- Advise relevant people of movements of prisoners and complete necessary records.
- Apply restraint techniques according to assignment instructions and legal requirements.
- Escort prisoner
- Monitor the safety and welfare of prisoners during transport and authorised activities using vehicle surveillance equipment and dynamic security methods.
- Maintain communication with base and locations using communication equipment.
- Use conflict management strategies to minimise risk to safety and welfare, disruption to the itinerary and escalation of conflict.
- Ensure that response to accidents, injuries, damage and incidents maintains the safety, security and welfare of staff, prisoners and the public.
- Report incidents promptly according to the nature and urgency of the incident.
- Complete reports and documentation in the format and time required.
- Transfer prisoners, property and files to receiving agencies to ensure the continuation of care and security.
- Identify prisoner escort requirements
- Check and confirm the requirements for escorts and organise resources and equipment according to escort plan and duty instructions.
- Identify special needs requiring additional resources, and make and report adjustments to escort plans.
- Ensure that all information relevant to the escort is gathered and made available to escort team.
- Provide clear, accurate information to prisoners to address concerns and problems and promote cooperation.
- Prepare prisoners for escort
- Check and confirm the identification of all prisoners to be escorted against authorised information.
- Check and confirm prisoner property, files, security equipment and all resources needed to accompany prisoners.
- Confirm the classification and conditions of prisoners and note any special needs.
- Search prisoners according to procedures, taking account of prisoner’s sex, health and safety requirements.
- Search vehicle and check all equipment is working.
- Check and confirm escort requirements against the escort plan.
- Check and confirm itinerary and route against movement plans and special needs and adjustments.
- Advise relevant people of movements of prisoners and complete necessary records.
- Apply restraint techniques according to assignment instructions and legal requirements.