Protecting Society and helping keep people safe

THE CHANGING NATURE OF POLICING

SIR PETER FAHY

Chief Constable

The current picture

•Recorded crime has risen but there is less theft, burglary and robbery

•More victims are reporting personal, violent crime, including historical crimes, and more crime between people known to each other

•There is more cyber crime and internet based fraud.

The current picture

•Recorded crime has risen but there is less theft, burglary and robbery

•More victims are reporting personal, violent crime, including historical crimes, and more crime between people known to each other

•There is more cyber crime and internet based fraud.

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Where are we spending our time?

•Officers and staff are spending more time on protecting people and dealing with complex crime

•40% of demand for police response concerns safety and welfare - of vulnerable people, missing adults and children and mental ill health

•GMP records 356 public protection incidents a day

Where are we spending our time?

•Officers and staff are spending more time on protecting people and dealing with complex crime

•40% of demand for police response concerns safety and welfare - of vulnerable people, missing adults and children and mental ill health

•GMP records 356 public protection incidents a day

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Public priorities

Independent public perception survey 2015 shows that the public’s top 3 priorities for GMP are:

Responding to 999 calls

Catching criminals who commit serious crimes such as murder, rape and violence

Supporting victims of child abuse and bringing abusers to justice

Public priorities

Independent public perception survey 2015 shows that the public’s top 3 priorities for GMP are:

Responding to 999 calls

Catching criminals who commit serious crimes such as murder, rape and violence

Supporting victims of child abuse and bringing abusers to justice

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Number of Sworn Police Officers1 officer per 428

members of public

1 officer per 334 members of public

1 officer per 541 members of public

Our Policing Strategy

Strong integrated neighbourhood policing supported by specialist capability to deal with complex or high risk

incidents or surges in demand

Our Policing Strategy

Strong integrated neighbourhood policing supported by specialist capability to deal with complex or high risk

incidents or surges in demand

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Working together with ….

•Partners to join up our services at a neighbourhood and borough level

•Other specialist services to safeguard people and coordinate our efforts

•Local people and volunteers to tackle local issues and priorities

•Local communities to support them in protecting themselves and keeping themselves safe

Working together with ….

•Partners to join up our services at a neighbourhood and borough level

•Other specialist services to safeguard people and coordinate our efforts

•Local people and volunteers to tackle local issues and priorities

•Local communities to support them in protecting themselves and keeping themselves safe

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PUBLIC SUPPORT IN POLICING –

MAKING NEIGHBOURHOODS SAFER

Chief Superintendent Catherine Hankinson

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Encouraging involvement and volunteering

•Traditional opportunities for people to become active…

•Special Constabulary Officers

•Police Support Volunteers

•Police Cadets

•HomeWatch/PubWatch/FarmWatch

•Supporting other agencies who are involved locally e.g. local authority services or other community agencies

•Benefits of involvement

Encouraging involvement and volunteering

•Traditional opportunities for people to become active…

•Special Constabulary Officers

•Police Support Volunteers

•Police Cadets

•HomeWatch/PubWatch/FarmWatch

•Supporting other agencies who are involved locally e.g. local authority services or other community agencies

•Benefits of involvement

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Crime prevention•There is lots of easily accessible information on GMP’s website on our Crime Reduction page e.g. advice on:

– Antisocial Behaviour– Business Security– Security for your home– Staying safe online

•How can you help your communities to access and use this advice?•Key crime prevention messages are:

– Protecting yours and others property– Keeping yourself and others safe online– Protecting yourself from harm in your neighbourhood

Crime prevention•There is lots of easily accessible information on GMP’s website on our Crime Reduction page e.g. advice on:

– Antisocial Behaviour– Business Security– Security for your home– Staying safe online

•How can you help your communities to access and use this advice?•Key crime prevention messages are:

– Protecting yours and others property– Keeping yourself and others safe online– Protecting yourself from harm in your neighbourhood

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Understanding & solving local problems as a community

•Talking to your fellow citizens to understand the issues that impact on them

•Get a sense of what matters to people in your neighbourhood

•Find ways to have conversations collectively about what matters in community

•Listen to the views of others

Understanding & solving local problems as a community

•Talking to your fellow citizens to understand the issues that impact on them

•Get a sense of what matters to people in your neighbourhood

•Find ways to have conversations collectively about what matters in community

•Listen to the views of others

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Neighbourliness

•Do people know their neighbours’ names?

•How strong are relationships between people?

•Do you know who is isolated, vulnerable?

•What skills do people have that you could tap into?

What can you do to strengthen relationships and help support vulnerable people, and use people’s relationships, networks and skills?

Neighbourliness

•Do people know their neighbours’ names?

•How strong are relationships between people?

•Do you know who is isolated, vulnerable?

•What skills do people have that you could tap into?

What can you do to strengthen relationships and help support vulnerable people, and use people’s relationships, networks and skills?

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Influencing others

•As active citizens, what steps do you already take to draw in support and influence others?

•Do you use other networks that are available to you?

•How do you identify other people who want to be active, involved and work with you?

•How can you help other people to become active citizens?

Influencing others

•As active citizens, what steps do you already take to draw in support and influence others?

•Do you use other networks that are available to you?

•How do you identify other people who want to be active, involved and work with you?

•How can you help other people to become active citizens?

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Problem solving – the first steps•What problems exist in your community?•How do you know what these are?•How do we engage with a wider group of people to increase the voice identifying what the problems are?•How do we work together to understand what we’ve tried before, what worked, what didn’t, what the police have been relied on for and what people have done for themselves?•How do we work together and bring more people on board to help us improve this?

Problem solving – the first steps•What problems exist in your community?•How do you know what these are?•How do we engage with a wider group of people to increase the voice identifying what the problems are?•How do we work together to understand what we’ve tried before, what worked, what didn’t, what the police have been relied on for and what people have done for themselves?•How do we work together and bring more people on board to help us improve this?

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Local community re-defining and reclaiming their place

Crowd funding project led by Castlefield Forum (residents and businesses)

To create an area for use in daytime and nighttime

Castlefield Roman inspired garden

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‘Upping It’ initiativeResident-led initiative

Engaging young people

Inspire and create responsibility around waste and fly tipping

‘Greening’ back alleys

Training and support

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What next?

• Be enthusiastic

•Be brave

•Make a difference

What next?

• Be enthusiastic

•Be brave

•Make a difference