Branch Note 14.9.00

Welfare meeting Tuesday 12 September 2000

 

 

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This meeting which lasted 31/2 covered issues surrounding the welfare of SDS of?cers.
Following introductions3 ave an overview of selection process and ongoing management of
serving SDS of?cers 4 rovided an assessment of the change,
which occurs to undercover of?cers during the course of their duties and the dif?culties they
might experience when returning to normal duties. gassessment was based largely orig

experience of debrie?ng7 land8

He made an interesting point of the various stages undercover officers can
experience:

 

Self hysteria - disassociation - paranoid - obsessional - thinking - humour.
The usefulness of the meeting can brie?y be summed up in the following points:

0 SDS was able to describe its management, selection and welfare strategy and thereby reassure

Sand?that we did have processes and did not just pluck officers from Squads and cast
them adrift when finished.

Qwas able to describe changes that occur in undercover officers and
therefore give us an understanding of why they occur.

6 We were able to put some of the comments made by former field officers into context and to
place in context the actual problems experienced by the unit over the years.

 was able to explain why the most crucial area is likely to be when officers try to
reintegrate to main stream policing.

Sspecifically mentioned a debrief at the end of the tour which could include both
operational and issues.

14 Will provide a draft paper on suggestions feels would improve our current welfare

strategy.