Objectives of our Strategy 1. Strengthen neighbourhood policing to - - PDF document

1 The Strategy for Policing in

Thames Valley: 2008-11

Chief Constable Sara Thornton QPM

Bracknell Forest 23 September 2009

Objectives of our Strategy

1. Strengthen neighbourhood policing to respond to local need and increase public confidence 2. Develop our partnerships to reduce crime and disorder 3. Improve the service provided to victims, witnesses and the public 4. Protect communities from the threat of terrorism and

• rganised crime

5. Use information and intelligence to be more effective 6. Develop our people to give the best service 7. Improve the use of our resources

Neighbourhood Policing

• 263 Neighbourhoods across Thames Valley
• 782 priorities
• 26 priority themes

Neighbourhood Policing in Bracknell Forest

• Neighbourhood priorities for police and partner action
• Speeding (12)
• Parking (10)
• Environmental issues (7)
• Litter (3)
• Anti-social behaviour (2)
• Lighting (2)
• Youth issues (2)
• Police visibility (1)
• Substance misuse (1)
• Road layout changes (1)

14 neighbourhoods each with up to 3 priorities

Crime Reduction: Serious Acquisitive Crime*

(change between 01.04.08 – 15.09.08 and 01.04.09 - 15.09.09)

*PSA 23 - Priority Action Two: To reduce the level of Serious Acquisitive Crime (domestic burglary, theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle and robbery) in Thames Valley by 2% compared to 2008/09.

15.2% 11.5% 8.2% 4.4% 1.2% 0.7%

• 1.4%
• 4.1%
• 8.6%
• 8.6%
• 10.7%
• 11.8%
• 17.0%
• 18.4%
• 20.0%
• 30.7%
• 34.0%
• 40.0%
• 30.0%
• 20.0%
• 10.0%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0%

1097 West Berkshire 796 Aylesbury Vale 607 Bracknell Forest 1998 Milton Keynes 259 West Oxfordshire 807 Wokingham 1605 Windsor and Maidenhead 534 South Oxfordshire 512 Cherwell 413 Chiltern 15245 Thames Valley 1087 Oxford 704 South Buckinghamshire 270 Vale of White Horse 1955 Reading 1646 Slough 955 Wycombe Total SAC 2009/10 YTD LPA

Crime Reduction: Serious Acquisitive Crime

2009/10 year to date compared with same period in 2008/09

8.2% 46 607 561 Total Serious Acquisitive Crime

• 80.0%
• 4

1 5 Robbery of Business Property 0.0% 23 23 Robbery of Personal Property

• 27.1%
• 35

94 129 Theft of Vehicle 9.3% 14 165 151 Burglary Dwelling 28.1% 71 324 253 Theft from Vehicle % change from previous year Change 01.04.09 – 15.09.09 01.04.08 – 15.09.08

Bracknell Forest

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Crime Reduction: Assault with Less Serious Injury

(change between 01.04.08 – 15.09.08 and 01.04.09 and 15.09.09)

* This is a proxy measure for National Indicator 20 (Assault with Injury crime rate). The TVP performance target is to reduce the level of Assault with Less Serious Injury (assault resulting in actual bodily harm, excluding domestic abuse cases) by 3% compared to 2008/09 23.1% 22.3% 16.2% 12.0% 10.4% 5.2% 1.9% 1.6% 0.6% 0.0%

• 3.8%
• 6.5%
• 7.8%
• 9.4%
• 11.0%
• 15.7%
• 27.3%
• 30.0%
• 20.0%
• 10.0%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0%

485 Slough 379 Windsor and Maidenhead 136 Chiltern 355 West Berkshire 296 Bracknell Forest 773 Milton Keynes 5043 Thames Valley 187 South Oxfordshire 465 Oxford 333 Wycombe 178 Wokingham 288 Cherwell 141 West Oxfordshire 519 Reading 259 Aylesbury Vale 113 South Buckinghamshire 136 Vale of White Horse 2009/10 LPA

Thames Valley Police Confidence and Satisfaction levels

Victims & Witnesses

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 March 2005 June 2005 Sept 2005 Dec 2005 March 2006 June 2006 Sept 2006 Dec 2006 March 2007 June 2007 Sept 2007 Dec 2007 March 2008 June 2008 Sept 2008 Dec 2008 March 2009 %

Confidence in the Police - Thames Valley Satisfaction with Overall Experience - Thames Valley

“The police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in this area.”

Public Confidence Targets

Victims & Witnesses - confidence

32.2 per cent (by 2011) 26.1 per cent Bracknell LAA target (NI 21)*** 64 per cent (by 2010) 61.4 per cent TVPA annual target** 59.2 per cent (by 2012) 46.1 per cent Home Office confidence target for TVP* Target Baseline

* Monitored through British Crime Survey ** Measured by TVP Neighbourhood Surveys *** Measured by Place survey

Protect Communities from Terrorism and Organised Crime

• Refine the mapping and disruption of Organised

Crime Groups (OCGs)

• Continue to make extended use of the Proceeds
• f Crime Act (POCA)
• Develop the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) to

provide support to the South East region

• Develop the capability within Thames Valley

Police to assist partners to deliver the Preventing Violent Extremism Action Plan

Information and Intelligence

Mobile Data Terminals

• £729K from Home Office Mobile

Information Project

• 1100 Neighbourhood Policing

Officers have Blackberrys

• Access to internet and intranet
• Prisoner photos, missing persons
• Maps
• 28 per cent increase in officers

spending > 6 hours out of the station on shift

• Users have commented that they

have made more arrests and car seizures that they would have made without the BlackBerry

Blackberrys issued to over 900 additional staff including Special Constables and ‘Force roamers’.

People

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Current

TVP staffing levels as at 31/08/09

4,263 Police Officers 2,743 Support Staff 521 PCSOs 321 Special Constables

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Resources

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

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2007/8 budget per 1,000 population

• Population is ONS 2007 mid-year estimate as on iQuanta
• 2007/8 budget as published in PPAF Assessments

Resources

TVP PRODUCTIVITY PLAN

£7.78 million saved during 2008

• £1m through introduction of new duty management system
• £2m through Zero Based Budgeting reviews of key Depts
• £100,000 saved in reduced postage with no detriment to service

Many non-cashable benefits also delivered:

• Improved sickness management
• Mobile data terminals (Blackberrys) enabling neighbourhood

teams to spend more time patrolling and in communities

The Strategy for Policing in Thames Valley: 2008 -11

Chief Constable Sara Thornton QPM

Bracknell Forest 23 September 2009