Intelligence & Tasking Coordination

Question 1

Intelligence - What is the purpose of Intelligence ? (2 things)

Answer 1

• To provide timely, accurate and relevant insight and foresight to enhance the organisations tactical, operational and strategic decision making.
• Through collection and analysis, Intel seeks to understand the operating environment and influence decision-makers to take action to reduce harm and keep NZ safe.

Question 2

Intelligence - What is Intelligence ? (Four components - 4P’s)

Answer 2

• People
• Process
• Product
• Partnerships

Question 3

Intelligence - Adding value: Explain Insight and Foresight ?

Answer 3

Insight - Understanding beyond what’s immediately observable. Looks at drivers behind behaviour, events or demand, including culture, history, demographics, economics, language, perceptions, geography, environmental factors and lived experiences. It’s essential to understanding why things are as they are.

Foresight - A predictive analysis of what to expect in the future, including probable, possible and worst case futures. Also includes identification of opportunities and threats. Enables decision-makers to effectively plan and prevent harm in our communities

Question 4

Intelligence - What is the percentage estimate of how much crime is potentially reported ?

Answer 4

25%

Question 5

Intelligence - Name the 7 principles which guide the Intelligence function ?

Answer 5

• Timely
• Objective
• Accessible
• Actionable
• Complete
• Dynamic
• Predictive

Question 6

Intelligence - Describe the intelligence cycle / stages ? (7 things)

Answer 6

• Direction (intent) - comes from decision makers or Identification leads
• Collection
• Evaluation
• Collation
• Analysis (interpret)
• Dissemination (influence)
• Review (impact)

Question 7

Intelligence - The Intelligence Cycle Supports the 4i model of interpreting the demand environment, supporting decision-making intent, influencing decisions, and ultimately enabling an impact on the demand environment - Draw the 4i Model

Answer 7

In Photos … iPhone

Question 8

Intelligence - Police National Operating Model is Prevention First - Taking every opportunity to Prevent Harm. Draw the NZ Police Deployment Model

Answer 8

In Photos - iPhone

Question 9

Intelligence - Critical Command Information or CCI has six strands, name them ?

Answer 9

• “Our Business”
• Intelligence
• Performance
• Evidence-Based Policing
• Resources
• Demand

Question 10

Intelligence - Deployment Model
Explain an “Insight Report” ?

Answer 10

An “Insight Report” is created to provide a combined view focused on an agreed Issue, Risk, Problem or Opportunity

Question 11

Intelligence - Deployment Model

What is the main role of the Tasking and Coordination Group ?

Answer 11

T & C is forward-looking and proactive, with an emphasis on longer-term outcomes and solutions

Question 12

Intelligence - Intel Products for Operational Decisions.
Explain ”Tactical, Operational and Strategic Intelligence ?

Answer 12

Tactical - Entities and locations with a view to supporting tactical decisions in the operational space or on specific projects

Operational – issues, patterns and trends with view to supporting investigations, operations or policy programs

Strategic – predictive assessments of future crime and harm demand and associated environmental factors, with view to informing decisions on strategy and policy

Question 13

Intelligence - Core Intel Products

Name some of the Core Intel Products ?

Answer 13

Insights report
Strategic assessment
Intelligence report
Problem profile
Subject profile
Intelligence for investigations
Intelligence notification
Frontline intelligence (FLINT)
Frontline risk (FRISK)
Scanning Report

TOR (Terms of Reference) - Not Core, But it is a key input and enabler to the production of a useful intelligence product which meets clients needs and supports decision-making. Key purpose of TOR is to establish realistic expectations around timeframes for production

Question 14

Tasking and Coordination
Explain what the T & C process is and aims to achieve?

Answer 14

Is the process by which Critical Command Information (CCI), is turned into prioritised operational activity.

T & C is forward-looking and proactive, with an emphasis on longer term outcomes and solutions.

Question 15

Tasking and Coordination
How is the T & C process structured ?

Answer 15

• Prevention First: Deployment Model
• Components of Deployment
  
  1. CCI - provides essential information on demand, resources, intel, performance and evidence-based policing to inform T&C decision makers
  2. T & C - decides on activities and allocates resources to impact Crime & Crash
  3. Workforce Management - delivers capability and capacity
  4. Operational Delivery - implementation of tactics against C & C
• Prevention First - National Operating Strategy

Question 16

Tasking and Coordination
What are the 6 drivers of Crime ?

Answer 16

• Alcohol
• Youth - Rangatahi
• Families - Whanau
• Roads
• Organised Crime and Drugs
• Mental Health

Question 17

Tasking and Coordination
What are some of the benefits of Tasking & Coordination?

Answer 17

• Increased “public safety” and “confidence” with reduced crime and crash
• Increase public confidence – delivering on our promises
• Ability to deploy Police using intelligence and workforce management leading to greater impact on crime and crash
• Better informed decision-making - resulting in cost benefits
• Better management of risks associated with unmet demand
• Deployment to National and Local priorities balanced with strategic and tactical priorities which use the drivers of crime as basis for prioritisation
• Nationally consistent practice, enables Inter-district and Trans-national issues to be escalated and prioritised
• Better protection of vulnerable people, particularly repeat victims
• Better management of crime hotspots and priority locations
• Better targeting of known offenders and criminal activities that have National impacts
• More cost effective use of resources
• Increased use of community partnerships leading to less reliance on Police as the sole response to an issue