Alan Charles The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Alan Charles

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire

Mary Creagh MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Defra

Detective Inspector Nevin Hunter National Wildlife Crime Unit

Wildlife crime partnership working and intelligence gathering

Presentation - covering

• UK Wildlife crime

partnership as a model to consider

• The role of NWCU
• PIER – intelligence

focus

• Serious and Organised

Crime – can we ignore the rural threat?

PAW History

• Founded in mid-1990’s
• Coordinated by DEFRA PAW Secretariat
• Brought together governmental, non-

governmental and law enforcement agencies with either a responsibility for or interest in tackling wildlife crime

• Led by the PAW Steering Group

PAW Mission Statement

”Working in partnership to reduce wildlife crime through effective and targeted enforcement, better regulation and improved awareness”

NWCU – About us

• Police unit – cover England,

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

• Funded until April 2014 by DEFRA,

Home Office, Police service, Scottish Government and DOE Northern Ireland

• 11 members of staff
• Based near Edinburgh
• A FREE resource to support the

Police service

NWCU - Role

• AIM TO ADD VALUE TO POLICING!!
• Cooperation - Provide intelligence,

analysis and operational support to deliver the UK Wildlife Crime Priorities

UK Wildlife Crime Priorities 2011-2013

• 1. Poaching: Deer, Fish

and Game

• 2. Badger Persecution
• 3. Bird of Prey Persecution
• 4. Bat Persecution
• 5. Illegal trade in endangered

species

• 6. Freshwater Pearl

Mussels

NWCU - Role

• AIM TO ADD VALUE TO POLICING!!
• Cooperation - Provide intelligence,

analysis and operational support to deliver the UK Wildlife Crime Priorities

• Coordination -At local, regional,

national & international level

INTERPOL

Environmental Crime Programme

NWCU - Role

• AIM TO ADD VALUE TO POLICING!!
• Cooperation - Provide intelligence,

analysis and operational support to deliver the UK Wildlife Crime Priorities

• Coordination -At local, regional,

national & international level

• Communication - Direct link for all UK

Law Enforcement Agencies, e.g. Border Force, UKBA, SOCA (and NCA as it develops) and Police forces supporting Police Wildlife Crime Officers

The NWCU is a Police Unit and a FREE RESOURCE!

PARTNERSHIP PIER APPROACH

• PREVENTION
• INTELLIGENCE
• ENFORCEMENT
• REASSURANCE

PREVENTION

• Focus upon – raising awareness internally and

externally

Project TRESPASS A national anti- poaching operation

PREVENTION

• Focus upon – raising awareness internally and

externally

• Identified seasonality of key poaching types – deer,

fish and game across England and Wales

• Support preventive work – e.g. Voluntary Bailiff

Service to protect fish stocks

• Provided supportive information to Police Wildlife

Crime Officers to disseminate via POLKA

INTELLIGENCE Lifeblood for effective enforcement?

INTELLIGENCE

• Raise awareness of need for intelligence

among NGO community

• Encourage the submission of intelligence via

PWCO’s

• Raise awareness for need for intelligence

within the Police service

ENFORCEMENT

• Operational planning and execution
• Partnership support to PWCO’s, e.g.

expert evidence

• NWCU support to PWCO’s through

from cradle to grave with investigations

• Support to Crown Prosecution Service

and Courts

REASSURANCE

• Help publicise cases, e.g. how poaching

is a rural crime - CLA and BASC recent member magasine articles, member websites

• PCC’s - raise awareness of the wildlife

crime e.g. How poaching impacts on rural communities

Project TRESPASS A national anti- poaching operation

INTELLIGENCE Lifeblood for effective enforcement?

National Intelligence Model 5x5x5 Intelligence handling

• Source evaluation 5x
• Intelligence evaluation 5x
• Handling code 5

CUMBRIA 99 Intelligence Logs NORTH YORKSHIRE 22 Intelligence Logs

LINCONSHIRE 10 Intelligence Logs NORFOLK 35 Intelligence Logs ESSEX 16 Intelligence Logs METROPOLITIAN 159 Intelligence Logs

SUSSEX 29 Intelligence Logs

HAMPSHIRE 12 Intelligence Logs DEVON & CORNWALL 70 Intelligence Logs

KEY

0 - 10 Intelligence logs submitted 11-40 intelligence logs Over 40 intelligence logs

CURRENT PICTURE Intelligence submitted to the NWCU across England and Wales 01/06/12 - 30/11/12

NORTH WALES 2 Intelligence Logs AVON & SOMERSET 4 Intelligence Logs

Essex 11 Intelligence Logs HAMPSHIRE 11 Intelligence Logs LINCOLNSHIRE 14 Intelligence Logs NORTH WALES 14 Intelligence Logs AVON & SOMERSET 16 Intelligence Logs DURHAM 27 Intelligence Logs SUSSEX 27 Intelligence Logs NORTH YORKSHIRE 53 Intelligence Logs NORFOLK 66 Intelligence Logs CUMBRIA 70 Intelligence Logs DEVON & CORNWALL 70 Intelligence Logs METROPOLITAN 123 Intelligence Logs

CURRENT PICTURE Intelligence submitted to the NWCU across England and Wales 01/12/12 - 31/05/13

KEY

0 - 10 Intelligence logs submitted 11-40 intelligence logs Over 40 intelligence logs

Serious and Organised Wildlife Crime can we ignore the rural threat?

Palm civet -Paguma larvata

Threats

So what?

Illegal import of diseased exotic animals?

Serious and Organised Wildlife Crime can we ignore the rural threat?

DI Nevin Hunter Head of Unit

nevin.hunter@nwcu.pnn.police.uk

07919 690 392 www.nwcu.police.uk

Nick Payne Rural Services Network

Establishment of a rural and wildlife crime network

Derbyshire Rural & Wildlife Crime Conference 2013

25 September 2013 Nick Payne

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

• Representing the case

for a better deal for rural service provision

• Exchanging useful and

relevant information

• Developing and sharing

best practice

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

Why do we need a Rural Crime Network?

• Fighting rural crime effectively requires:-
• building effective partnerships across sectors
• better sharing of information & best practice
• new mechanisms for engaging rural communities
• building resilience within rural communities to

improve deterrence and prevention

• a strategy beyond just farm and wildlife crime
• applied in an appropriate local context

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

What objectives would it have?

• Act as a think tank on rural crime strategy
• Facilitate region by region comparison of operational

techniques in rural areas, to seek out and share best practice

• Develop and target good publicity to encourage a

stronger local response from the rural public

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

Objectives contd.

• Facilitate a national discussion between

relevant rural partners and national

• rganisations/watch groups
• Act as a forum to consider effective

Community Safety initiatives across rural areas.

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

Who might be our partners?

• Network needs to be multi sectoral and multi

agency

• Strategic group with strong links to top policy

and decision makers

• Committed partners with P&CCs and RSN:
• Countryside Alliance
• Farmers Weekly magazine
• National Community Safety Network
• NFU Mutual

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

Who else might be involved?

• Association of PCCs and ACPO
• Country Landowners Association/NFU
• Fire and Rescue Services
• National Association of Local Councils
• National reps of Watch organisations/Crimestoppers
• Local Government Association
• National Federation of Small Businesses
• Action with Communities in Rural England - (ACRE) etc.

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

What are the benefits?

• A forum which sits outside of but remains

complimentary to the objectives of PCCs and their Association/ACPO

• Enables confidential information/intelligence sharing

to continue across police personnel/ACPO without risk of compromise

• RSN already has strong established links/credibility

with many rural organisations & partners – early momentum assured.

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

Benefits Contd.

• Potential commercial sponsorship – low cost, low risk

for many benefits accruing

• Opportunity to engage across web based knowledge

hub as well as through meetings

• Powerful alliance of rural stakeholders and interests

through which policy/practice can be refined, honed & shared by practitioners/professionals

• Direct link to the All Party Parliamentary Group on

Rural Services – annually?

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

What might it look like?

Police Forces PCCs Rural Crime Network

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

Potential Issues

• Relationship with wider function of the APCCs &

ACPO? – not a deal breaker

• Funding concerns for rural policing –

analysis/lobbying for resources - where does this role best sit?

• Rural crime is not a key issue for every P&CC
• Resourcing the Network to make it sustainable

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

Summary and suggested next steps?

• Establish a steering group
• Draft and consult on some terms of reference
• Identify a Chair
• Invite other potential key partners - any

suggestions?

• Scoping meeting – late 2013?
• Agree an initial work programme

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

RURAL SERVICES NETWORK

nick.payne@sparse.gov.uk 07432 599167

www.rsnonline.org.uk

Questions/Feedback

Duncan McNiven Senior Investigations Officer

RSPB

Ian Briggs Chief Inspector

RSPCA

CHIEF INSPECTOR IAN BRIGGS SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT

Wildlife crime

Questions/Feedback

Breakout Session

1, How to raise awareness of and minimise wildlife crime 2, How to raise awareness of and minimise rural crime

Lunch

James McKay Honeybank Falconry School

Birds of Prey Diversionary Project

Honeybank

Conservation & Study Centre

Training & Working With Young and Vulnerable People and Improving Their Chances

Contact Details

James McKay

james@honeybank.co.uk 01246 591590

Sally Price

Sally.price@ambervalley.gov.uk 01773 841652

Dave Harrison

david.harrison.3313@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk

ACC Karl Smethem

Serious and Organised Crime

ACC Karl Smethem Serious and Organised Crime

Sgt Darren Belfield

The Way Forward

Derbyshire Constabulary Wildlife & Rural Crime Seminar

‘The Way Forward’

PS 266 Darren Belfield Operational Support

Wildlife, Rural & Heritage Crime In Partnership

Wildlife & Rural Crime –remove Wildlife & Rural and it is still Crime!

Many Wildlife & Rural Crime Criminals commit other crime too.

• Rural / Farm Burglary Thefts
• Theft of Fuel & Livestock
• Theft of Plant / Agricultural Machinery
• Firearms Offences
• Animal Welfare Offences
• Wildlife Crime Offences
• Fly Tipping / Environmental Crime
• Heritage Crime
• Illegal Off Roading / Other Anti Social Behaviour

No Information & Intelligence

No Problem?? No POLICE response??

Information & Intelligence

Incident Reporting If You Suspect It Report It

• Call at the time, don’t

wait.

• What, Where, Who,

When, Why, How

• Descriptions & Vehicles
• Photographs / Video
• Exhibits / Evidence

The Way Forward

Governance Structure

Wildlife, Rural and Heritage Crime Board – GOLD (WRHCB) 3 months Chair – ACC Dee Collins Vice Chair - Chief Supt Garry Sherwood Wildlife, Rural and Heritage Crime Board – SILVER (WRHCB) 6 weeks Chair – Supt Graham McLaughlin B Div - Wildlife, Rural & Heritage Crime Board – BRONZE (WRHCB) 4-6 weeks Chair – Ch/ Inspector C Div - Wildlife, Rural & Heritage Crime Board – BRONZE (WRHCB) 4-6 weeks Chair – Ch/ Inspector D Div - Wildlife, Rural & Heritage Crime Board – BRONZE (WRHCB) 4-6 weeks Chair – Ch/ Inspector

The way forward

• Information &

Intelligence

• Force Awareness
• Communications

Strategy

• Farm Watch
• Wildlife Crime Officers
• Volunteers & Special

Constabulary.

Questions/Feedback

Breakout Session

3, How to improve the reporting and recording of rural and wildlife crime intelligence. 4, How to establish a Rural and Wildlife Crime Network for Derbyshire.