Contents

Introduction:

1. Commissioner’s Foreword
2. Summary - Corporate Spokesperson for Aboriginal Issues & Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council
3. Statement of Aboriginal Reconciliation
4. Comments from Police Aboriginal Strategic Direction Advisory Council Members
5. Aboriginal Cultural Protocol

Section One: Overview of the Aboriginal Strategic Direction

1. What is the Aboriginal Strategic Direction
2. NSW State Plan
3. Link to NSW Police Force Corporate Plan
4. Key External Stakeholders
5. Innovation in Seeking Solutions
6. Three Tier Aboriginal Consultative Committees
7. Community Working Parties & Aboriginal Community Justice Groups
8. Promoting the Aboriginal Strategic Direction
9. Aboriginal Issues Flow Chart

Section Two: Objectives and Strategies

1. Background
2. Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
3. NSW Aboriginal Justice Plan
4. NSW Interagency Plan to Tackle Child Sexual Assault in Aboriginal Communities
5. Table of Objectives
   • Objective 1 – Improve communication and understanding between Police and Aboriginal people
   • Objective 2 – Improve community safety and reduce fear of crime
   • Objective 3 – Seek innovation in the provision of Aboriginal Cultural Awareness and Aboriginal recruitment and retention
   • Objective 4 – Divert Aboriginal youth from crime and anti-social behaviour
   • Objective 5 – Establish an integrated approach to managing Aboriginal family Violence
     • 5A Domestic violence
     • 5B – Sexual Assault
   • Objective 6 – Develop a strategic response to Aboriginal substance abuse
   • Objective 7 – Reduce offending and over-representation of Aboriginal people In the criminal justice system

Section Three: Principles underpinning the Aboriginal Strategic Direction

1. Police and Aboriginal Community Ownership
2. Identifying and Respecting the Role of Elders
3. Men’s and Women’s Business
4. Self-Determination and Cultural Appropriateness
5. Aboriginal Support Groups
6. Education and Training
7. Aboriginal Cultural Awareness
8. Aboriginal Cultural Proficiency
9. Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Prior to Transfer

Section Four: Responsibility for Implementing the Aboriginal Strategic Direction

1. Corporate Spokesperson for Aboriginal Issues
2. Aboriginal Strategic Direction Steering Committee
3. Commissioner’s Inspectorate
4. Aboriginal Coordination Team
5. Region Aboriginal Sponsors
6. Local Area Command Aboriginal Issues Officer
7. Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer
8. Aboriginal Lecturer
9. Police Aboriginal Employment and Development Initiative

Section Five: Measuring Performance

1. Commanders’ Performance Agreement
2. Reporting requirements
3. Aboriginal Environmental Scans
4. Data Report
5. Risk Matrix
6. Thematic Inspections
7. Operations and Crime Review
8. Implementation Process Table

NSW Police Force Aboriginal Contacts

1. Corporate Spokesperson for Aboriginal Issues
2. Aboriginal Coordination Team
3. Aboriginal Lecturer
4. Aboriginal Police Recruitment Officer
5. Assistant Human Resource Officer (Aboriginal)
6. Aboriginal Community Liaison Officers

Appendices

Documents

Aboriginal Strategic Direction 2007-2011 (PDF, 0.97MB)
Aboriginal Community Liaison Officers (Brochure) (PDF, 607KB)
 Aboriginal Coordination Team (Brochure) (PDF, 623KB)
Aboriginal Strategic Direction (Pocket Guide) (PDF, 213KB)
Aboriginal Strategic Direction (Poster) (PDF, 971KB)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin (Community Brochure) (PDF, 628KB)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin (Police Brochure) (PDF, 634KB)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Support (Brochure) (PDF, 626KB)
Cautioning Aboriginal Young People (Brochure) (PDF, 608KB)
Local Area Command Aboriginal Consultative Committee (Brochure) (PDF, 631KB)
Missing Persons (Brochure) (PDF, 603KB)
Warnings (Brochure) (PDF, 602KB)