Strategic Awareness and Staff Management Flashcards

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In ‘Our Business’, what comes under ‘why we’re here’?

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Our vision
Our purpose
Our mission

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Our vision

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To be the safest country

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Our purpose

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To ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe

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Our mission

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To prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing

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In Our Business, what areas come under ‘What We Do’?

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Our goals
Our functions
Our operating model
Our relationship with Maori

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6
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What are ‘Our Goals’?

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Safe homes - free from crime and victimization

Safe roads - preventing death and injury with our partners

Safe communities - people are safe wherever they live, work and visit

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Under ‘What We Do’, list ‘Our Functions’ (EPIC MANE)

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EPIC=

  • keep the peacE
  • maintain Public safety
  • national securIty
  • policing aCtivities outside of NZ

MANE=

  • law enforceMent
  • emergency mAnagement
  • commuNity support and reassurance
  • crimE prevention
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8
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Name the act that mandates the functions of NZ Police

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Policing Act 2008

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9
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What is ‘Our Operating Model’?

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Prevention First

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Under ‘Prevention First’ describe our mindset we should be implementing when going about our business?

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Looking for opportunities to prevent further crime and harm

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What is ‘Te Huringa O Te Tai’?

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Better outcomes for all by working in partnership with tangata whenua

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12
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The 3 pou

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  1. Our people and our mindset
  2. Effective initiatives and improved practice
  3. Effective partnerships
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What areas of Our Business come under ‘How We Do It’? - (PEERLESS)

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PEERLESS=

  • Our Priorities
  • Our pEoplE
  • Our leadeRship
  • Our cuLture
  • Our partnErS
  • Our valueS
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Within ‘How We Do It’ and under ‘Our Priorities”, describe how we go about achieving Our Business?

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  • Be first, then do: strengthening how and who we are as an organisation
  • Deliver the services NZers expect and deserve: understanding and providing what the public want from their police
  • Focused prevention through partnerships: focused Police effort and working with others to achieve better outcomes
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15
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‘Our People’ are …

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  • Safe and feel safe
  • Valued
  • Fair to all
  • Compassionate and reflective
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‘Our Leadership’ creates an environment where we … (SUE)

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SUE=

  • Live our valueS, individually and collectively
  • Are inclUsive - everyone can be themselves
  • EnablE our people to be their best, using the PHPF
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‘Our Culture’

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  • Collective effort for shared outcomes

- Bringing humanity to every interaction

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‘Our Partners’ - working with and beside …

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  • Government agencies
  • Maori, Pacific, and ethnic communities
  • Community groups
  • Industry and business
  • International partners
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What is the ‘mindset’ of ‘Prevention First’?

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Taking every opportunity to prevent harm

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What are the core components of ‘Prevention First’?

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  • Deploy to beat demand
  • Target the drivers of demand
  • Mindset: taking every opportunity to prevent harm
21
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Effective partnerships

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We must build strong relationships of trust and confidence in each other with iwi, Maori, our communities and our partner agencies so that we can share information and implement collaborative approaches

22
Q

Deploy to beat demand

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We are prepared and flexible, allowing us to mobilize resources pre-emptively and quickly to get on top of demand eg, DCC and NCCC

23
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List the drivers of demand that Police should focus their efforts on

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  • Families/whanau
  • Youth/rangatahi
  • Alcohol
  • Roads
  • Organised crime and drugs.
  • Mental health
24
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List some areas where Police can, “take every opportunity to prevent harm”?

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  • through responsibility to victims
  • through preventing repeat victimization
  • through offender management
  • through locations
25
Q

Explain “Pou Mataara”

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Our people and their mindset - Adopting a Te Ao Maori view

26
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Explain “Pou Mataaho”

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Effective initiatives and improved practice - taking every opportunity to prevent harm

27
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Explain “Pou Hourua”

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Effective partnerships - Investment in iwi/Maori partnerships - everyone taking responsibility

28
Q

List the five frameworks from PHPF

SCLCP - Skullcap

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F1 - Strategy
F2 - Culture
F3 - Leadership
F4 - Capability
F5 - Performance Management
29
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Describe F1 Strategy from PHPF

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This enables leaders to connect their teams to ‘Our Business’ by clarifying our purpose in Police and the outcomes we need to deliver - uses SPT’s and group purpose statement - the SPT becomes the performance agreement

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Describe F2 Culture from PHPF

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Helps us build the high performance culture we need to deliver ‘Our Business’ - it’s a shift in mindset from ‘prescription based’ to principle based

31
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Describe F3 leadership from PHPF

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This equips leaders with the tools to help us deliver on our purpose in Police

32
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Describe F4 capability in PHPF

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This equips each of us with the tools to perform to our potential in our roles - capability conversations form part of our development plan

33
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Describe F5 performance management in PHPF

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This enables us to have more meaningful conversations about our performance, contribution, and ongoing development.

34
Q

With regard to the Policing Act 2008, describe the rule of law and the relationship of the government to NZers

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The rule of law DEFINES the relationship of the government to its people: people in NZ society should be governed by law and should be free from arbitrary government.

35
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Describe how the rule of law affects how we Police in NZ?

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  • we need to apply the laws evenly
  • we work in a CJS that is free from corruption
  • we must not accept bribes
  • we protect the rights of offenders eg, searches, arrests etc
  • we protect the rights of victims
36
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Using S9 of the Policing Act, describe the functions of Police (Epic Mane)

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a) keep the peace
b) maintain public safety
c) law enforcement
d) crime prevention
e) community support and reassurance
f) national security
g) participation in policing activities outside of NZ
h) emergency management

Also - S20 - the code of conduct and S30 - command and control

37
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S63 - Acting appointments/PSO’s

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This authority is delegated under the Policing Act 2008 and other acts

Also - PSO’s

38
Q

What does the code of conduct do regarding staff management?

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  • it applies to anyone employed by Police

- it provides general guidance and minimum standards of behaviour

39
Q

Our reputation (COC)

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We act professionally, exercise good judgment and are accountable for our behaviour

40
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Our influence and conflicts of interest (COC)

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We must not act in a way that uses our influence, role, or position to personal advantage or to the advantage of others that we are associated with

41
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Our safety (COC)

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We all have a responsibility for promoting and maintaining a safe working environment

42
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Our information (COC)

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We need to consistently practice good judgment and integrity when creating, accessing, modifying and using, securing and disclosing all information

43
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Our resources (COC)

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We have an obligation to properly manage and use resources appropriately and in a way that ensures our working environment is safe

44
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Our diversity (COC)

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We are committed to having a diverse workforce that is inclusive and respectful of each other’s differences

45
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Our acceptance of others (COC)

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We are responsible for ensuring bullying etc does not occur

46
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Our history (COC)

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We recognize and seek to understand our history and be responsive to Iwi specifically as tangata whenua

47
Q

List the gradual steps involved in performance management

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  1. Informal discussion
  2. The performance meeting
  3. The performance improvement plan
  4. Completion of the PIP - required standard reached
48
Q

What is the Kia Tu policy and what are its principles

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Kia Tu is a new approach for preventing and addressing unacceptable behaviour in Police.

The Kia Tū system is an internal, co-designed model that has been based on Māori principles as a foundation.

It is:
People-centric
Trusted
Responsive
Safe 
Accountable
49
Q

List some ways that we can respond to unacceptable behaviour

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  1. Address it yourself
  2. Address it with support
  3. Address it with a manager
  4. Report it confidentially