Air Support Unit Canterbury Trial
NZ Police Air Support Unit Trial
Canterbury District
Planning for Deployment
Terms of Reference
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Client: NZ Police Air Support Unit Expansion project
Business Owner: Superintendent Karyn Malthus
1.
CONTEXT
An Air Support Unit planned deployment is proposed for the 17th February to 20th March in Canterbury
district.
Auckland Air Support will send a fully equipped helicopter and crew (Police staff and Pilots) to be
based in Christchurch to deploy to events which occur throughout the 5 week timeframe. Road
Policing and road related activity will be one of the incident types the unit attends along with other
incident requests/demands and prevention activity.
The location chosen best fits the geographical range being covered. The shifts worked will be planned
to provide the most effective service delivery within Canterbury and beyond.
Staff from Auckland and Canterbury districts as well as service centres will work in collaboration to
provide a policing experience to ground crew and operational decision makers that a fully equipped
helicopter makes available.
Aside from the deployment activity, the trial will give an opportunity for the residents of Canterbury
to interact with the Air support crew gaining an understanding of the capability and how it supports
community safety.
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2. PURPOSE
The 5 week trial is to provide an overview of and support to the NIC demand profile for Canterbury
and the wider south island and is part of the already approved in principle ASU expansion process.
The information obtained from the trial will help determine the wider than Tamaki Makaurau Air
Support expansion process and information required for our partner agencies.
3. AIM
To deliver a safe and effective Air Support Capability to Canterbury between 17th February 2020 and
20th March 2020.
4. OBJECTIVES
To scope, plan and implement what is required to provide Air Support capability in
Canterbury for the trial period
To identify & develop resources to build knowledge of Canterbury police to understand the
capability of an Air Support unit
To Support Canterbury to seek EOI’s for observers from AOS/STG/Frontline etc.
To support Canterbury workgroups to plan and prepare tasking’s and deploy to demand.
To liaise with Canterbury to maximise opportunity to increase Trust & Confidence
To liaise with key stakeholders to progress the planning and implementation
To ensure that deployment and reporting of activities meet the purpose
To ensure that Air Support capability is maintained in Tamaki Makaurau during this period
5. KEY ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES
The key actions to achieve the above objectives are as follows:
Appoint a logistics officer to support the project lead
To identify a liaison officer in Christchurch
Identify parameters of deployment, incidents/locations
To plan visits to Christchurch pre-deployment to build knowledge and capability
To communicate with and keep key stakeholders informed of project progress
Establish clear understanding of required data and recording process.
Capability maintained in TM to manage TM deployment
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7. STAKEHOLDERS
Internal Stakeholders
External Stakeholders
Auckland District Commander
AFL – Pilots/Mechanics
Canterbury District Commander
Airways
Expansion Project Lead
Air Support Unit
National Intelligence Centre
Christchurch Liaison Officer
Media
6. OUT OF SCOPE
Media communications plans will be managed in the first instance by the National Media Team.
7. TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES
Activity
Completed by
By Who
Initial scoping
23rd December 2019
Logistics officer
Planning
31st January 2020
Logistics officer
Pre Deployment visit
January 2020
Logistics officer/project Lead
Deployment
17th February – 20th March
ASU
2020
8. REPORTING
Reporting requirements:
1. Superintendent Malthus and the Auckland City District Governance Group to be kept up to
date with the progress of the work.
2. Deployment planning updates will be ongoing between the ASU logistics officer and the
Expansion Project lead.
3. Stakeholders will be regularly updated, this includes the ASU team and the AFL operators.
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9. BUDGET AND FINANCES
There is no specific budget for this project. Costs will be managed within current NZP budget
baseline.
10. MANAGING RISK
A risk register will be established
Consultation with H&S advisor by the Logistics officer
Each crew will establish a H&S officer and ensure they are briefed on their role
Wellness and safety of staff is everyone’s responsibility and overseen by the Logistics officer
TOR completed by Inspector Houliston
Manager Operations
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