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Provide intelligence support to policing responses

Provide intelligence support to policing responses

Unit of competency
National Code
POLCOV089
State Code
OFG40
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
02/04/2025
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
28/05/2025
Original Release Date
02/04/2025
Nominal Hours
0
Field of Education
091105 - Police Studies
Description
This unit describes the skills required to plan intelligence support, manage information and the intelligence process, and provide assistance and support to policing responses.This unit applies to intelligence practitioners working in a policing environment required to support tactical, operational and strategic contexts by providing reliable advice to the policing decision makers.The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to, particularly those related to the management and classification of intelligence information, provision of support and review of intelligence responses.Those undertaking this role would demonstrate high level analytical, problem-solving, communication, planning, decision-making and information management skills. They may or may not have responsibility for directly supervising others and would complete complex tasks independently in a broad range of contexts.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
General notes
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Elements and Performance Criteria
1 Plan intelligence support for a response
  • 1.1 Identify intelligence requirements for response purposes
  • 1.2 Develop objectives of intelligence support to guide response
  • 1.3 Determine intelligence processes required to achieve objectives
  • 1.4 Identify partner agencies and stakeholders applicable to the response to support collaboration
  • 1.5 Identify communication channels with stakeholders to facilitate the provision of support
  • 1.6 Negotiate timelines with stakeholders for reporting purposes
  • 1.7 Document intelligence plan to provide rationale for resource use
2 Manage information
  • 2.1 Collect information in accordance with intelligence support objectives
  • 2.2 Collate information to meet stakeholder requirements
  • 2.3 Review information to determine relevance to response context
  • 2.4 Store and retrieve information in accordance with information security/storage requirements
  • 2.5 Disseminate information in accordance with information security requirements
3 Develop intelligence
  • 3.1 Evaluate information to determine validity and reliability
  • 3.2 Analyse information to develop inferences and insights
  • 3.3 Identify gaps in intelligence to guide further information collection
  • 3.4 Refine information to provide intelligence in a timely manner
  • 3.5 Draft and disseminate intelligence outputs to support defined response requirements
  • 3.6 Assess new information against objectives to establish intelligence relevance
4 Provide intelligence support
  • 4.1 Organise intelligence outputs into logical and sequential formats
  • 4.2 Determine currency and usefulness of intelligence support outputs through stakeholder evaluation
  • 4.3 Adjust intelligence response to accommodate changing circumstances and requirements
  • 4.4 Collaborate with stakeholders to improve quality of intelligence support
5 Review intelligence support responses
  • 5.1 Seek feedback from stakeholders to assist review of intelligence responses
  • 5.2 Revise intelligence outputs and/or process to accommodate changing circumstances and requirements and inform future analysis and reviews
  • 5.3 Assess feedback for continuous improvement opportunities
  • 5.4 Contribute to debriefs and post response evaluations to identify continuous improvement opportunities
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
OAZ88 POLCOV049 Provide intelligence support to policing responses Unit of competency
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