Department of police an D emergency management AnnuAl Repo Rt 2013-14 Tasmanian www.dpem.tas.gov.au Government Department of police an D emergency management AnnuAl Repo Rt 2013-14 Department of police and emergency Management executive Support | tasmania police Gpo Box 308 | Hobart | tAS | 7001 (03) 6173 2850 | [email protected] > In the event of an emergency (police, fire, ambulance), phone triple Zero (000) > For non-emergencies, phone the police Assistance line on 131 444 > to anonymously report a crime, phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 > to contact tasmania police from an interstate location, phone 1800 pol tAS (1800 765 827). published october 2014 ISSn: 1837-7726 (print) and 1837-7734 (online) Copyright State of tasmania 2014 An electronic version of this report is available on the tasmania police website (www.police.tas.gov.au). Acknowledgements: photographs courtesy of: Kate Caston (Front Cover, Helicopter, FSSt; Secretary’s Report; Major Initiatives/Innovation Chapter; Crime Chapter; emergency Management Chapter; Business Chapter) Alistair Bett photography (Front Cover, police Car; traffic policing Chapter) John King Smith (overview; public Safety Chapter) Sergeant Rod Stacey (people Chapter) Designed by Artemis publishing Consultants | printed by Mercury Walch 2 Department of police and emergency Management contentS letter to the minister ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Secretary’s report ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 about Us – an overview .................................................................................................................................................... 6 Profile ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Key Service Delivery Areas ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Corporate Governance ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 Enabling legislation ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Organisation Structure ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 Organisational profiles ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 people ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Support to the Frontline ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 effective Communication ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Workforce Capacity ................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Safe and Healthy Workplaces ................................................................................................................................................ 14 major initiatives/innovation ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Support to the Frontline Strategy .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Divisional Headquarters Refurbishment program ............................................................................................................... 15 Emergency Services Computer Aided Dispatch project ....................................................................................................... 15 emergency Services Support Review .................................................................................................................................... 16 Innovation ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Innovative opportunities and Initiatives ................................................................................................................................. 16 lateral thinking and problem-Solving Abilities .................................................................................................................... 16 Effective and efficient Development and use of Resources and Systems ........................................................................... 17 public Safety ........................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Visibility ................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Public order ............................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Support Frontline .................................................................................................................................................................... 19 crime ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Total Crime.............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 High-Risk (Serious Crime) offenders and Groups ............................................................................................................... 21 Serious Crime ......................................................................................................................................................................... 21 traffic policing ...................................................................................................................................................................... 25 High-Visibility Deployments .................................................................................................................................................... 25 High-Risk Driving Behaviours ............................................................................................................................................... 25 Other traffic law Compliance outputs ................................................................................................................................. 26 Road Safety Advisory Council ................................................................................................................................................. 27 emergency management ............................................................................................................................................... 28 Interoperability ........................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Disaster Resilience ................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Support to Volunteers ............................................................................................................................................................. 29 Implementation of recommendations from the tasmanian Bushfire Inquiry ..................................................................... 30 Business .................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Enhancing our Service ........................................................................................................................................................... 32 Assisting Frontline Service Delivery ...................................................................................................................................... 34 Collaboration, Coordination And Cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 34 appendices .............................................................................................................................................................................. 35 financial