Management Of Police Information Flashcards
What are the six areas of initial importance regarding MOPI?
Crime Intelligence Domestic abuse Child abuse investigations Firearms revocations and refusals Custody
What are the benefits of MOPI?
MOPI standardises information management and will influence the efficiency of a force
Increased protection of children and vulnerable adults
Improved crime prevention and detections
Better access to information within the force
More effective tasking of workloads
Improved information sharing with partner agencies
Define police information
Police information is defined as information that is required for a policing purpose
Policing purposes are as follows:
– Protecting life and property
– Preserving order
– Preventing the commission of crimes and offences
– Bringing offenders to justice
– Any duty or responsibility arising from common or statute law
List the five stages of the government protective marking scheme (GPMS)
– Not protectively marked – Restricted – Confidential – Secret – Top secret
Stages of managing:(1st) Collection
Reactively and proactively collecting information ( routine/ tasked / volunteered)
Stages of managing: (2nd) Recording
Recording of police information
- paper/ electronic/ audio/ visual
- mandatory (CR’s/ custody reports/ RTC reports
- discretionary( in your notebook/ PDA)
A helpful pneumonic for recording police information is the following
The AART of recording
A- Accurate
A- Adequate
R- Relevant
T- Timely
Stages of managing: (3rd) Evaluation and Action
PROVENANCE/ ACCURACY/ RELIABILITY MUST ALL BE established
-must be appropriate to the circumstances and the nature of the information and the urgency of the response required
What path does information passed through the management of police information method take
Collected – recorded – evaluated – actioned – shared – retained – reviewed – disposed of
Stages of managing: (4th) Information Sharing
- information can be shared between forces and partner agencies
- every single case must be individually reviewed and informed decisions made on whether or not to share
- sharing outside the police community (required/ permitted by or under statute law or under common law to support policing purposes—particularly where there is an overwhelming public interest
INAPPROPRIATE SHARING may cause:
- distress to a family
- lack of confidence and trust in police
- damage to force reputation
- danger to public / individual
- reluctance from public as they do not believe info to be confidential
Stages of Managing: (5th) retention review and disposal
Human Rights Act 1998
Data Protection Act 1998
Freedom of Information Act 2002
As per ACPOs guidelines
