Appendix 2: Progress against the recommendations in our reports
Response of the New Zealand Police to the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct: Third monitoring report.
| Report | Rec. | Description | Progress |
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| Report 1 June 2009 |
1 | Include analysis and evaluative information that summarises and assesses the adequacy of progress in responding to the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct when reporting to Ministers and to the public. | Embedding under way |
| 2 | Monitor changes in service levels and culture, of the types signalled in the recommendations in the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct, and report this information publicly. | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| Report 2 June 2010 |
1 | Support and develop leaders', supervisors', and managers' capability to influence and persuade colleagues about the importance of and need for change, so that individual police officers better understand the benefits to them and the public of effectively implementing the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct and broaden their understanding of how important public confidence is to effective policing. | Implementation complete, embedding under way |
| 2 | Further value and use external views on Police culture and behaviour by, for example, involving more external people in ethics committees, obtaining more feedback on police officers' behaviour and service delivery through community engagement, and learning more from complaints information. | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 3 | Put in place monitoring arrangements to track the changes in service delivery resulting from implementing the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct. In particular, track improvements in complainants' experiences in dealing with the Police on complaints of adult sexual assault or police misconduct, improvements in community engagement and feedback on the Police's service delivery, and improvements in leadership and guidance on ethical issues within the Police. | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 4 | Foster a workplace culture that does not tolerate any sexually inappropriate behaviour by police officers by:
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Implementation complete, embedding under way | |
| 5 | Implement plans for improving the information available to members of the public, including their rights and the process to follow when reporting inappropriate behaviour by police officers (to progress the Commission's recommendation R6). | An integral and ongoing part of business practice and culture | |
| 6 | Start to fully use the early warning functionality of the electronic complaints recording system (IAPro) as soon as practicable, at both national and district levels, so that any inappropriate behaviour and resistance to change is regularly and systematically identified and followed up (to progress the Commission's recommendation R8). | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 7 | Give enough attention and priority to monitoring and auditing of adult sexual assault investigations to ensure that all of these investigations fully comply with the Adult Sexual Assault Investigation Guidelines (to progress the Commission's recommendation R9). | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 8 | Conduct additional independent assessments of the implementation of the Adult Sexual Assault Investigation Guidelines, to clarify whether complainants receive a consistent level of service (including when their complaint is first received) and whether the training and resources necessary to effectively implement the Investigation Guidelines are in place (to progress the Commission's recommendation R9). | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 9 | Regularly assess whether adult sexual assault complainants are kept well informed during the Police's investigation of their complaints (to progress the Commission's recommendation R15). | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 10 | Devise an approach for ongoing skills development in adult sexual assault investigations beyond the life of the current adult sexual assault investigation training course (to progress the Commission's recommendation R18). | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 11 | Increase the capability of supervisors and managers to effectively operate the performance management, improvement, and appraisal systems and, in particular, the capability of supervisors and managers to conduct meaningful performance appraisals (to progress the Commission's recommendation R49). | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 12 | Have enough monitoring requirements in the Report and Be Protected (Safe Reporting) Policy or other documents to ensure that full and proper inquiry is always made where information received indicates that a police member or associate may have committed a sexual offence (to progress the Commission's recommendation R52). | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| 13 | Add "failure to report wrongdoing by a fellow police officer" as an example of misconduct and/or serious misconduct when next amending the Code of Conduct (to progress the Commission's recommendation R55). | Further action required to complete implementation | |
| Report 3 October 2012 |
1 | Give adult sexual assault investigation work the necessary attention, priority, and resourcing to further progress the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct's recommendations about adult sexual assault investigation. | N/A, new recommendation |
| 2 | Implement 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 that training by 31 December 2012. | N/A, new recommendation | |
| 3 | [with the Accident 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. | N/A, new recommendation | |
| 4 | Maintain focus on ensuring that misconduct is not tolerated, supporting those who report misconduct, and managing misconduct when it does happen. | N/A, new recommendation | |
| 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. | N/A, new recommendation |