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Plan and brief the Spring Fair policing operation

You are an Acting Sergeant preparing an operational order for approval.

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The situation

What has happened

The Northgate Spring Fair on 10 October will draw about eight thousand people to the Civic Reserve, with a licensed area, a stage, food stalls, a children's zone and road closures on two streets. Last year's fair recorded two assaults in the licensed area after dark, a lost child and a traffic jam at the close. The council has provided its event plan. The District Superintendent wants an operational order ready for approval by 25 September, prepared using the template, with a risk assessment, a deployment plan, custody and transport arrangements, a command structure and a briefing for the members deployed. The community engagement team will run a stall and the highway patrol will manage the road closures.

Your brief. Produce an approved-ready operational order for the Spring Fair, supported by a risk assessment and a resourcing plan that draws on the fleet register, and deliver a briefing and debrief plan so that every member deployed knows their task, the permitted tactics and the command arrangements.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Completed operational order
  • Risk assessment with matrix ratings
  • Resourcing list drawn from the Fleet and Equipment Register
  • Briefing outline and debrief agenda
  • Covering note for the approving officer

Documents to use

Systems to use

Fleet and Operational Equipment Register

The register of vehicles, body worn cameras, radios and testing devices, their service dates, calibration and defects.

Incident and Occurrence Log

The district record of every reported incident, occurrence and complaint, from first report through investigation to closure.

Community Engagement Register

The record of every planned and delivered engagement activity, its partners, attendance, issues raised and follow-ups.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Police Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

POLGEN005Plan policing operations and responses
POLGEN006Supervise policing responses
POLGEN035Conduct briefings and debriefings in a policing environment
POLGEN004Conduct risk management activities in a policing environment
POLGEN011Demonstrate leadership capabilities within a policing context

Qualifications

POL60118Advanced Diploma of Police Supervision
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Look for an order that follows the template structure, a mission in one sentence, tasks assigned by call sign, contingencies that are specific, and resources that exclude the defective light bar vehicle and the camera with the battery fault. The risk assessment must show ratings before and after controls. The briefing outline should be deliverable in fifteen minutes and the debrief must feed the risk register.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.