College of Policing • Briefing

IIMARCH police meaning

Briefing model (College of Policing APP / JESIP). A straightforward operational memory aid for IIMARCH.

Short answer

Structured briefing format used once commanders have made decisions and need to relay the plan so it can be understood and actioned. College of Policing APP presents it as a briefing structure for operations under gold/silver/bronze direction; JESIP adopts the same headings in its joint-doctrine briefing tool.

IIMARCH
Briefing model (College of Policing APP / JESIP)
IInformation — operation timeline, location details, brief history, evaluated intelligence, partner and community issues, community impact assessment results
IIntention — gold strategy, tactical plan, available powers and policy
MMethod — tactical plan, available powers and policy, contingency plans
AAdministration — commanding officers, specific duties, operational policies (protocols, arrest, media), partner responsibilities, duty/briefing times and locations, health and safety, policing style and dress code
RRisk assessment — individual assessment of all relevant risks
CCommunications — mutual aid command protocols, communications plan, radio equipment and channels, call signs, public information, contact information
HHuman rights and other legal issues — relevant ECHR Articles, rationale/justification of the operation, disclosure details (JESIP doctrine renders this element as 'Humanitarian issues')

When officers use it

Structured briefing format used once commanders have made decisions and need to relay the plan so it can be understood and actioned. College of Policing APP presents it as a briefing structure for operations under gold/silver/bronze direction; JESIP adopts the same headings in its joint-doctrine briefing tool.

Practical point: use the mnemonic alongside current training, procedures and the live facts.

Why Section includes this

Section is a fast UK police reference app for officers and student officers: offences, points to prove, PACE powers and operational mnemonics in one offline place.

What does IIMARCH stand for?

I = Information, I = Intention, M = Method, A = Administration, R = Risk assessment, C = Communications, H = Human rights and other legal issues.

SAFCORM — SAFCORM — operational briefing and decision-making structure GOWISELY — Stop and search — information the officer must give (PACE s2 / Code A) IDCOPPLAN — Arrest necessity criteria ('ID COP PLAN') — PACE s24 / Code G

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