This unit describes the skills required to provide policing responses, including performing proactive police duties, developing and applying knowledge of the local policing area, responding to incidents, and preserving scenes and evidence.

This unit applies to those working in a policing environment, commonly in a general duties role.

The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the current legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to, particularly those related to incident response, command and control, emergency management and scene preservation.

Those undertaking this unit would primarily work independently or under limited or indirect supervision, while performing specific tasks in a broad range of contexts. They would be required to interpret behaviours, apply decision making and problem-solving skills and develop solutions.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to unit at the time of publication.

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Perform proactive policing duties

1.1

Plan patrols in accordance with unit, divisional and organisational objectives

1.2

Conduct patrols for crime prevention and public safety purposes

1.3

Gather information through patrol activities

1.4

Share information with authorised stakeholders

2

Demonstrate knowledge of the local policing area

2.1

Identify sources of information for policing intelligence purposes

2.2

Assess local policing area to identify areas of focus for policing services

2.3

Establish communication lines and networks with individuals/communities

2.4

Gather information to support the development of intelligence

3

Respond to incidents

3.1

Assess nature of incident to identify risk and response options

3.2

Identify resources required for response to incident

3.3

Plan response, taking into account the nature of the incident and other impacting factors

3.4

Implement response in a manner which minimises risk to safety of self, colleagues and public

3.5

Reassess the incident to adjust response

3.6

Provide briefings to support the response and ensure the sharing of information

4

Preserve incident scene and evidence

4.1

Identify primary and secondary incident scenes for further investigation

4.2

Secure scenes to protect evidence and for further investigation purposes

4.3

Identify witnesses and persons of interest at the incident scene for further investigation purposes

4.4

Secure evidence to support policing, court and judicial processes

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions may be found in the POL Police Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Not applicable.

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