RMOT 194 - Resource User Checking Procedures

What are the seven phases of a resource user check

1. Mental Preparation

2. Opening

3. Contact

4. Checking

5. Education

6. Action

7. Closing

1) Mental Preparation Steps

• Stay alert

• Take you time (If appropriate)

• No such thing as a routine check

• Note surrounding environment

• Risk assessment (High, medium, low)

2) Opening Steps

• Observe

• Document (If safe)

• Access for danger - call for back up

• Consider Tactical Disengagement

• Plan your approach

3) Contact Steps

• Initiate first eye contact or first words

• Respectful towards resource users and other officers

• Re-assess for danger - if present, plan next steps

• Introduce yourself as officer, explain your business intentions and reason for inspection/visit

4) Checking Steps

• Licenses, tags, or permits

• Firearms, gear

• Catch or harvest

• Identification

• Protect or preserve evidence

5) Education

• Explain regulations or closures

• Use pamphlets or physical documents

• Explain reason for size restrictions

• Recount history of your experience of the area with other resource users

6) Action Steps

• Charge or warn if required

• Follow through with decision

• Fair and firm

• Explain enforcement action and how to challenge

• Secure evidence

• Avoid “Moral superiority”

7) Closing Steps

• Take nothing personally

• Sincere and friendly if appropriate

• Leave business card to follow up

Moral Superiority

• Some officers pre-judge offenders’ actions

• Value Judgement

• Offences don’t make a person “bad'“

• Avoid agency jargon that describes the offender