Business strategies
The AFP's key business strategies include:
- building a workforce that is highly skilled, adaptable, ethical and professional
- developing and strengthening relationships and partnerships at state, federal and international government levels and with private agencies where appropriate
- developing an enhanced work environment and workforce capability to combat crime, including e-crime, through the application of advanced technology and scientific methods
- ensuring the legal framework and that AFP's power and obligations are appropriate for the evolving criminal environment and consistent with community expectations.
Performance outcomes
We have two major performance outcomes.
Outcome 1
The investigation and prevention of crime against the Commonwealth and protection of Commonwealth interests in Australia and overseas.
The AFP has recently changed its output structure. The new output structure will provide consistency between reporting through the Portfolio Budget Statement, the AFP Annual Report and internal AFP reports. The new output structure will contribute to greater accountability and transparency to the Government for AFP activities.
The six outputs under this outcome and their specific objectives are:
Output 1.1 – Criminal Investigations – Border and International Network
- Countering and otherwise investigating illicit drugs trafficking and the interception of assets involved in, or derived from, those activities
- Contributing effectively to the implementation of the Government’s Tough on Drugs strategy
- Contributing effectively to a whole-of-government approach to unauthorised arrivals, and
- Contributing effectively to a whole of government approach in combating trafficking in persons (which includes dealing with Transnational Sex Offences and Transnational Sex Tourism).
- Contributing effectively to international cooperative and collaborative efforts to counteract and prevent criminal activities of major concern to the Government
- Continuing the development of the capacity overseas law enforcement agencies to deal with new forms of criminal activity particularly in regard to transnational crime
- Facilitating enhanced cooperation and collaboration with overseas law enforcement agencies through targeted LECP funding to partner agencies in support of law enforcement initiatives of benefit to Australia, and
- Contributing effectively to the operation of the Australian National Central Bureau for the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL).
Output 1.2 – Criminal Investigations – Economic and Special Operations
- Focusing on the financial bases of crime by pursuing the proceeds of crime and money laundering
- Attacking identity crime as the key facilitator to a broad range of crime types
- Engaging in national and international law enforcement partnerships in combating transnational and organised economic criminal activity.
Output 1.3 - Criminal Investigations - Terrorism
- Inter-jurisdictional Joint Counter Terrorism Teams (JCTTs) to coordinate investigations across State/Territories that impact on national security
- Validating and assessing Australia's domestic and international Counter Terrorism capacity and capabilities through national and offshore exercise regimes
- International CT liaison officers that undertake operational and capacity building activities, working closely with the AFP's broader International Network
- Rapid response capability to manage crises, and the consequences of such events, impacting on the economic, social and political stability of Australia's local and global interests
- Regional Counter Terrorism Cooperation and Operations Support Teams that encourage the transferability of skills and knowledge
- Enhancement of the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) through the delivery of technical, specialist and leadership programs that encourage transformational change within the region.
Output 1.4 – International Deployment Services
- Multilateral law enforcement capacity building missions
- Bilateral law enforcement capacity building programs under the auspices of the Law Enforcement Cooperation Program
- International monitoring missions, and
- International peace operations missions as civilian police with the United Nations.
Output 1.5 – Protection Services
- Provision of close personal protection
- Administration of the national witness protection program
- Planning and coordination with strategic partners for special events that are of a national interest, and
- Provision of specialised security services at premises considered by Government to be at risk.
Output 1.6 – Aviation Services
- Active participation in inter-agency and aviation industry security forums
- Contributing to the prevention of in-flight attack on Australian registered aircraft through deployment of Air Security Officers (ASO) on selected domestic and international sectors
- Implementing the Unified Policing Model (UPM) at designated airports to provide centralised command and control, liaison and intelligence capabilities, a counter-terrorism deterrence and response capability, community policing and the ability to investigate serious and organised crime in the aviation sector
- The maintenance of specialist bomb appraisal and firearms and explosives detection canine capabilities to support aviation law enforcement, and
- Contributing to the aviation security deterrence and response capability of regional aviation participants by providing a deployable counter-terrorism deterrence and response capability to regional airports on a pre‑planned or intelligence‑driven basis.
Outcome 2
The creation of a safe and secure environment in the Australian Capital Territory.
The AFP provides community policing services to the ACT community under contract with the ACT Government. The objectives of this outcome are defined by the Purchase Agreement between the AFP and the ACT Government for the provision of police services and is renegotiated annually.
The current objectives are to ensure:
- a level of public order and community confidence which enables people to go safely about their lawful pursuits
- the incidence and impact of crime are minimised through effective investigations
- road safety is maximised in the ACT
- the adverse impact of public emergencies/disasters and risk associated with major events is limited
- prosecution and judicial processes are effectively supported
- the regulatory requirements and information needs of clients are satisfied.