Elements and Performance Criteria
- Conduct searches of persons, property, vessels and vehicles
- Decision to enter and/or search is made and conducted with due regard to lawful authority and jurisdictional procedures.
- Search process is thorough, meticulous and adheres to operational policy and procedures.
- Property is seized or collected, recorded and stored according to jurisdictional policy and legislative requirements.
- Any damage and/or injuries incurred are accurately documented according to jurisdictional policy.
- Caution, report or arrest persons
- Breaches of the law are identified and investigated according to relevant jurisdictional law, policy and procedures.
- The decision to caution, report or arrest is made at the discretion of the officer and conveyed to the person concerned according to jurisdiction guidelines and professional codes of conduct.
- Relevant and accurate documentation is prepared and submitted as required by law and/or jurisdictional policy.
- Suspects are transported for further processing according to their legal rights and jurisdictional policy.
- Afford rights to suspects
- Assess and preserve crime/incident scenes and, when required, assist in the investigation process
- Crime or incident scenes are correctly assessed for future investigation requirements.
- Where necessary, crime or incident scenes are correctly secured to facilitate potential future investigatory activity.
- All actions and reports taken at crime or incident scenes optimise the gathering and preservation of evidence present and its lawful presentation in court.