Foundation Learning Flashcards
What is the vision?
To be the safest country.
What is the mission?
To prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing.
What are the goals?
Safe homes
Safe roads
Safe communities
What are the values?
PRIMED
Professional
Respect
Integrity
Māori and the Treaty (Honoring)
Empathy
Valuing diversity
When making decisions?
SELF
Scrutiny
Ethics
Lawful
Fair to all
Conduct of Service
What 6 things did people want from police?
- Treated fairly
- Competent in what we do
- Individual circumstances taken into account
- Do what we said we’d do
- Meet service expectations.
- Good service for tax dollar
Service Excellence
He Tangata (Our People Framework)
P.E.O.P.L.E
Positive (be)
Experts in policing
Ownership (not fobbing them off)
Primed
Listen ( more than we talk)
Expectations (Think plus one)
What are the 3 Pou of the
Te Huringa o te Tai
Pou 1 - Our people and their mindset
Pou 2 - Effective initiatives and improved practice
Pou 3 - Effective partnerships
What is the Common Approach Plan?
(CAP)
A path that can be used at a scene avoiding any possible routes taken by the suspect
Initial action at a scene of an incident
3 things to remember.
- Freeze - scene in its original state
- Control - movements to an from
- Preserve - exhibits
When setting boundaries at a scene think?
BIG - include area where offender approached, entered and left including vehicles.
What is the Chain of Evidence?
The amount of people at handle a piece of evidence.
What is the basic framework for a statute?
Section
Subsection
Paragraph
Clause
Notebook rules
LEGO
Leaves torn out
Erasures
Gaps
Overwriting
What are 5 basic details police regularly obtain when they speak to someone?
Full name
Address/cell / email / socials
Occupation
Name and address of employment
Age and DOB
What is section 21, 22 and 23 from the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990
21 - Search and Seizure
22 - Arbitrary detention
23 - Rights of Person arrested or detained
What are the 3 priorities?
- Be first then do
- service NZers expect and deserve
- prevention through partnerships
What are the Police High Performance Programme (PHPF)
5 frameworks?
- Strategy (our business)
- Culture
- Leadership
- Capability
- Performance management
What is the difference between Mens Rea and Actus Reus?
Mens Rea - you intend to commit an act
Actus Reus - take action to commit and offensive.
What are the 5 principles of the Victims Code?
SRI (DF)!
- Safety
- Respect
- Informed choice
- Dignity and Privacy
- Fair treatment
Why is it important to follow the protocols when using the police radio?
Promotes public confidence
Enhances officer safety
Reduces congestion
Ensures clearness if command in critical situations
Reduces chance of misunderstanding and ensures clarity.
What does 10-2 mean?
En route
What does 10-3 mean?
Available
What does 10-7 mean?
Arrival
What does 10-10 mean?
Emergency
What does K1 mean?
No further action required. Close the CAD event.
What does K3 mean?
Although reported, no offense disclosed, no further action required, close the CAD event.
What does K6 mean?
A written report will be submitted for the incident. Close the CAD.
What does a K-9 mean?
Person has been arrested. Close the CAD event.
Before transmitting on the radio think?
A
B
C
Accuracy
Brevity (Be concise)
Clarity
What does arbitrary mean?
When something is not Carrie’s out the right way, randomly.
What is the difference between Criminal and Civil law?
Criminal Law -Imprisonable and fine only offences.
Civil Law - Protection of individuals rights.
What is the hierarchy of the court system?
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal
High Court
District Court
What is a Jury Trial?
Before a Judge and Jury in the District or High Court.
What does PPS stand for?
Police Prosecution Service
Used as an alternative to full prosecution. (Diversion)
What is an adjournment in court!
Suspend proceedings to another time or place. Or to end them.
What does remand at large mean?
Free to go until next court appearance.
Recess in court?
A break in proceedings in a trial.
What is our purpose?
Be safe and Feel safe
What is the Doctrine of Precedent mean?
Lower courts are bound by decisions made in higher courts. Courts of equal status are not bound.
What does the court registrar do?
Reads charges
Labels and numbers exhibits
What does the court orderly do?
Discipline in court
Swears witnesses in some courts
What are the 3 key rules of evidence that an officer needs to know?
Hearsay rule
Opinion Rule
Propensity Rule
When is a person considered unavailable as a witness?
DUNCO
Dead
Unfit do to age/physical/mental
Not compellable
Cannot be found
Outside of NZ
What is opinion evidence?
Is an inference from observes facts
What are the two types of opinion evidence?
Expert and non expert opinion
What is propensity evidence?
Evidence that shows a persons propensity to act in a certain way if has a particular state of mind
What does a coroner do?
Person who establishes cause of death
What types of deaths must be reported to a coroner?
SCUMBIE
Suicide
Cause unknown ( no doc cert)
Unnatural or violent death
Medical, surgical, dental
Birth deaths
Institutional deaths
Enactment request
Orange Tamariki Act 1989
What is a child?
What is a young person?
Child - under 14
Young person - 14 - 18
Orange Tamariki 1989
What is the paramount principle about?
The well being and best interests of the child / young person are paramount.
Orange Tamariki 1989
Section 8
Parents / guardians / caregivers have the right to be informed or any action taken
What does section 8 of the Orange Tamariki Act 1989 talk about?
Parents/guardians/ caregivers right to be informed
What does section 9 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 talk about?
People’s right to receive info they understand (interpreter)
Under section 42 of Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 when can an officer enter a house?
Critically necessary to protect a child from injury or death.
