Chapter 5: Road Policing Flashcards
Under Safer Journeys what is the long term goal for NZ set out in it’s vision?
“A safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury”
We will be taking a “Safe System” approach to road safety, how doe this differ from the past?
Rather than always blaming the road user for crash, it acknowledges that even responsible people make mistakes on the roads
The Safe System has 3 objectives. What are they?
Hint =
Make
Manage
Minimise
- Make the road system more accommodating for human error
- Manage the forces that injure people in a crash to a level the human body can tolerate without serious injury
- Minimise the level of unsafe road user behaviour
The Safe System focuses of 4 areas, what are they?
Hint - 4 safes
Safe Roads
Safe Speeds
Safe Vehicles
Safe road use
Analysis of NZ’s current crash problem indicate 13 areas of concern that need to be strengthened. What are they?
- Reducing drink/drugged driving
- Increasing the safety of young drivers
- Safe roads and roadsides
- Safe speeds
- Increasing the safety of motorcycling
- Improving the safety of light vehicle fleet
- Safe walking and cycling
- Improving the safety of the heavy vehicle fleet
- Reducing the impact of fatigue
- Addressing distraction
- Reducing the impact of high risk drivers
- Increasing the level of restraint use
- Increase the safety of older drivers
Road policing and Action Plan 2018-2021
How will we meet the objectives of the action plan?
Hint = Using Articulating Providing Monitoring Evidence
- By using available strategies
- Articulating Risks
- Providing recommended interventions
- Monitoring outcomes
- using evidence based evaluations
What are the top risk factors that police are focusing on to make a difference?
Hint - RIDS
Restraints
Impairment
Distractions
Speed
What is our Deployment Model for the RP Action Plan?
Hint -SEE
Set
Enable
Expect
Under SEE what does SET look like?
Set - Police will draw from existing police and sector strategies to deliver the RPAP.
Must have freedom to define and respond using all available strategies across
- Prevention
- Enforcement
- Alt Resolutions
Under SEE what tools are provided to ENABLE our staff?
ENABLE - provide tools to carry out the plan
- Critical command information
- District deployment tool
National road Safety Dashboard developed for deployment by DCC’s
-Repeat Rego Report
- The NZ Road Safety Partnership
- Police
-NZTA
-MoT
will work together in partnership to lead and co-design new delivery models. Will replace the current Road Policing Programme (RPP)
- Police
- Tasking and Coordination
Deployment will be done in adherence to T and C
. This will ensure that evidence becomes the basis of our deployment - Tools (on duty)
Developed to modernise our delivery and info gathering. Further developments to include Alt Res - Local stake holder Partnerships
Key to engage with national and local partners leveraging their skills and mandates to assist police
Under SEE what does EXPECT look like?
We expect to reduce crash risk by deploying the right resources to the right place at the right time
We will expand on existing partnerships to evaluate prevention outcomes and ensure high levels of performance are maintained.
How will performance be measured?
Perf. will not be measured in outputs . Will be aligned with longer term outcomes such as reducing road deaths by 5% every year
Fleeing Driver Policy
What is the overarching principle of the policy
That public and police employee safety takes precedence over the immediate apprehension of the fleeing driver
What is the definition of a fleeing driver?
A fleeing driver is a driver who has been signalled to stop by an officer and fails to do so
Who can call for a pursuit to be abandoned?
- The lead or secondary vehicles drivers and passengers
- The Field Supervisor
- The Pursuit Controller
Who is the Pursuit Controller?
- The shift commander at comms
- Field supervisor or other who command is passed to
- If the Shift Commander for comms is unavailable a constabulary team leader may take the role
Who retains overall control even if command has been passed to the field supervisor and can take back control at any time?
Police Comms
What should staff do continually during a pursuit?
Assess and Reassess using TENR
What is TENR?
A risk assessment tool/decision making process
Threat
Exposure
Necessity
Response
Can a police driver be ordered to commence/recommence a pursuit?
No - a drivers decision not to commence a pursuit or abandon a pursuit can not be overridden
If the drivers or passengers of the lead or secondary vehicle, the field supervisor or pursuit controller direct the pursuit to be abandoned what must the Pursuit Controller do?
He must advise all vehicles involved that the pursuit is abandoned
If told to abandon what are the 6 things police vehicles and staff must do?
- Acknowledge any direction and abandon the pursuit
- Immediately reduce speed
- Deactivate warning lights and siren once below speed limit
- Stop as soon as it is safe to do so
- Confirm to comms that they are stopped and advise exact location
- Undertake 4Q phase if directed by field supervisor
If a vehicle is relocated after abandonment who can give permission to re-engage?
The Pursuit Controller
Permission to re-engage will only be given if what?
The Pursuit Controller is satisfied that the subsequent risks are mitigated or the situation has changed
Who can carry out a non-compliant vehicle stop moving block?
Can only be conducted by AOS or STG staff that are trained in the tactic
Where available Aerial Surveillance must do what in a pursuit?
Must take over commentary of the pursuit
Does the direction to abandon a pursuit apply to a police aircraft?
No - it does not apply unless specifically directed to do so
Who can authorise a non compliant vehicle stop by AOS or STG?
AOS or STG commander
What does Section 114 of the Land Transport Act 1998 provide?
Empowers a constable in uniform
- to signal or request a vehicle to stop
- to follow a vehicle and request it to stop by using red and blue lights or sounding siren
For the purpose of traffic enforcement
What does Section 9 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 provide?
Empowers a constable
- to stop a vehicle without warrant
- to arrest a person if they have reasonable grounds:
(a) - to suspect a person:
(i) - is unlawfully at large; or
(ii) - has committed an offence punishable by
imprisonment ; and
(b) to believe that the person is in or on the vehicle
What does Section 121 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 provide?
Empowers a constable to stop a vehicle to conduct a search under a power of search:
- Without Warrant if satisfied there are grounds to search the vehicle
- With a warrant if satisfied the warrant has been issued and is in force
What does Section 39 of the Crimes Act 1961 provide?
A person is justified or protected from criminal responsibility in:
- executing or assisting to execute any warrant
- Making or assisting to make an arrest
Justification extends to the use of force as may be necessary to overcome any force used in resisting arrest
Unless the warrant / arrest could have been made in a less violent manner
What is the speed you must proceed through lights at when urgent duty driving if going against the light?
20 KPH with lights and siren going
