Quarterly Summary - December 2012

Key achievements this period

Police are responsible for implementing 47 of the 60 recommendations. The intention is not only to implement solutions, but to ensure that those solutions have the desired effect (that they are embedded). The current status of each recommendation is set out in the Progress Table attached to this report.

Key areas of progress in the last quarter

The milestones and notable areas of progress in the last quarter were:

• The Adult Sexual Assault Quality Assurance and Improvement Framework model was implemented (Recommendation 9 - refer page 2 in the attached table).
• Phase one of the Adult Sexual Assault training programme was completed, addressing historic shortfalls in Adult Sexual Assault Investigator training (Recommendation 9 - refer page 2 in the attached table).
• Deputy Commissioner Rickard formally launched multi-lingual pamphlets and an online feedback system, enhancing the public’s ability to access Police complaints processes (Recommendation 6 - refer page 8 in the attached table).
• Operational Policing Service Delivery Standards (OPSDS) have been completed and are now on Police Instructions (Recommendation 6 - refer page 9 in the attached table).
• The Police Early Intervention System (EIS) was implemented. EIS draws data from multiple sources to identify employees whose behaviour or performance does not meet acceptable standards. The EIS will enable appropriate intervention to prevent more serious situations developing (Recommendation 47 & 48 - refer page 17 in the attached table).

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General

The Controller and Auditor-General published its third monitoring report in October 2012. This review focused on the following key areas:

• Complaints against Police
• Adult sexual assault investigation
• Change management
• Police behaviour

Police accept and are committed to the five additional recommendations proposed in the report:

1. Give adult sexual assault investigation work the necessary attention, priority, and resourcing to progress the COI into Police Conduct's recommendations about adult sexual assault investigation;
2. Implement the catch-up plans for specialist training for adult sexual assault investigation so that all staff who could be involved in or supervise such investigations complete the training by 31 December 2012;
3. [With the Accident and Compensation Corporation, the Ministry of Health, and the South Canterbury District Health Board] resolve any outstanding issues with the availability of Sexual Abuse Assessment and Treatment Services in the area serviced by the South Canterbury District Health Board to ensure that people in that area have access to those services;
4. Maintain focus on ensuring that misconduct is not tolerated, supporting those who report misconduct, and managing misconduct when it does happen; and
5. Fully implement the national early intervention system by 31 December 2012 and actively manage the risks associated with how that system is perceived and used.

Milestones have been reached in adult sexual assault investigation since the Controller and Auditor-General’s third monitoring report was finalised. These are described above in the Key areas of progress in the last quarter.

Australasian Council of Women and Policing awards

Three New Zealand policewomen have been recognised for their outstanding achievements by the Australasian Council of Women and Policing. They received awards in Canberra in October 2012. The awards were:

• Inspector Karen Henrikson, Hamilton City: Most Outstanding Female Leader
• Detective Kate Smith, Counties Manukau: Most Outstanding Female Investigator
• Constable Lexlei Taylor, Hamilton City: Most Outstanding Female Administrator (Highly Commended).