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Contents
Approach 3Hierarchy of Issues 4
Investment in training, development, recruitment and retention5
Selection and development of right leaders 6Understanding and meeting needs of community 7Level playing field for women 8Performance measures impacting behaviour and culture 9Work life balance 10Financial constraints impact delivery and development 11Awareness and understanding of NIM and analyst role 12Clarity and consistency of vision for policing 13Improvement in practices and processes 14Effective engagement with partners 15Cultural change to reflect diversity 16
Proposed actions 17Next Steps 24
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Approach
A key objective of the conference was to get the delegates views and inputs into ‘shaping the future’. To
support this, Enzyme International were engaged to provide an interactive structure and framework
enabling all delegates to consider and identify the key issues, challenges and success factors impacting
the future for
‘Women in Policing’ and
‘Delivering the best service for women in communities’
To stimulate ideas and consider all perspectives delegates attended a number of workshops dealing with
policing or personal development issues, were provided with a wealth of information from the various
seminar topics and along with their existing knowledge and experience they identified, discussed,
prioritised and ranked the key issues, challenges and success factors. The affinity diagram method was
then used to combine and synthesise associated ideas to generate the list of key issues.
Outputs from all the workshops sessions were consolidated to provide an overall view of the key issues
and challenges, in order of importance, with the top 12 included in the Hierarchy of Issues chart. The
most important issue was normalised to 100% and all others were shown as a percentage of this.
For each of the themes identified, the details of the key contributing issues, challenges and success
factors are included along with verbatim quotes. As can be seen the various issues are not mutually
exclusive and there are a number of underlying factors that underpin many these issues. So, by focusing
on those actions required to reduce / remove the most important issues will also have an impact on those
Issues of lesser importance.
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Hierarchy of Issues
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Hierarchy of Issues
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Investment in training, recruitment, retention and development
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsProvide development opportunities tailored to the needs of the individual
Recognise skills and abilities of all staff within organisation
Provide tomorrow’s leaders with the right tools, and create right environment for new and current leadersConstructive feedback culture to develop emotional intelligence and transformational leadership in staff
Ensure we are fit for purposeRight training, recruitment processes, placement of resources and deployment of staff / budget Recognise issues around training and awareness of managers, particularly health and employment issues
Provide meaningful objectives – PDRsRecruitment and retention of staff, getting the right people in the right place to do the job
People move on to quickly, high turnover of staff, lack of consistency and longevityWe need to recognise the importance of neighbourhood policing and make it a job people want to do and remain inLack of resources with skills and knowledge, funding required to influenceRecognition, recruitment and professionalising specialist roles i.e. analystsCareer opportunities
Review HR policy and practiceHealth & Safety, estate planning, retention and profile of workforce
Quotes“No clear planning on a personal basis”“We invest in police training and then lost to other roles”“Make it a job people want to do!”“Financial and budgetary constraints, prevent development of levels”“Need to consider women (with children) and availability to do extended training” “Tailor made mentoring”
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Selection and development of right leaders
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsLeadership selection needs a fundamental review
Selection not electionEffective selection for promotion (every promotion)Ensure right people with appropriate skills to deliverPromote correct leadersRemove stereo - types
Need to develop leadership styles For police staff and officersValue and embrace all stylesMay need transactional style in operational environment but need transformational when appropriate
Training in transformational leadership needs to start early – sergeants and frontline staff need to be aware Motivate prospective leaders
Leadership skills to be given to middle managers and police leaders
HPDS is self selecting – organisation should look for leaders headhunt and groomTransformational leadership principles to be embedded at most senior levels and throughout ranks
Help manage change and remain positive and inspirational
Response to service failures is to ‘blame’ failure in police leadership - how do we climb back up credibility ladder?
Quotes“Women leaders are quite a novelty”“Create the leadership environment”“At some stage we have to change the top down position”“Thought working hard would lead to promotion, it doesn’t”“Being women challenges authority”“Supporting transformational leadership skills”
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Understanding and meeting the needs and expectations of the community
Issues, Challenges, Success Factors
Hearing and responding to the voice of women in communities and their needs Dealing with and managing increasing expectations by communities, local politicians and partners
promise of citizen focuspublic confidence
Getting the balance right Communication internally and externally to maintain credibility, honesty, integrity and openness with community and staff
create an understanding of current police role / partnership
Really listening and understanding community needs and what really matters to themtrue definition of ‘communities’ identify real representativesdefine what service we and the public needbalance priorities are we only making contact with communities we are comfortable dealing with?
Over promising and under delivering – we don’t have the infrastructure in place so we can’t deliver and then lose public confidence We need neighbourhood champions Ring fence neighbourhood resources Joined up thinking and accountability across partner organisations to deliver
Quotes
“ Establish a vision which anticipates the future requirements”
“ Inspire a climate of trust to address critical community issues”
“ Redefine what policing is all about – serving public consensus”
“ Bring the rest of the service on board with neighbourhood policing”
“ Honesty with public about services & response”
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Level playing field for women
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsAchieving consensus and support from those who will be most affected (white, middle aged male colleagues)Fairness must be maintainedLack of staff development and support for progression of women
Support framework for managers to support women in workplaceEnsure critical mass of female support staff at all levels – including executive
Ensure equality for staff in specialist roles as well as generic roles Under representation in roles and ranks and grades in relation to critical massBalance the needs of individual with the needs of the organisation
External marketing to change cultural perceptionsMinority group
Public and police understanding of the role of women needs to be aligned to address barriers vertically / laterally Challenge selection processes
Criteria for selection is historically set by menLack of influence on strategy became under represented
Challenge internal culturesChanging mindset
‘jobs for the boys’
Quotes
“Challenge internal cultures – ‘Jobs for the boys’”
“Encourage more women at PC / PS level to go for it”
“Criteria for selection set by men”
“Gender equality not just a tick box”
“Balance the needs of the individual to ensure equality”
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Performance Measures Impacting behaviour and culture
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsPerformance measures Quantity vs. QualityEncourages task focus and hence transactional leadershipWe need government driven KPIs linked to citizen focus agenda
Bridge the gap between performance culture and meeting needs of communities
Move from performance measures to meaningful service provision and customer satisfactionCustomer satisfaction v detection ratesWe are not always driven in right directionPerformance measures and accountability over people
Need joined up, streamlined performance management to unite staff in a common vision Currently too many, not relevant to measuring neighbourhood policing
Clarity and investment of our ethical value within a performance cultureMeasurements and accountability must remain but be expanded to reflect wide variety of services based on NHP Need to identify what culture the police service wants
Quotes
“Huge ethical issue on performance destroying operational command units to hit targets”
“The stress to achieve performance targets is such that some ACPO are reverting to ‘blame culture’, not all are following
the values they signed up to on the SCC”
“ Performance demands too great & hindering progression of women”
“ We are too results driven”
“Performance demands are so great diversity will be lost”
“What does success look like?”
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Work Life balance
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsFlexible working on the agenda
home working, part time working
Impact on operational productivity e.g. flexible rotas, work life balanceManaging workloads - long hours culture, prioritising the priorities, constant change
Work life balance v performance culture
Dealing with ‘caring’ issues children and elderly parentsofficers dealing with aging community
Get the gender agenda on HMIC radarMake sure the assessment of forces gender equality strategies don’t become a ‘tick box’ in forces with white male transactional command teams
Consider staff postings, frequent moves without reference to home circumstances – affects child care arrangements
Review leave allocation and sick leave (Australia 9 weeks leave) Raise awareness of women’s health issues
female managers to supporthow big is the issue?
Quotes
“We need the right gender and quality strategies – health and family issues”
“You make it hard to prove you can do it”
“ Create a culture where women can be open”
“ Raise awareness of women’s health issues”
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Financial Constraints impact Delivery andDevelopment
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsService delivery vs. sustainability with demand growth and budget cutsIncreasing demand vs. fiscal constraintsRemaining positive and being transformational on the back of decreases in funding and resourcesLack of resources – money, time, people – what are our priorities?Budgetary constraints
Budgetary constraints must not allow creative use of resources, leadership and development opportunities for women Reduced public expenditure, reduced staff, business process reengineering
Lack of finances to change working environment and make physical changes to stationsKeeping pace with technology
Quotes
“Doing more with less money!”
“No blame culture is so important, we must work ethically. Is that sustainable when we face budgetary cuts?”
“Need to ensure financial constraints don’t stifle creativity”
“Getting more out of less whilst trying to keep commitment and motivation”
“We must have clarity of strategic direction so we know what to spend a diminishing budget on”
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Awareness and understanding of NIM andanalyst role
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsNeed improved awareness of NIM
Effective commissioning of analysts “feeding the NIM”
More interaction with Tasking & Co-ordination Group (TCG) meeting members and partners
Lack of resources to enforce TCG recommendations
Lack of understanding of the role of the analyst from some members of senior management
Need education and understanding of analyst roleLack of management understanding of analyst capabilities – need re-educating
Need to know their capabilities and so what to ask for
Critical for our partners to understand NIM
Ongoing training and development for analysts and their managers
Keep staff up to date with research and latest development
Analysts to market the analysis role
Quotes
“Time is critical – need time to do the analysis and react appropriately”
“Management need to understand the analysis”
“What information can you give me?”
“Tasking as a consequence of descriptive rather than analytical information does not tackle problem!”
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Clarity and consistency of vision for policing
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsStrategic direction of police service unclear
What is it ?
What are our priorities?
Determine what our business is and what our customers want and expect – “true vision” of policingCitizen focus is an organisation mindset, no real true idea of what this means
Clear direction and clarity of purpose individually and for the serviceWith a performance framework that reflects it
Fairness and equality is business as usual with no need to explain or market it
Realistic strategy for reformWhen? how? Recognise we need one
Quotes
“What do we want and how do we achieve it?”
“We must define direction of travel and have a collective vision”
“Richard Branson or Oprah Winfrey for Chief Executive of Policing - could they be?”
“Having recently not merged, what is the future of policing and where are our leaders taking us?”
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Improvement and innovation in practices and processes
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsLack of flexibility and innovating in working practices
Embrace and support individuality
Rigid working practices (training, on call duties)Proactively challenge
Have confidence to challenge and hang on to your values
Evaluate best practiceAnalysis product
Include analysis within action plan, and ensure plan is revisitedMove forward from descriptive work to analysis – culture does not support
Quotes
“ Fundamental flaw is not being able to spend long periods on a command course with a small family, it’s not just child
care it’s other challenges at the same time to get on courses“
“ We talk a lot but we’re not very radical when we get back to work”
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Effective engagement with partners
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsEffective engagement with partners and public to deliver service together
Complex communitiesPartnerships working in a way that ensures communities have a voice and influence
Collaboration of servicesShared practice, systems and experiences to prevent duplication and facilitate best working
Consultation process across agencies
Improved partnership protocols joint training
Secure meaningful relationships that deliver mutually beneficial outcomes, particularly in light of collaboration agenda
Policy review – longer term partnership responsibility and accountability
Challenge of public sector reformLocal level / local delivery
Quotes
“Look for areas of mutual interest in partnership working, i.e. health”
“We need to share information with partner agencies”
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Cultural change to reflect diversity
Issues, Challenges, Success FactorsWorkforce to reflect diverse nature of communities we police at all levels
Policing diverse communitiesBeing cognisant of changes in community profiles and be able to understand and police them
Diversity as core business, no longer on agenda50 : 50 balance of male female staff across all areas of the organisationInstigating culture fit for 21st centuryLack of practical information to assist senior managers in dealing with diversity issuesQuestioning to be seen as positive not a weakness
Quotes
“Paying lip service to diversity, need to mainstream as a pervasive aspect of what we do”
“Challenge what we think we know – we have diversity action plans but we still stereotype”
“Need a culture where it’s ok to say ‘No’”
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Actions
It was agreed that the group should focus on the three key areas detailed below. Delegates were spilt into three groups and each group asked to consider actions to address one of the issues
1) Getting the Right Leaders
Career Development – Investment in training & development and Selection and
development of the right leaders
2) Productivity - The Impact of performance measures– how do we deliver what the
public want and are accountable for what we deliver whilst ensuring we have a
healthy performance culture
3) Understanding the needs of communities/citizens – particularly women
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Actions - Career Development
Defined career path, structure and planning If field is crime why place in communitiesTake risks but be supported to deliver
Personalise development, have a learning log all the way throughInclude development in role, may not be training but developing as an individualNeed more holistic approach, self awareness, continuous developmentTraining for civilians to include ‘policing’ element to integrate them effectively into organisation
Need to change culture of viewing training as an ‘abstraction’ rather than an ‘investment’Stop seeing training as something done to people, staff to take responsibility for their own development develop self initiated learning cultureMove away from drip feeding
Training departments to be supported by BCUs to show impact on performance and demonstrate return on investment
Review promotions policy and ensure transparency, fairness and equalityRemove real perceived ideas of ‘jobs for the boys’Involve others in the process, including external and police staffLook at all other roles in the middle
Review and fundamentally change the process for recruitment, selection and progressionIdentify individuals and develop them early on – effective ‘talent spotting-Does the same process = same type of leader being selected?Buy in the best leaders like private businessBring in consultants to review and shake up processLittle new or innovative thinking at the top as leaders are institutionalised and staid in their thinking
Review succession planning
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Actions – Career Development (2)
Give women (staff and officers) opportunity to sit with professionals / career development adviser Too much luck identifying the best leaders, usually those that are best at selling themselves
Chosen one syndrome
Identify coaching and mentoring to support
Women tend to be less effective at planning careers due to confidence
Introduce structured mentoring scheme
Work life balance – flexibility and more flexible delivery options
Enhance accessibility and availability of trainingFlexibility for caring responsibilities and how the training is delivered and view that – “if I haven’t sat in a classroom I haven’t been trained”
National approach, not local to each force
Centrex Senior Leadership Development Modules do not start at a low enough level, leadership for all required at all levels
Introduce women’s champion for each force to drive women’s development
Connectivity between ACPO view of training and link to performance
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Actions - Productivity
Empower staff to get back and police communities
Reward good community policingPerformance cannot always be quantified in statistical terms, officers performing but current practices don’t allow this to be captured Develop framework of indicators that enable community policing contributions to be visible
Create a healthy performance culture which is supportive and developmental aligned to what public want which allows ethical performance
National and local priorities to be distinct Funding should not be determined by meeting policiesTrue story! Force X has 3000 street robberies, reduces to 2000 = best performing force. Force Y has 4 street robberies increased to 6 = worst performing force, where would you want to live?
Needs of the community to drive government targetsWhat do public really want?Obtain feedback from public and internallyReally LISTEN and RESPOND Identify gaps that exist with public expectations and service delivery and agree service standardsConsider market segmentation
Define and describe success – political or community successNeed wider view of the communities If we were successful what would be working well – staff supported, public receive service they want, look at things that workWhen public say ‘For me that was a great experience’ – only measure of success Success should reflect values about quality and customer satisfaction, not just crime reductionWhen career success relies on figures only, quality and customer satisfaction gets undervalued
Consider the messages we give to community90% = poor police force, 92% = good – public know they are being police by a poor force
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Actions – Productivity (2)
Introduce externally accountable performanceRecognise we need help from external body to identify what we should be delivering, how it can be measured and put measures in place
Measurement should be across all different partners / agencies
Productivity to be relevant and evidence basedKPIs linked to citizen focus service delivery
AccountabilityOfficers tenure is too short to be held accountable, which is at odds with development journals and evidence accepted for promotion and selection
Move away from senior micro management Empower staff and trust them to deliverFocus on positives, not always the negatives
Transparent processes and structures to enable communication, monitoring, and scrutinising to improve service delivery
Marketing to demonstrate the ‘fit’ of all elements of policing servicesDon’t isolate one part – synergistic approach NHP – response - terrorism
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Actions – Understanding the needs of communities / citizens
Identify and define our communitiesWe haven’t got a grip on defining people in communities;How do we identify those hard to get to groups?
Set our objectives at the beginning and honestly say did we engage?We never ask difficult questions
We need to be much more imaginative about how we access informationEveryone rushing off to engage communitiesHow do we get hold of some of the communities i.e. working girls?Contact with fail to reach groups – attend doctors surgeries, supermarkets etcAd hoc community polling – turn up to colleges, mother and toddler groups etc and avoid self selection Engage more with youth Continuous process Joint approach with partners rather than single agency approach
‘Self owned’ focus groups to capture ‘what women want in communities’Facilitated from within, owning their data and potential solutions Currently outsourcing the role of getting information from communities to partnerships and creating a problem for ourselves
We need to use the information we currently have, sometimes we don’t listen or when we do, do anything with what we hear
User satisfaction, consultationsstereotyping
Understand what communities and women in communities really needOnce we know the needs of communities, be realistic about what we should deliver and can deliverWhat is someone else’s responsibility
Systems to collate and analyse information from customers – particularly hard to reach groupsPCSOs, websites, local authority crime surveys, immigrants
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Actions – Understanding the needs ofcommunities / citizens (2)
Develop culture to recognise the individual needs of all individuals and that we diligently address them Ensure all front line staff know the consequences of their interactions
Not just consulting – need a feedback processFeedback and feedback again - good news / bad news / honest news
Two way communication identified and aligned at an understandable level
Thank you letters for witnesses so they feel valued
Develop ‘follow through’Did it work? Has it made a difference to your life?
Communicate with all staff about community needsBetter use of neighbourhood teams
Everyone has a responsibility
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Next Steps
Consolidate the actions from each of the key areas, paying particular attention to duplications i.e. understanding needs of the customers and developing appropriate measures
Consider any other actions / initiatives that may be underway or being proposed and determine actions / initiatives to progress
Develop an overall plan of activities and allocate ownership, responsibilities and working parties where appropriate
Set up two way communication forums to report and receive progress etc for local and central initiatives