Assessment & Planning Group

Induction Training

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Induction Training

For further details please contact

Stephen Chambers
Senior Policing Advisor
Conflict Group
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Tel: +44 20 7008 2503
Fax: +44 20 7008 1594
E-mail: Stephen.Chambers@fco.gov.uk

14. Following selection all group members took part in two intensive training courses to equip them to carry out the roles of the APG. First, a 5 day Hostile Environment course which covered subjects including;

  • Pre-deployment considerations
  • Arriving in country – basic rules
  • Cultural awareness
  • Emergency procedures and living and working in Hostile Environment
  • Personal Equipment and body armour
  • Surveillance awareness and personal security
  • Conflict management
  • Post traumatic stress and managing stress in a HE
  • Medical 1 - Basic life support
  • Medical 2 - Secondary survey and recovery position
  • Medical 3 - Control of bleeding
  • Medical 4 - fractures and burns
  • Medical 5 - Road traffic accidents and casualty handling
  • Medical 6 - Severe injuries and conflict zone issues
  • Working with Protective Security Details
  • Anti-ambush drills and protection teams
  • Emergency navigation - GPS and map reading
  • Armoured vehicles and vehicle security/search
  • Vehicle preparation and radio communications
  • Military protocols – Operating Procedures, Ops rooms and contingency plans
  • Convoy procedures - how to move by military transport
  • Vehicle checkpoints
  • Ballistics awareness - small arms and heavy weapons
  • Reaction to enemy fire
  • IEDs, mines and booby traps
  • Abduction and kidnap survival
  • Scenario exercises

15. In addition all group members also attended a seven day course at the Police Staff College Bramshill, were they received briefing and instruction from UK and international military, policing and civilian experts, and undertook scenario based assessment and planning exercises. Subjects covered included;

  • Introduction to Peace Support Operations
  • The FCO, the International Secondments Team and the Conflict Group
  • Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit – its role and mandate
  • Permanent Joint Headquarters and the Joint Construct
  • Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Approach to Assessment
  • Royal Military Police in Peace Support Operations
  • The Australian Federal Police Approach to Assessment
  • The Consulting Cycle
  • Intervention Styles
  • Open Systems, and the Cultural Web
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Types of Assessment Common Problems with Assessment,
  • Deployment Equipment Awareness
  • Developing the Terms of Reference
  • Preparing for Assessment,
  • Sources of Information, Analysis of Existing Information
  • Pre-deployment Reports
  • Stabilisation Planning
  • Introduction to the Joint Campaign
  • Military Campaign Planning
  • The Operational Level Estimate
  • The Civilian Aspect of Police Support Operations
  • Challenges to Success, Cultural Blockages
  • Use of Resources,
  • Gender and Minority Ethnic Group Representation
  • Assessment of the Iraq Conflict (Policing)
  • Setting up EU COPPS
  • The Afghanistan Perspective
  • Peace Support Operations in Sudan

16. The Assessment and Planning Group has now attained operational capacity. APG members have already deployed to various planning exercises and conferences and will also undertake a number of operational deployments over the next 12 months.