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Victoria Police
Everybody hurts!!
Informa
Chain of Responsibility
Superintendent Neville Taylor
Road Policing Operations & Investigation Division
Victoria Police
December 2013
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Vision for Australia's Transport Future
Australia requires a safe, secure, efficient,
reliable and integrated national transport
system that supports and enhances our
nation’s economic development and social
and environmental well-being
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Chain of Responsibility
• Any party with a degree of control in road
transport is accountable
• Focus on CoR in Victoria Police’s Road Policing
Strategy 2013 – 2018
• Establishment of Transport & Investigations
Section
• One Inspector now responsible for Heavy
Vehicle Unit (HVU) and Major Collision
Investigation Group (MCIG)
• Increased HVU staff to conduct CoR
investigations.
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Superintendent Neville Taylor – Divisional Commander
(Transport Industry Liaison Officer)
Road Policing CommandAssistant Commissioner Bob Hill
InspectorState Highway Patrol
Major Collision Investigation Group
- Investigations Unit Glen Waverley - Investigations Unit Brunswick - Reconstruction Unit - Mechanics Unit
Solo Unit
Garages X 5
Central Moorabbin North Epping South Dandenong East Boronia West Corio
InspectorDrug & Alcohol Section
Operations
Support Services
Training & Research
Technical Services
Operations Planning & Coordination Unit
Personal Assistant
Heavy Vehicle Unit
- Enforcement Unit - Administration, Planning & Training Unit - COR Investigations Unit
6 June 2013
Road Policing, Operations & Investigation Divison
InspectorTransport & Investigations Section
Road Policing Operations Intelligence Unit
InspectorImpaired Driving Programs
Advisor
Project ManagerNational Heavy Vehicle Regulator
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Legislation
Victoria Police has high-level involvement in
CoR legislative review and development:
– Heavy Vehicle National Law - National Heavy
Vehicle Regulator
– Compliance & Enforcement Procedures
– National Transport Commission - Chain of
Responsibility Taskforce
– Electronic Work Diary project
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Heavy Vehicle Trauma
In Victoria to end of October 2013:
• HV involved in 630 trauma collisions
• Of these collisions, 32 were fatalities – decrease
41.8% when compared with 2012
• HV deemed at fault in 45.4% trauma collisions
• 100km/h speed zones highest level of HV trauma
• Monday - Friday worst days for HV trauma
• Between 1 July 2013 – 26 November 2013 HVU
processed HV drivers for XPCD - strike rate of
1:11.5
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What do we hope CoR achieves?
• Safer work and road environment
• More relaxed work and driving
environment
• Fewer crashes
• Fewer casualties
• Fewer deaths
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HVU expanded to 24 staff including intelligence
analysts and a mechanic. Provide targeted
enforcement, education and training
HVU only Victoria Police unit authorised to exercise
CoR powers of entry, search and seizure
Expanded CoR capability and cohesion with MCIG
resulted in the reconstruction of driver work/rest
activities in several matters currently before courts -
one matter resulting in driver with no prior convictions
gaoled for five years
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Investigation Triggers
• Fatal/serious injury collision
• Obvious fatigue factor in collision
• Request from MCIG
• On road enforcement (targeted company)
• Tasking and Coordination
• Freight Sector
• Seasonal Freights (Harvest/Vintage)
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COR Summary - HVU
From 01/01/2013 - 26/11/2013:
• Visited 151 companies and re-visited 31
• Issued 90 Improvement Notices
• Cleared 22 Improvement Notices
• Conducted 80 CoR investigations
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Culture Change
Enforcement Liaison Committee (ELC) established:
• Comprises Victoria Police, Worksafe, Vicroads,
Trade Workers Union and Victoria Transport
Association
• Multi Agency and Industry approach to road
transport issues eg queuing
• Visits to DC’s, loading managers, warehouses to
demonstrate coordinated approach
Advice where warranted. Action when required
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Enforcement Liaison Committee
Role and Aim
• Reports to Victorian Road Freight Advisory
Council
• Provides leadership in the resolution of issues
related to the enforcement of laws affecting the
road transport industry
• Improve relationships between enforcement
agencies and industry, inturn improving
compliance with laws
• ELC member organisations
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Enforcement Liaison Committee
Purpose
Zero harm on Victorian Roads and workplace relating to the Transport Chain
Reports
• VRFAC
• VicPol
• VicRoad
• WorkSafe
• NTC
On Road User Group
• Transport Industry Safety
Group
• Specialist Groups
• MOU – Police, VicRoads
& Worksafe
Oversight
Compliance &
Enforcement
Intel
Data
Analysis
Research
Recommendation
Enforcement
Compliance
Prosecution
↑ awareness
↑ due diligence
↑ safety
outcomes
↑ productivity
COR
investigations
Visits
Action Plans
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ELC points of interest
• System failures
• System successes
• Examples of good practices
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Case Study
Tank Trucking Swan Hill
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Case Study
• HVU intercepted high number of company
drivers for exceeding work hours
– Drivers on Standard Hours option limited to
12hrs/24hrs maximum work
• Spike in intercepts flagged with HVU analysts
• Units tasked to undertake targeted intercepts –
identify further breaches of work hours by
company drivers
• File referred to Investigations Section of HVU
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Case Study
• Members enter company under Road Safety Act
powers
• Audit company drivers and identify offences
• Engage with company management - highlight
offences identified
• Improvement Notice issued under RSA - identify
steps company must take to prevent further
breaches
• Education - HVU deliver lecture to company
drivers and management relating to fatigue, CoR
and heavy vehicle enforcement
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Case Study
• Further similar offences detected during period of Improvement Notice
• Investigation Section re-attend - seize records
• Company summonsed on 50 charges
• Guilty plea
• Supervisory Order applied for and granted
• Company required to implement BFM. Independent auditor report quarterly over 12 months to O/C HVU on company compliance with fatigue laws
• Regular compliance at the end of the 12 month reporting period - Supervisory Order discharged