Critical and major incidents PDF

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An examination of how to react at major incidents ...

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Critical incident • Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have a significant impact on he confidence of the victim, their family, and/or the community. • Could apply to any incident • Effectiveness – a measure of professionalism , competence and integrity • significant impact – will be particular to each incident but critically relates to the impact on the individual, family or community • confidence – long term confidence in policing of victims, families and communities • get it right the first time – initial response through to incident management • “We don’t get a second chance to make a first impression” Benefits • Developing the trust and confidence of all diverse communities we serve • improving mutual understanding and harnessing community support • Better relationships with the police and communities encouraging active involvement Early identification of a critical incident will enable action to be taken to prevent any escalation of tension and/or disorder, while safeguarding community confidence in the police service. Examples of critical incidents • G20 RIOTS – IAN TOMLINSON 2009 • ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR- DAVID ASKEW 2011 • homicide (murder) or other serious crimes • death or serious injury in custody • large scale public disorder • civil contingency issues – e.g. floods • Police integrity or competence issues • Injury or death associated with police activity/result of police operations • terrorism and anti-terrorism operations • child protection related injury or death • sex offenders – recidivism or high media profile • vulnerable persons, missing persons Generic factors: • Hate crimes • linked crimes • crimes high profile victims/offenders • incident attracting high profile media attention • general feelings of vulnerability/insecurity • economic, political and social factors which impact on the local community Rapid onset emergency – one which has a rapid and immediate effective Rising tide emergency – event or situation with a lead in time of days, weeks etc. the final impact may not be apparent All officers including all staff should be asking themselves: • What am I dealing with? • What might it develop into? • What impact might this incident have? • Whom should I tell if I think this incident may escalate into a critical incident?...