Specialist Crime Directorate management information

Report: 9
Date: 22 April 2004
By: Commissioner

Summary

This report gives a summary of Specialist Crime Directorate’s performance against their key objectives from April 2003 to February 2004.

A. Recommendations

That the report be noted.

B. Supporting information

1. This report as given at Appendix 1 provides management information on Specialist Crime Directorate performance against its objectives for the period April 2003 to February 2004 inclusive.

2. The report gives brief commentary on performance against the Directorate’s key objectives and core performance indicators. It comments on the performance data provided and any difficulties in achieving the agreed targets.

3. A summary of the key points for members are as follows:

• Year to date there is a 6.2% reduction in violent firearms offences. There were 222 fewer offences when compared with the same period last financial year.
• Within the violent firearms offences category the highest reduction occurs in commercial robbery. There have been 193 fewer offences year-to-date. Reduced by 24% and accounting for 87% of the overall reductions.
• There is a slight increase in the number of Trident related shootings, rising from 163 last year to the current figure of 175. An increase of 12 offences in this reporting period.
• There have been 54 operations targeted at disrupting organised trafficking offences. These include humans, firearms and class A drugs.
• Forensic Services are meeting all targets for crime scene attendance by Crime Scene Examiners and Photographers at homicides and terrorist incidents
• The homicide clear-up rate is at 98%. There have been 194 homicides with 190 cleared-up.
• There have been 12 homicides successfully investigated by Trident officers year-to-date offering a 120% detection rate.
• There are ongoing technical problems with collecting data to effectively monitor the Child Protection measures. An explanation has been supplied to the chair by the OCU Commander.

4. Work is proceeding to ensure that the report produced is adapted for the new financial year. It will then reflect the measures and targets that are agreed in the MPA/MPS Corporate Plan where the Directorate is leading. These are likely to be supplemented by those measures featured as part of our key Directorate objectives.

C. Race and equality impact

There are no explicit equalities items addressed. The activities that form this report and the data content are arrived at with a regard to delivering Specialist Crime policing services to an equal standard for all Londoners. The performance report should fully comply with equal opportunities legislation and associated MPA/MPS Diversity issues.

D. Financial implications

There are no financial implications as all of the data featured in this report is already produced regularly by the MPS.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author: Raymond Marshall, Specialist Crime Directorate, Information and Planning Unit, MPS.

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
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