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Report 12 of the 4 November 2004 meeting of the Planning, Performance & Review Committee and outlines proposals for the development of control strategies for inclusion in the 2005/06 Policing & Performance Plan.
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Development of control strategies for inclusion in the 2005/2006 Policing & Performance Plan
Report: 12
Date: 4 November 2004
By: Commissioner
Summary
This report outlines proposals for the development of control strategies for inclusion in the 2005/06 Policing & Performance Plan.
A. Recommendations
That members note the activity arising from the Corporate Strategic Assessment (CSA) and the results of consultation.
B. Supporting information
Overview
1. Under the National Intelligence Model (NIM), the Corporate Control Strategies are now central to the planning process. They will encompass the objectives, measures and targets for the policing plan.
2. The MPS proposes to take a continuity and evolution approach to the existing programme of control strategies. This is supported by consultation, the corporate strategic assessment and the Commissioner’s Conference.
New programme of control strategies
3. The proposals for new and existing control strategies were discussed and endorsed at Management Board Change Co-ordination Committee meeting, and the MPA Planning Panel meeting both of which took place on the 11th October 2004.
4. Appendix 1 presents the latest proposals on existing and new potential control strategies, together with corporate cross cutting themes requiring development. Appendix 2 contains the relevant Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF) measures and desired outcomes.
Further development work
5. Once the objectives and measures have been agreed, relevant leads will prepare proposed targets for discussion by Management Board and by the MPA. Corporate Planning, Corporate Performance and others will support this work, which will use analysis and evidence to justify appropriate targets. Territorial Policing (TP) will need to incorporate bespoke target setting into those targets that are appropriate. This activity will ensure that effective monitoring mechanisms are in place.
6. The updated activities in support of the objectives will be shaped and reviewed by each lead. This will include the completion of risk/equality impact assessments at both the shaping stage, and prior to implementation.
7. This is on schedule to be completed as per the planning process timeline.
C. Race and equality impact
The nature of the control strategies mean there is a possibility of an equality or diversity impact. This will be managed by assessing the potential impact during the design phase involving consultation with stakeholders as indicated in paragraph 6 above. These would be re-assessed prior to full implementation.
D. Financial implications
There are no specific financial implications arising from this report, although the development of the objectives, targets and measures will determine in broad terms how the MPS proposes to use it’s resources in 2004/2005.
E. Background papers
None
F. Contact details
Report authors: Ross Daniels
For more information contact:
MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18
Appendix 1: Proposals for control strategies for 2005/2006
| Subject area | Current Proposal | Relevant PPAF measures [1] | Desired outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. To minimise the risk from terrorist activity. | Merge with 2. | - | To prevent a terrorist incident. |
| 2. To maintain an effective response to terrorist incidents | Merge with 1. | - | To be able to respond appropriately to a terrorist incident. |
| 3. To reduce the level of gun enabled crime | Consideration be given to it becoming part of the violence control strategy and that weapon enabled crime needs to be included. | 5(e) Life threatening crime and gun crime per 1,000 population | To reduce gun crime and meet a set target for detection rates. |
| 4. To disrupt organised criminal activity – class A drugs | Merge with 5. | 6(c) Number of Class A drug supply offences brought to justice per 10,000 population; of these the percentage each for cocaine and heroin supply or
6(d) For heroin, crack and cocaine (i) street price and (ii) purity [Either 6(c) or 6(d) will be selected by Home Office] 6(e) Total monetary value of all drug crime assets recovered from persons under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, directly related to police per 10,000 of population or6(f) Drug users’ perceptions of the availability of Class A drugs [Either 6(e) or 6(f) will be selected by Home Office] |
To disrupt drug trafficking, undertake proactive operations, and to target crack houses. |
| 5. To dismantle organised criminal networks and seize assets | Merge with 4. | To disrupt criminal networks and reduce the threat and activity of those networks. To seize around £8 million of assets. | |
| 6. To safeguard children and young persons from abuse | To be delivered within the SCD business group plan. The measurement on violence towards children needs to be included in the violence control strategy. | Arrest suspects identified as a danger to children, and to meet a detection rate for homicide offences involving children or young persons. | |
| 7. To improve neighbourhood safety | No Change, but incorporate new measures including Priority/Prolific Offenders. | 2. Using the British Crime Survey, the percentage of people who think their local police do a good job
4. Using the British Crime Survey: (a) risk of personal crime;(b) risk of household crime (c) risk of crime using the BCS recorded crime comparator5(a) Domestic burglaries per 1,000 households 5(d) Vehicle crime per 1,000 population10. Using the British Crime Survey: (a) fear of crime; and(b) feelings of public safety 11(a) Percentage of police officer time spent on frontline duties |
To improve public satisfaction in the Police Service, through reassuring the public by increasing visibility and reducing crime levels, particularly those affecting local communities. |
| 8. To reduce the level of robbery compared to 2003/2004 | This should be included within the proposed control strategy for violent crime. | A reduction in the number of robberies, combined with an increase in the detection rate. | |
| 9. To improve the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System | To link 9 and 9a, to have one strategic Criminal Justice Control Strategy.
To include Volume Crime. |
6(a) Number of notifiable/recorded offences + street warnings for cannabis possession resulting in conviction, caution or taken into consideration at court
6(b) Percentage of notifiable/recorded offences + street warnings for cannabis possession resulting in conviction, caution or taken into consideration at court 7(a) Percentage of notifiable/recorded offences + street warnings for cannabis possession resulting in charge, summons, caution or taken into consideration at court [Note significant overlap with 6(b) – possible that 6(b) and 7(a) will be combined]7(f) Percentage of charges and summons resulting in an offence brought to justice. Volume CrimePSA measure for the overall sanction detection rate and offenders brought to justice for all notifiable offences. PSA requirement to reduce crime by 15%, and further in high crime areas, by 2007-2008 |
To reach a higher target for the number of TNOs detected. To reduce the number of outstanding warrants, and to improve victim satisfaction in the overall CJ process. |
| 9a. To achieve a 20% detection rate for total notifiable offences | Merge with 9. | Linked with 9. | |
| 10. To recognise and respond appropriately to victims of crime taking into account diversity implications. | For inclusion as a cross cutting theme across all strategies. | 3(a) Satisfaction of victims of racist incidents with respect to the overall service provided (could be included within citizen focus strategy)
3(b) From 1(e), comparison of satisfaction for white users and users from minority ethnic groups with respect to the overall service provided (could be included within citizen focus control strategy). 3(c) Percentage of stop/searches which lead to arrest by ethnicity of the person stopped (could be included within neighbourhood safety control strategy).3(d) Comparison of percentage detected of violence against the person offences by ethnicity of the victim (could be included within violence control strategy). |
To meet the detection rates for offences that impact on vulnerable victims, namely rape, homophobic crime, racist crime, and domestic violence. |
| Citizen Focus | To be a control strategy. | [If this becomes a control strategy in its own right, then all of the indicators in the Citizen Focus domain could be used as suitable measures] | Improve the satisfaction levels of victims of crime to ensure that all of our policing activity maintains a focus on meeting the policing needs of the citizen. |
| Violence/Alcohol | To become a control strategy | 1. Satisfaction of victims of violent crime with respect to –
(a) making contact with the police; (b) action taken by the police;(c) being kept informed of progress; (d) their treatment by staff;(e) the overall service provided. 5(b) Violent crime per 1,000 population5(c) Robberies per 1,000 population 5(e) Life threatening crime and gun crime per 1,000 population8(a) Percentage of domestic violence incidents with a power of arrest where an arrest was made related to the incident 8(b) Of 8(a), the percentage of partner-on-partner violence8(c) Percentage of domestic violence offenders brought to justice for domestic violence incidents with a power of arrest where an arrest was made related to the incident |
To reduce the number of offences, ensure offenders are brought to justice, and assist in rehabilitation to reduce re-offending. |
| Homicide | To be included within SCD Business Group plans. | To maintain the excellent detection rates for homicide. | |
| Demand Management | To be a control strategy. However, this requires clarification of definition and scope, and should be entitled ‘public contact’ to have a customer focus. | To ensure there is an effective policing response to meet the needs of the public. | |
| Diversity | An integral part within all of the control strategies. | To ensure that the diverse communities in London are represented within the police service, and whose needs are met by an appropriate response. | |
| Women’s Safety | An integral part within all of the control strategies. | To reduce the number of female victims of crime, and to increase awareness of safety measures. This could be considered as a strand within the diversity theme. | |
| Efficiency realisation/redirection | An integral part within all of the control strategies. | To ensure that the MPS continues to seek out and deliver efficiency gains in its performance, utilises the resources available in an appropriate way to meet the policing needs of London. | |
| Workforce Modernisation | An integral part within all of the control strategies. | To ensure we have an appropriate mix of staff with appropriate skills to be fit for purpose. | |
| Reform Delivery | An integral part within all of the control strategies. | ||
| Leadership | An integral part within all of the control strategies. | ||
| Data Quality | An integral part within all of the control strategies. | To ensure that systems contained data relating to the roles and functions undertaken by staff are accurate, to enable effective strategic decision making to take place. |
Appendix 2: Police performing assessment framework
PPAF proposals valid as at 30 September 2004 (contained in National Policing Plan sent out for consultation).
The performance indicators in the Policing Performance Assessment Framework are linked to one of seven key areas (domains) of police activity and are linked to outcomes. They are set annually as statutory performance indicators and those intended for 2005-06 are set out below.
Table 1: Domain A indicators (citizen focus)
| SPI ref | Description | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satisfaction of victims of domestic burglary, violent crime, vehicle crime and road traffic collisions with respect to –
(a) making contact with the police; (b) action taken by the police;(c) being kept informed of progress; (d) their treatment by staff;(e) the overall service provided. |
Retain as indicator. |
| 2 | Using the British Crime Survey, the percentage of people who think their local police do a good job. | Continue with additional BCS questions |
| 3 | Satisfaction of victims of racist incidents with respect to the overall service provided. | Retain as indicator. |
| 3 | (From 1(e), comparison of satisfaction for white users and users from minority ethnic groups with respect to the overall service provided. | Retain as indicator. |
| 3 | Percentage of (i) PACE stop/searches and (ii) other stop/searches which lead to arrest by ethnicity of the person stopped. | Revise indicator to include all stop/searches. |
| 3 | Comparison of percentage detected of violence against the person offences by ethnicity of the victim. | Retain as indicator. |
Table 2: Domain 1 indicators (reducing crime)
| SPI ref | Description | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Using the British Crime Survey:
risk of personal crime; [2] and risk of household crime [2]risk of crime using the BCS recorded crime comparator [2] |
Retain 4a and 4b as Indicator with 4c as proposed new statutory indicator. |
| 5 | (a) Domestic burglaries per 1,000 households. [2]
(b) Violent crime per 1,000 population. [2] (c) Robberies per 1,000 population. [2](d) Vehicle crime per 1,000 population. [2] (e) Life threatening crime and gun crime per 1,000 population. |
Retain as Indicator. |
Table 3: Domain 2 indicators (investigating crime)
| SPI ref | Description | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Number of notifiable/recorded offences resulting in conviction, caution or taken into consideration at court. | Revise to include ‘street warnings’ for cannabis possession. |
| 6 | Percentage of notifiable/recorded offences resulting in conviction, caution or taken into consideration at court. | Revise to include ‘street warnings’ for cannabis possession. |
| 6 | Number of Class A drug supply offences brought to justice per 10,000 population; of these the percentage each for cocaine and heroin supply. | Retain as indicator (if preferred to 6d). |
| 6 | For heroin, crack and cocaine (i) street price and (ii) purity | Proposed new statutory indicator (if preferred to 6c). |
| 6 | Total monetary value of all drug crime assets recovered from persons under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, directly related to police per 10,000 of population. | Proposed new statutory indicator (if preferred to 6f). |
| 6 | Drug users’ perceptions of the availability of Class A drugs. | Proposed new statutory indicator (if preferred to 6e). |
| 7 | Percentage of notifiable/recorded offences resulting in charge, summons, caution or taken into consideration at court. | Revision to include ‘street warnings’ for cannabis possession. |
| 7 | Percentage detected of domestic burglaries. [3] | Not proposed as a statutory indicator for 2005/06. |
| 7 | Percentage detected of violent crime. [3] | Not proposed as a statutory indicator for 2005/06. |
| 7 | Percentage detected of robberies. [3] | Not proposed as a statutory indicator for 2005/06. |
| 7 | Percentage detected of vehicle crime. [3] | Not proposed as a statutory indicator for 2005/06. |
| 7 | Percentage of charges and summons resulting in an offence brought to justice. | Proposed new statutory indicator. |
| 8 | Percentage of domestic violence incidents with a power of arrest where an arrest was made related to the incident. | Revision to definition of domestic violence. |
| 8 | Of 8(a), the percentage of partner-on-partner violence. | Revision to definition of domestic violence |
| 8 | Percentage of domestic violence offenders brought to justice for domestic violence incidents with a power of arrest where an arrest was made related to the incident. | Proposed new statutory indicator. |
Table 4: Domain 3 indicators (promoting public safety)
| SPI ref | Description | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | (a) Road traffic collisions resulting in death in under 30 day or serious personal injury per 100 million vehicle km travelled.* | Retain as indicator. |
| 10 | Using the British Crime Survey: | Retain as indicator but with revision to BCS questions for 10b. |
Table 5: Domain 4 indicators (providing assistance)
| SPI ref | Description | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | (a) Percentage of police officer time spent on frontline duties. | Retain as indicator. |
Table 6: Domain B indicators (resource use)
| SPI ref | Description | Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Proportion of police recruits from minority ethnic groups compared to proportion of people from minority ethnic groups in the economically active population.
Ratio of officers from minority ethnic groups resigning to all officer resignations. Percentage of female police officers compared to overall force strength. |
Retain as indicator |
| 13 | Average number of working hours lost per annum due to sickness per police officer.
Average number of working hours lost per annum due to sickness per police staff. |
Retain as indicator |
| 14 | Delivery of cashable and non-cashable efficiency targets | Proposed new statutory indicator. |
| 15 | Percentage of officers and staff being assessed as competent against National Occupational Standards 1A5 (promote diversity) and 1A4 (foster diversity). | Proposed new statutory indicator. |
Footnotes
1. The PPAF measures proposed for 2005/06 are shown in Appendix 2. [Back]
2. Statutory Indicators proposed as community safety measures shared with local authorities. [Back]
3. Indicators to be excluded from the suite for 2005/06 onwards. [Back]
4. Statutory Indicators proposed as community safety measures shared with local authorities. [Back]
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