CD1: Crime

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CD1 Crime Disorder

A critical friend for critical times

• Speakers Jim Booth and Kathy Robinson
• Location Highgrove room 11.40

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OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY OF CRIME AND DISORDER

• Jim Booth
• Chief Executive, Thames Valley Police Authority

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The most scrutinised public service?

• Home Office and CLG
• HMIC
• Audit Commission
• Internal e.g. PSD External IPCC
• CAA
• Peers - Partnerships CDRPs/LSPs-targets
• Police Authorities

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POLICE AUTHORITIES

• Secure and effective and efficient police service
  - Hold Chief Constable to account
• Performance/Resources - PURE
• Engagement and consultation
• 3 year strategies - annual delivery plans
• Local/national and regional accountability
• Precept - political accountability

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A few comments..

• Policing of the People by the People
• Public Confidence Localism
• Green Paper
• Responsive to local needs
• local autonomy
• end to central government targets???????
• Single Confidence Measure

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• Political Independence at the local level
• Operational independence of the Chief Constable

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Thames Valley, an example

• 2 County Councils, 9 Districts, 7 Unitaries
• 9 LSPs and 16 CDRPs
• Police Authority
• 19 Members - 10 from councils, 9 independent
  members
• 369 Revenue Budget, 8000 Officers and staff

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The Big Gap

• Welcome the scrutiny of partnerships
• Public accountability transparency?
• Key questions
• How - Select Committee model?
• What do we mean by scrutiny?
• Reality check - what may be difficult!

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and, finally.

• How do we ensure that scrutiny is positive and
  leads to improvement?
• How do we get the partners to work together and
  accept collective responsibility?
• A real opportunity?
• That could go pear shaped

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Over to you..

• How can Overview and Scrutiny encourage police
  authorities, local authorities and other partners
  to work together to improve outcomes?
• How might the Overview and Scrutiny arrangements
  best work in two tier areas?

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• How can public awareness of the Overview and
  Scrutiny of crime and disorder be developed?
• How can we maximise the CAA process to support
  improved partnership scrutiny?

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CD2 Crime Disorder

A critical friend for critical times

• Speakers Mark Gilmartin and Mark Norris
• Location Highgrove room 13.50

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Centre for Public Scrutiny Annual Conference
2009 A critical friend for critical times
Improving public confidence in partnerships
Mark Gilmartin Chief Executive Kent Police
Authority
9 June 2009
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Workshop coverage the official version

• Police Authorities (PAs) assessment of main
  challenges
• What will PAs be doing to oversee improvements in
  confidence?
• What kind of support do PAs need from CDRPs
  Councils to secure these improvements?

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Workshop coverage my attempt to address the
task (the unofficial version)

• Brief background and context on PAs
• Assessment of challenges particularly
  measurement
• PA role governance, oversight, scrutiny,
  holding to account wider community engagement
  role
• Partnership working an analysis of the drivers
  of confidence

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The basics role and functions (1)

• The tripartite arrangement
• Home Secretary national plan and priorities,
  single top down target
• Police Authority independent local oversight
  and holds Chief Officer to account
• Chief Officer direction and control of the
  police force

Home Secretary
Chief Officer
Police Authority
Summary based on 2004 White Paper (BCBC)
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The basics role and functions (2)

• Purpose strategic
• direction and oversight
• Maintain an efficient and effective force
• Secure best value in local policing services
• Make arrangements for obtaining views of local
  people on policing

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The basics role and functions (3)

• Statutory duties and functions
• Engaging local people
• Scrutiny and monitoring of police performance
• Strategies, plans reports
• Budget accounts
• Role in CDRPs
• Appointment of chief officers
• Discipline complaints
• Equality diversity
• Childrens duty
• Custody visiting scheme
• Plus new duties from PJ Act 2006 Equalities,
  HRA Co-operation
• 2008 Green Paper flags up enhanced role in Chief
  Constables PDR, PNAC/SCC applications and BCU
  Commander appointments

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Challenges (1)

• Complexities of partnership working
• Compounded by budgetary constraints?
• Cultural barriers (for Forces)
• - timescales and tenure
• - officers and staff as advocates

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Challenges (2)
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The Role of the Police Authority
a) Governance, oversight and scrutiny b)
Consultation and community engagement
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Governance, oversight and scrutiny

• Planning cycle objectives, measures,
  targets
• Monitoring and scrutiny
• Appraisal and PDR
• (Less formal) Boards and action plans
• (More formal) Police Authority and
  committee meetings
• Research, analysis and evaluation

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Partnership working
Our analysis of the drivers of confidence
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Community engagement

• Keeping people informed those feeling informed
  about police activities and those whose views are
  sought on crime/ASB are significantly more likely
  to be confident.
• Involvement the public want to be more involved
  in helping the police identify local priorities
  and issues.
• Knowledge they want to know what the police have
  done in response.
• Feedback is key we must tell them what happened,
  particularly, whether people have been arrested
  and brought to justice.

IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES
ACTING ON INFORMATION
FEEDBACK OF RESULTS
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MOSAIC

• Hotspots of low confidence.
• Two MOSAIC groups show particularly low levels of
  confidence.

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MOSAIC profiles
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Demographic profile

• Women more confident than men.
• Older people more likely to be confident in the
  police - particularly those aged 55.
• There is no clear pattern for other age groups.
• Demographics less important than perceptions.

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Anti-social behaviour

• Perceptions of anti-social behaviour key driver.
• Perceptions of these as big problem
• vandalism, graffiti or deliberate damage
• abandoned or burnt out cars
• people being drunk or rowdy
• noise outside your home from people who have been
  to pubs, bars or nightclubs

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Neighbourhood policing

• Key factors influencing confidence
• interaction
• visibility
• accessibility
• problem solving dealing with local problems

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Victimisation

• Victims are less confident
• Multiple victimisation strongly associated with
  low confidence.
• Particularly, victims of multiple personal
  crimes.
• Victim satisfaction impacts on confidence.
• Reassurance
• Professionally
• Fair and show respect
• Show an interest
• Keep people informed provide feedback

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Analysis of drivers Influencing factors
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Questions discussion