Command and control Flashcards
Command and control include
Leadership Coordination Effective decision-making And behaving lawfully and ethically With a prevention and victim focus
Command and control police will
Insure health and safety
Adhere to scope of C and C
Familiarise themselves with principles of CNC
Insure staff understand CNC roles and responsibilities
Use an appreciation process
Familiarise themselves with the NCCC purpose and emergency management platform RIOD
TENR - The response to any given situation must be …
considered
Timely
Proportionate
And appropriate
TENR – process
T – threat is assessed
E – exposure is managed
N – necessity to intervene immediately is considered
A – any response is proportionate and based on a considered assessment of the threat exposure and necessity
command and control operate…
Control – operates horizontally across agencies
And
Command – operates vertically within an agency
Control refers to
The responsibility for coordinating and directing the response to an incident
Command is
The authority that a commander in NZ police lawfully exercises over assigned staff by virtue of rank or assignment
Three essential elements of command and control
Leadership
Decision-making
Control
The controller/commanders role is to provide
Leadership
Make Decisions within their authority to act
And
Insure their directives are implemented exercising control
Three levels of command in place
Tactical
Operational
Strategic
Tactical command
The level within which police resources are directly deployed within the community
Almost all policing occurs at the tactical command level
Operational command
When there are multiple tactical level activities when the complexity of the situation requires a higher level of command
Strategic command
The strategic command level is applied when the scope consequence community or political implications of an event is significant and requires dedicated attention
Unity of command and control
There can only be one control or command structure or command and control authority at any one time
Span of command and control
Span of control is between 2 to 7 direct reports depending on the complexity of the incident or operation
Continuity of command and control
All command and control must be sustainable
command and control - principles of delegation
comprises of the centralisation of control/command
and
decentralisation of execution
Obligations of command and control
Behave lawfully ethically and professionally
An appreciation is
A process for problem-solving and decision-making
It is the act of understanding the nature magnitude or meaning of the situation faced