Risk Management and Health And Safety Flashcards
Police define “risk” as
Any potential future, uncertain event that may affect the achievement of our objectives
What are the 4 types of risk
Operational
Corporate
Portfolio (programme and projects)
Strategic
How do you manage operational risk
Can be dealt with at the time
Management of operational risk is everyone’s responsibility
Operational risk information sharing
TENR -used by frontline
What is the 3 lines risk model
First line - all police staff
Second line - districts services centres and PNHQ
Third line - Assurance group
What is the 5 step risk management process and 2 ongoing processes?
- Establish context
- Identify risk
- Analyses risk impact
- Evaluate risk
- Take action
Ongoing processes
- Communicate and consult
- Monitor and review
What is Step 1 of the risk management process
Establish context which helps to see the wider picture
Internal context - anything within police (objectives, police’s, process, practice, resources, governance and roles)
External context - anything outside police (social, cultural, political, natural, external stakeholders)
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What is Step 2 of the risk management process?
Establish Risk. This can be done ad hoc/ as part of BAU
Or
Through a risk workshop or other dedicated process.
When identifying risk what questions should you think about?
- What would prevent, affect, delay the achievement of our objectives
- What about the risks of not doing something
- Have you considered the knock on or cumulative effects
- Are there unintended consequences
Tips to help with effective risk IDENTIFICATION
Involve people with a wide range of experience.
Be systematic
Start broad and high level
Analyse historical information
What would happen if existing controls failed
Describe a risk
Must be clear on what the risk actually is.
- What is the future uncertain event? This is the risk
- What is the cause or causes? This is often confused with risk
- What is the effect of the risk occurring? This is a consequence and is often confused with a risk
When identifying risk what is the difference between Risk, Threats, Hazards
A threat of hazard can contribute to risk
Threats have a human actor and are usually expressed is “intent”, “capability “”and sometime “opportunity”
Hazards have a non human factor and have their own attributes
Risk is the obtain of information from threats, hazards and considering the unknown
What is Step 3 of the risk management process?
Analyse risk
To seek further info on the
- Level of risk
- Existing controls in place and how effective these are
Analysing risk requires an understanding of existing controls and how effective they are. What should you consider?
The nature and level of the risk
How the control changes the likelihood or consequence of the risk
How much the likelihood or the consequence is reduced
How reliable is the control
How available is the control in practice?
Whether there are other overlapping controls
What is Step 4 in the risk management process?
Evaluate - need to ID what we take action on
In Step 4 when evaluating risk, what may we decide to do?
Act
Monitor
Accept
Acknowledge effective management has been achieved.
What is Step 5 of the Risk management process
Take action.
By acting you should reduce the likelihood or consequences
What is involved in the monitor and review process of the risk management process.
What ever you have decided after your risk evaluation (Step 4 - Act, Monitor, Accept or Achieved) you will have to review this decision as often as appropriate.
Examples of incorporating risk management into what we do everyday
Planning and SPTs
New initiatives
Changing how we do things
Changes in our operating environment
Near misses, lessons learnt and events
