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1
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What is the vision?

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To be the safest country.

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2
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What is the mission?

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To prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing.

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3
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What are the goals?

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Safe homes
Safe roads
Safe communities

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4
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What are the values?
PRIMED

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Professional
Respect
Integrity
Māori and the Treaty (Honoring)
Empathy
Valuing diversity

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5
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When making decisions?
SELF

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Scrutiny
Ethics
Lawful
Fair to all

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6
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Conduct of Service
What 6 things did people want from police?

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  1. Treated fairly
  2. Competent in what we do
  3. Individual circumstances taken into account
  4. Do what we said we’d do
  5. Meet service expectations.
  6. Good service for tax dollar
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7
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Service Excellence

He Tangata (Our People Framework)
P.E.O.P.L.E

A

Positive (be)
Experts in policing
Ownership (not fobbing them off)
Primed
Listen ( more than we talk)
Expectations (Think plus one)

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8
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What are the 3 Pou of the
Te Huringa o te Tai

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Pou 1 - Our people and their mindset
Pou 2 - Effective initiatives and improved practice
Pou 3 - Effective partnerships

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9
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What is the Common Approach Plan?
(CAP)

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A path that can be used at a scene avoiding any possible routes taken by the suspect

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10
Q

Initial action at a scene of an incident
3 things to remember.

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  1. Freeze - scene in its original state
  2. Control - movements to an from
  3. Preserve - exhibits
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11
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When setting boundaries at a scene think?

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BIG - include area where offender approached, entered and left including vehicles.

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12
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What is the Chain of Evidence?

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The amount of people at handle a piece of evidence.

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13
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What is the basic framework for a statute?

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Section
Subsection
Paragraph
Clause

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14
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Notebook rules
LEGO

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Leaves torn out
Erasures
Gaps
Overwriting

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15
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What are 5 basic details police regularly obtain when they speak to someone?

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Full name
Address/cell / email / socials
Occupation
Name and address of employment
Age and DOB

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16
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What is section 21, 22 and 23 from the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990

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21 - Search and Seizure
22 - Arbitrary detention
23 - Rights of Person arrested or detained

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17
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What are the 3 priorities?

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  • Be first then do
  • service NZers expect and deserve
  • prevention through partnerships
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18
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What are the Police High Performance Programme (PHPF)
5 frameworks?

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  1. Strategy (our business)
  2. Culture
  3. Leadership
  4. Capability
  5. Performance management
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19
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What is the difference between Mens Rea and Actus Reus?

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Mens Rea - you intend to commit an act
Actus Reus - take action to commit and offensive.

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20
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What are the 5 principles of the Victims Code?
SRI (DF)!

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  1. Safety
  2. Respect
  3. Informed choice
  4. Dignity and Privacy
  5. Fair treatment
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21
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Why is it important to follow the protocols when using the police radio?

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Promotes public confidence
Enhances officer safety
Reduces congestion
Ensures clearness if command in critical situations
Reduces chance of misunderstanding and ensures clarity.

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22
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What does 10-2 mean?

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En route

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23
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What does 10-3 mean?

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Available

24
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What does 10-7 mean?

A

Arrival

25
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What does 10-10 mean?

A

Emergency

26
Q

What does K1 mean?

A

No further action required. Close the CAD event.

27
Q

What does K3 mean?

A

Although reported, no offense disclosed, no further action required, close the CAD event.

28
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What does K6 mean?

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A written report will be submitted for the incident. Close the CAD.

29
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What does a K-9 mean?

A

Person has been arrested. Close the CAD event.

30
Q

Before transmitting on the radio think?
A
B
C

A

Accuracy
Brevity (Be concise)
Clarity

31
Q

What does arbitrary mean?

A

When something is not Carrie’s out the right way, randomly.

32
Q

What is the difference between Criminal and Civil law?

A

Criminal Law -Imprisonable and fine only offences.

Civil Law - Protection of individuals rights.

33
Q

What is the hierarchy of the court system?

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Supreme Court
Court of Appeal
High Court
District Court

34
Q

What is a Jury Trial?

A

Before a Judge and Jury in the District or High Court.

35
Q

What does PPS stand for?

A

Police Prosecution Service
Used as an alternative to full prosecution. (Diversion)

36
Q

What is an adjournment in court!

A

Suspend proceedings to another time or place. Or to end them.

37
Q

What does remand at large mean?

A

Free to go until next court appearance.

38
Q

Recess in court?

A

A break in proceedings in a trial.

39
Q

What is our purpose?

A

Be safe and Feel safe

40
Q

What is the Doctrine of Precedent mean?

A

Lower courts are bound by decisions made in higher courts. Courts of equal status are not bound.

41
Q

What does the court registrar do?

A

Reads charges
Labels and numbers exhibits

42
Q

What does the court orderly do?

A

Discipline in court
Swears witnesses in some courts

43
Q

What are the 3 key rules of evidence that an officer needs to know?

A

Hearsay rule
Opinion Rule
Propensity Rule

44
Q

When is a person considered unavailable as a witness?
DUNCO

A

Dead
Unfit do to age/physical/mental
Not compellable
Cannot be found
Outside of NZ

45
Q

What is opinion evidence?

A

Is an inference from observes facts

46
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What are the two types of opinion evidence?

A

Expert and non expert opinion

47
Q

What is propensity evidence?

A

Evidence that shows a persons propensity to act in a certain way if has a particular state of mind

48
Q

What does a coroner do?

A

Person who establishes cause of death

49
Q

What types of deaths must be reported to a coroner?
SCUMBIE

A

Suicide
Cause unknown ( no doc cert)
Unnatural or violent death
Medical, surgical, dental
Birth deaths
Institutional deaths
Enactment request

50
Q

Orange Tamariki Act 1989
What is a child?
What is a young person?

A

Child - under 14
Young person - 14 - 18

51
Q

Orange Tamariki 1989
What is the paramount principle about?

A

The well being and best interests of the child / young person are paramount.

52
Q

Orange Tamariki 1989
Section 8

A

Parents / guardians / caregivers have the right to be informed or any action taken

53
Q

What does section 8 of the Orange Tamariki Act 1989 talk about?

A

Parents/guardians/ caregivers right to be informed

54
Q

What does section 9 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 talk about?

A

People’s right to receive info they understand (interpreter)

55
Q

Under section 42 of Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 when can an officer enter a house?

A

Critically necessary to protect a child from injury or death.

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