Response Constable

Response Constables provide frontline response to a wide range of incidents that may include complex and confrontational situations.

• Respond to a wide range of incidents in an appropriate, professional and timely manner, in accordance with guidance, policies and procedures, in order to support public confidence in policing.
• Assess immediate threat, harm, risk and vulnerability to determine a proportionate response in line with the law, policy and guidance to protect life and property, preserve order, prevent the commission of offences and bring offenders to justice.
• Take initial control of the incident as the primary agency, and where appropriate liaise with supervision, partners and other agencies to develop initial and dynamic working strategies.
• Conduct efficient and effective investigations, determining the significance of information, intelligence and evidence from a variety of sources to generate lines of enquiry, inform decision making, achieve appropriate disposals that are public-focused and to support evidence based policing.
• Engage with victims, witnesses, and the vulnerable, in accordance with equality, diversity and human rights considerations, to provide initial support in line with the victim codes of practice.
• Identify and manage suspects in line with codes of practice and legislation to achieve the agreed working strategies.
• Maintain awareness of actual and potential risks to individuals, groups and businesses, taking appropriate action to protect and support those in need of public protection to pre-empt or effectively address safety / vulnerability issues.
• Collate and record information, intelligence and evidence gathered, where appropriate recording crimes and incidents in accordance with national standards, to ensure the investigation can proceed promptly and effectively.
• Justify and professionally account for actions and outcomes to ensure adherence to legal frameworks and key working principles, policies and guidance

Prior Education and Experience:

• Experience of attending incidents and problem solving, particularly in difficult circumstances, including major and critical incidents and in the application of Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP) principles
• Experience of applying the National Decision Model and 10 Principles of Risk

Skills:

• Strong communication skills with the ability to present and set out logical arguments clearly and adapt language, form and message to meet the needs of different people / audiences.
• Good team working skills demonstrating awareness of individual differences and providing support as required.
• Able to proactively develop effective working relationships with colleagues, partners and other stakeholders, understanding their needs and concerns.
• Skilled in applying specialised driving skills, where trained, to provide an appropriate response to incidents.
• Problem solving skills with the ability to identify cause and effect and develop a course of action designed to target root causes as well as manage impacts.
• Able to interpret and apply guidance to a specific activity.
• Able to critically question and identify potential opportunities to enhance efficiency and/or effectiveness within own area of work.
• Able to identify, analyse and manage risk to inform balanced, proportionate, evidence based decisions.
• Able to review and reflect on own performance objectively and to develop and follow an appropriate improvement plan.
• Good time management skills with the ability to appropriately prioritise and plan own work.
• Able to interact positively with the public and consider the impact public perceptions of procedural justice have on policing.
• Able to provide first aid to an appropriate level.
• Skilled in applying personal safety tactics, including de-escalation through effective communication and the use of appropriate tactical options, including equipment and restraints.
• Skilled in the use of standard and specialist IT software and equipment to fulfil role requirements.
• Able to develop and maintain professional resilience in dealing with complex and challenging situations.

• Maintain an up to date understanding of Police Regulations and College of Policing Guidance, best practice and any local policy applicable to the operational police context.
• Maintain and update key knowledge, understanding and skills relating to criminology, legislation, policy and practice across all functional policing areas of operational policing.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of new approaches identified by evidence based policing research and problem solving, test and synthesise these into working practice, championing innovation and changes to practice.
• Maintain a working knowledge and understanding of new and evolving crime threats and priorities and current best practice to tackle these in order to enable a pro-active and preventative approach.
• Maintain personal resilience through understanding the health and wellbeing of yourself and others.
• Identify and share ways to enable continuous and public-focused improvement to the service.
• Complete all annual and mandatory training.

Not applicable.

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