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South Police and Crime Commissioner Annual Report

SUMMARY OF OUR IMPACT Contents

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Introduction 3

Funding of Services 5

Priority 1 6

Priority 2 13

Priority 3 17

Priority 4 22

Priority 5 36

Priority 6 37 Introduction

I am pleased to introduce my annual report for the financial year 2019/2020, which summarises the work my team and I have undertaken during what has been an extraordinary twelve months. For another year we have benefitted from the strong operational leadership of Chief Constable Matt Jukes and his team 3 of Chief Officers, whilst my team and I continue to provide healthy challenge and support as a 'critical friend' to the Force; as well as leadership on early intervention, prevention and partnership working. I am also pleased to announce that this year, my team has achieved 'Investors in People' accreditation.

During 2019/2020, we have continued to focus on vulnerability by delivering the DRIVE programme in and Cwm Taf, as well as launching the Joint Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy (2019 - 2024) in conjunction with Police and partners. The DRIVE programme challenges the behaviour of high risk, high harm perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse to reduce victimisation and reoffending. The dramatic findings of the independent evaluation by Bristol University show that the DRIVE programme has significantly reduced levels of harm; with physical abuse reduced by 82%, sexual abuse reduced by 88%, harassment and stalking behaviours reduced 75%, and the risk to victims reduced by 82%. These findings have proved the value of the DRIVE programme in tackling the type of violence and abuse that has been the scourge of our society for too long. These stunning results not only benefit the victims, their families and the wider community, but are

I am enormously proud of the way that the Police Officers, Officers, that the Police of the way I am enormously proud to Police worked tirelessly Wales PCSOs and staff of South the rules set out take our communities with us in following It has been a brilliant example Government. Welsh clearly by – they serve of the police being a part of the communities instance providing but in the first when necessary enforcing still the time of writing, people are At local leadership. while people also desperate are dying of the Coronavirus, and to spend normal, to travel, back to to get their lives our plea has Nevertheless, time with friends and family. to be for a continuation of care, community solidarity and mutual respect. Rt Hon and Crime Commissioner Police South Wales Instead was the announcement and as a made in January team difficult worked my with against a tremendously result, a to consult the public and make in order time constraint and Crime Panel by to the Police precept recommendation the legal deadline of the end January. The unprecedented of 2020 continued nature as the pandemic descended upon the UK in March Coronavirus found to an end, we Asyear the financial drew 2020. as we came home, in lockdown together to 'stay ourselves the I am heartened lives'. by save protect the NHS, and Government, between Welsh immediate co-operation the Local the Criminal Justice System, Government, and Police Welsh four and Chief Constables Welsh four these extraordinary to navigate Crime Commissioners will reflect upon the when it is crisis in full We circumstances. In year. financial the next for annual report time to publish my to the commitment the meantime, I must emphasise that my in the even unwavering remains communities of South Wales face of this unprecedented foe. General Election called This election General in December 2019. had a direct implication on the announcement of the police which is typicallyfunding settlement, made in December. approach as leaders in this field. as leaders approach we struggled with the aftermath of the As we entered 2020, only in saving police time, but much more importantly in importantly in but much more police time, only in saving and the the reduction in human suffering waste of human of our a ringing endorsement potential'. The comments are Wales to do more to prevent crime and disorder. South South crime and disorder. to prevent more to do Wales named good work in for was the only Force Police Wales this area, rich dividends, not which was said to be 'paying trauma-informed practises in previous years. Writing in The in The Writing years. in previous practises trauma-informed Chief Inspector of Constabulary Times in September 2019, and England across Winsor challenged police forces Tom further examples of our commitment to early intervention to early of our commitment intervention further examples our work by as already demonstrated and prevention, and Childhood Experiences (ACE's) Adverse around The further roll out of the DRIVE programme and launch and launch out of the DRIVE programme The further roll are and Girls Strategy Women of the Violence Against tackling violence and abuse by understanding root causes root understanding tackling violence and abuse by early and identifying opportunities to intervene so that such place. in the first violence and abuse is prevented violence and abuse against women and girls. The strategy The strategy violence and abuse against women and girls. adopts the tried tested Health and Public to approach Informed by the lived experiences of survivors, the strategy the strategy of survivors, lived the experiences Informed by to work in sets out the principles that underpin our desire of of all forms the eradication towards close partnership Hutt, who praised the commitment of South Wales Police, Police, the commitment of South Wales who praised Hutt, to achieving sustainable Government team and Welsh my Health taking a Public to this issue. approach change by In October 2019 we launched the Joint Violence Against launchedIn October 2019 we Violence Against the Joint to much acclaim. (2019 - 2024) and Girls Strategy Women Minister Jane Deputy First by The launch was attended therefore fund the programme beyond March beyond will 2020 and fund the programme therefore of South Wales. to other parts the programme also expand particularly the NHS - as we break the cycle of harm. Though - as we breakparticularly the NHS of harm. Though the cycle out in March 2020, ran the programme funding for central I will this valuable to abandon not prepared service. we are also of clear financial benefit of the police and partners – also of clear partners of the police and financial benefit INTRODUCTION

4 SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 5 VAWG Services VAWG Victims Services Crime & Community SafetyCrime & Community 8% 12% 15% In 2019/20 the Police and Crime Commissioner allocated and Crime Commissioner In 2019/20 the Police to support South Wales across £13 million of funding over resilient communities: confident, safe, £13m 35% 30% Early Intervention

if fundamental to people getting the response they need, the response if fundamental to people getting when they need it. We aim to be the best at understanding and responding to to and responding aim to be the best at understanding We the needsour communities and our work with partners of all (£13m) of Services Funding Funding Mental Health & Substance Misuse SECTION TITLE

Progress Against This section highlights progress in 2019-20 towards delivering the priorities in my Police and Police & Crime Plan Crime Plan 2019-23 2019-23

Priority 1

We will reduce and prevent crime and anti-social behaviour to keep people safe and confident in their homes and communities

Together with the Force, we have continued to be tough on The ‘Help Point’ continues to be delivered in crime and the causes of crime, identifying the underlying in partnership with St Johns Ambulance, Health Boards, issues and tackling them through early intervention and Welsh Ambulance Service Trust and Universities. To date prompt, positive action based on evidence, partnership and approximately 90 people are treated at the Help Point evaluation of ‘what works’ each month, with only 13% of attendees needing further treatment at the Emergency Department. In 2019/20 the Commissioner contributed £57,500 to the cost of the Help Point and evaluation of the service has demonstrated a benefit of roughly £65,000 to policing and £650,000 to the local NHS – but the contribution through student volunteers and the St John’s Ambulance team feeds an ethos of shared endeavour that is priceless.

We continue to promote and develop our successful ‘#DrinkLessEnjoyMore’ campaign, adapting messaging and imagery to ensure it remains relevant to audiences and evolves to encompass related cultural issues such as ‘pre- loading’ and more recently, issues associated with drinking in the home. However, the core focus of the campaign remains on the Night Time Economy (NTE) and highlighting that those that have drunk excessive levels of alcohol will be denied entry into premises, whilst also encouraging groups to look after each other to reduce instances of vulnerability. Activity linked to the campaign remains most apparent around key events in the calendar such as major sporting events, Varsity, Halloween and Christmas. PRIORITY 1

5. To develop and upscale the South Wales Violence The Wales Violence Surveillance System across Wales utilising multi-agency Prevention Unit data to ensure there is a holistic picture of violence.

The Wales Violence Prevention Unit has been established by 6. To create a multi-agency hub of expertise on violence the Police & Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables in prevention with the right people from the right Wales, working with Public Health Wales and supported by organisations empowered to deliver the work of targeted money from the Home Office awarded in August the Unit. 2019 as part of a £35m fund to establish a specialist Violence Reduction Unit to tackle violent crime in their area. A total of 7. To establish an effective communications £880,888 was awarded to South Wales, of which £419,793 strategy that supports violence prevention and was subsequently awarded to 11 organisations to help fund communicates the Unit’s approach to its national and projects aimed at reducing violence. international partners.

The core team comprises members from police forces, the 8. To conduct and share research which contributes Police and Crime Commissioner, Public Health Wales, Her to the global evidence base on violence prevention Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), Home which assesses the costs and consequences of Office Immigration and the voluntary sector. violence and the benefits of investing in violence The Unit is committed to taking a public health approach to prevention activities. violence prevention. This approach challenges the notion that violence is inevitable and instead shows violence can be predicted and prevented like any other health problem. 9. To develop a system-wide response to violence It seeks evidence to understand the causes of violence prevention in Wales by establishing effective and what works to prevent it. The team use this evidence governance of all violence prevention activities across 7 to develop interventions focused on these root causes, our partnership, demonstrating a system leadership SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 before evaluating these interventions and scaling up approach to ensure all interventions are coordinated, effective projects and programmes through a whole systems efficient and effective. approach to violence prevention. 10. To develop and implement an evaluation framework for To achieve its mission, the Unit defined its immediate top all activity linked to violence prevention initiated by the 10 priorities as: Unit and by its partners in Wales.

1. To complete a landscape map to understand the In its first year the Violence Prevention Unit worked with nature, scope, opportunities, risks and overlaps service providers in South Wales to deliver evidence- of violence prevention work in place and planned informed programmes to prevent violence. in Wales. The programmes include: 2. To co-produce work with communities and those with lived experience of violence in Wales. The NHS Violence Prevention Team

The NHS Violence Prevention Team’s work focuses on 3. To produce a three-year Violence Prevention Strategy delivering advice, support and guidance to patients of any for Wales, which builds on and supports the work of age who have experienced violence with injury, with the aim partners and capitalises on the unique Welsh policy of engaging with those injured whilst they are in hospital to landscape and the innovative work that has been help break the cycle of violence at the point of crisis. developed on adverse childhood experiences and trauma informed policing. Early Intervention and Prevention, St Giles Trust 4. To implement, evaluate, and, where appropriate, scale up interventions that prevent violence in Wales. Timely interventions at a “teachable moment” are delivered by two dedicated St Giles Early Intervention and Prevention Workers across Cardiff and Swansea when a young person partnership working. partnership maintained Ensuring effective links are with and Crime colleagues within the Police team, is a there to ensure Commissioner’s across and joinedcoherent up working approach areas. all policy and strategy Continuing to provide support, guidance and support, guidance and to provide Continuing Safety to Community which resource partners, demonstrating they are enables them to ensure to their duties under the Crime & due regard Disorder Act. Safety of Community Monitoring the performance financial that any ensure to activity, Partnership and Crime the Police contributions made by of an efficient supports the delivery Commissioner for the communities and effective service each and the Police Consequently, serves. partnership is able to confidently provide Crime Commissioner that the activity of collaborative public reassurance safe and will provide structures partnership South Wales. communities across cohesive the wider partnership to assess Continuing landscape the South Wales across the individual region so to understand Safetycontributions of Community and wider partner organisations, as well as identify further opportunities to enhance local Monitoring the Commissioning activity covering activity covering Monitoring the Commissioning each through Safety Community Partnership, has and Crime Commissioner which the Police a substantial financial consistently provided activity enables contribution. Commissioning of effective monitoring Community each Safety Plan, and three year Strategic Partnership’s Plans.subsequent Action possible Identifying opportunities, where Safety to align Community and necessary, supporting activity, priorities and any Partnership to the priorities outlined within the and Police Crime Plan. • • • • A forward work plan has been developed and plan has been work A forward developed and to supporting implemented outlining the approach SafetyCommunity and engaging with Partnerships, priority areas: the following covering • •

to work together to ensure a joined up approach to a joined to to work together to ensure up approach services. and delivering commissioning with Community Safetywith Community leads each across local strategic sits region. This role authority within the South Wales team, enabling policy areas within a wider partnership Safety Partnership related activity. Sitting within the within the Sitting Safety related activity. Partnership & Partnerships team, the Policy Criminal Justice Portfolio relationships working professional Officer has developed During 2019/20 we appointed a new Policy & Partnerships & Partnerships During Policy 2019/20 we appointed a new Community for supporting all responsibility Officer with and members of the Unit to support coproduction and and of the Unit to support coproduction and members people heard of young in the are that the voices ensure and implementation of programmes. development Young people also attended the Conference and took and took people the Conference also attended Young part in dedicated workers youth workshops facilitated by define their role in violence prevention and provide and provide prevention role in violence define their valuable input into the Wales Violence Prevention Unit strategy. response commissioned or supported by the Unit already taking the Unit already taking or supportedcommissioned by Delegates had violence. to prevent place in Wales the opportunity to participate in workshops to help The event showcased a number of interventions delivered, showcasedThe event delivered, a number of interventions which brought together over 150 experts from across from across 150 experts together over which brought Wales for a day of learning, sharing and innovation to violence. prevent Prevention Conference Prevention at Unit officially launched Violence Prevention The Wales in March Conference 2020, Violence Prevention the Wales The Wales Violence Violence The Wales parenting, cognitive functioning, active listening and listening and functioning, active cognitive parenting, to referral provides creative writing. The programme specialist unmet needswhere identified. services are Academy Cymru Academy sessions involves Lives programme weekThe four Parallel positive focused on communication, emotional literacy, Parallel Lives Programme, Media Media Lives Programme, Parallel sessions professionals to better equip them in identifying equip them in identifying to better professionals sessions from the young to signs and disclosures and responding people they work with. areas in Cardiff and Swansea. These interactive sessions areas in Cardiff sessions and Swansea. These interactive drug criminal such as child exploitation, key issues cover The team crime. training running and knife also deliver Dedicated Fearless caseworkers deliver workshop sessions Dedicatedsessions workshop deliver caseworkers Fearless people to young identified in violence hotspot serious into crime where appropriate. into crime where UK Crimestoppers Fearless, is most likely to engage with intensive, tailored support. support. tailored intensive, engage with likely to is most families of young to support also opportunities are There been identified at risk of being drawn people have who PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY

8 SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 9 Embedding the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Embedding Risk Assessment the Multi-Agency Safety – Community process (MARAC) Conference continue to support South Wales across Partnerships with public in collaboration process the MARAC and Crime Police The sectorand third partners. Safety has supported Community Commissioner to all is available process the MARAC to ensure Partners In victims of domestic abuse. high-risk and vulnerable one local area, 252 high-risk victims received support within the reporting process, the MARAC through and of the Police period. With the support of partners is process the MARAC and Crime Commissioner, firmly embedded within each local authority area, and high-risk support for around wrap continues to provide victims of domestic abuse. practices, as well as ongoing engagement and support as well as ongoing engagement and support practices, Safetywith Community will seek to outline Partnerships Crime and funding from the Police and how where thus enabling public has supported activity, Commissioner Each Safety practices. Community Partnership reassurance Police and Crime the a financial contribution receives from to their geographical that is proportionate Commissioner in addition to the scalescope, identified of concerns as Safety’‘Community within their Strategies: issues 2. Officer has also undertaken and Partnerships The Policy the commissioning to understand a brief assessment landscape Safety of Community and Partnerships, working their ongoing activities. Further collaborative

Police and Crime Commissioner, this is now a consistent a consistent this is now and Crime Commissioner, Police all local used approach across within the authorities region. South Wales agencies, improved information sharing practices, and and sharing practices, information agencies, improved one In re-offending. ASB increased to prevent efforts Safety the Community Partnership’s local authority, ASB team has recorded an 80% reduction of ASB since the implementation of the re-offending case the With the ongoing support from process. review contributions and additional support provided by by contributions and additional support provided has supported and Crime Commissioner the Police Community by made Safety the efforts Partnerships Case scheme in all localto embed the ASB Review authority areas. Embedding the case process review between effective collaboration demonstrated The implementation of the Anti-Social Behaviour The implementation of the Anti-Social Behaviour Safety – All Community Case process (ASB) Review embedded and an accessible have Partnerships to victims of ASB which allows process, transparent of their complaint if they feel review request a formal financial that the action taken was The inadequate. 1. Two particularly noteworthy examples of good practice of good practice examples particularly noteworthy Two Safety the Community across landscape include: approach to achieve the priorities and action plans plans the priorities and action to achieve approach outlined in individual Community Safety Partnership’s three-year Strategies. their duties under the Crime & Disorder Act). their duties under the Crime & Disorder Act). Police and Crime the Annual financial aid through a coordinated (enables/facilitates) Commissioner Wales region. The Commissioner’s contributions are contributions are region. The Commissioner’s Wales between fundamental to supporting collaborations (in discharging sectorpublic and third Partnerships The Police and Crime Commissioner continues continues Crime Commissioner and The Police contributions to annual financial to provide SafetyCommunity South the across Partnerships Partnerships Community Safety Safety Community PRIORITY 1 PRIORITY PRIORITY 1

FINANCIAL ALLOCATION BY AREA AMOUNT %

SAFER CARDIFF £149,000 25.4% SAFER SWANSEA £120,500 20.6% SAFER RCT £82,300 14.1% SAFER NPT £59,700 10.2% SAFER VALE £56,500 9.6% SAFER £56,100 9.6% SAFER MERTHYR £41,200 7.0%

TOTAL 2019/20 £585,900 -

WLGA – WELSH SAFER COMMUNITIES £15,000 -

The table above highlights the financial contribution given to cost of the partnership structure. Other funding allocations each Community Safety Partnership by local authority area are provided through core budget contributions, Welsh and also the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) Government, Supporting People programme, as well Safer Communities project in 2019/20. A percentage figure other needs-led funding bodies. A full breakdown of the is also highlighted, which indicates the proportion of Police total allocation and spend for each partnership has been and Crime Commissioners funding in relation to the overall produced and shared within the Criminal Justice team.

Community Safety Annual Reporting Partnership Strategic Annual reports are provided through the commissioning process. Improving the reporting process will be a priority Planning, Commissioning, for the Policy & Partnerships Officer in order to maximise the 10 and Annual Reporting success of Community Safety Partnerships resulting from the Commissioner’s contributions. SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Strategic Planning Safer Streets Funding Submission Community Safety Partnerships have a duty to create a three-year strategy outlining the commitments, priorities and Colleagues within the Police and Crime Commissioner’s actions to be taken collaboratively through the partnership Office have supported South Wales Police to submit a set structure. Community Safety Partners across the region of proposals to the Home Office Safer Streets fund. The are currently reviewing their strategies. Support is being Safer Streets project requires each Police force to identify provided through the Policy & Partnerships Officer to geographical areas covering one or more lower super review the crime data and supporting information available, output areas (LSOA), within in which there are specific and revise their forward action plans. We are working concerns surrounding acquisitive crime or burglary. with partners to ensure that where possible, the priorities outlined within Community Safety Strategies are aligned to The Safer Streets fund requires an enhanced assessment those within the Police and Crime Plan. (Environmental Visual Audit) of a given geographical area. Three Environmental Visual Audits were submitted, with Commissioning each requesting amounts of up to £500,000, within three of the Basic Command Unit areas. South Wales Police and Monitoring commissioning activity remains a priority for the the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office submitted Policy & Partnerships Officer. A full assessment has been all three applications in order of primary, secondary and undertaken on previous commissioning activity and a full tertiary. Ongoing support was provided to force leads briefing has been created outlining the commissioning responsible for coordinating the Visual Audits for each area, activity for each Community Safety Partnership. This and on Friday 3rd April 2020, three Safer Streets funding is further mapped against other funding sources in applications were provided, in the following area of priority: addition to that of the Police and Crime Commissioner. To increase the effectiveness of our commissioning approach, work continues to develop a co-ordinated 1. PRIMARY Northern (Merthyr Town Centre) Commissioning Framework that will enable alignment of 2. SECONDARY Western (First Street, Swansea) commissioning activity across the portfolio areas within the Commissioner’s team. 3. TERTIARY Eastern (, Cardiff) PRIORITY 1

Communication with Community Safety Partnerships during Covid-19 Lockdown

During the Coronavirus outbreak lockdown period, which began in 2019/20, ongoing communication has been maintained with each Community Safety Partnership Strategic Lead. Daily communications have been established by colleagues within the Police and Crime Commissioners Office in order to distribute data and information to Moving forward, the proposed priorities for support Community Safety Partnerships through the working with Community Safety Partnerships for lockdown period. 2020/21, include:

Some of the main concerns expressed by Partnership Leads 1. Finalise a high-level briefing outlining Community include accommodation for the homeless, support and Safety Partnership commissioning activity over a refuge for domestic violence victims, and the impact of the three-year period. This will highlight the impact of early release from prison scheme on the wider community. A the financial contributions made by the Police and wealth of information and data continues to be shared with Crime Commissioner within the scope of each partners on a day to day basis and includes a breakdown three-year strategy. of crime data by local authority area per crime type; daily refuge space availability data across Wales; police 2. Finalise a high-level briefing outlining the detail of responses to Covid-19; as well as news articles and media Community Safety Partnership reporting activity 11 campaigns. Positive feedback continues to be provided by over a three-year period, in order to understand

Community Safety Leads, and the process of providing daily how the each Partnership has achieved progress SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 communication has enhanced the relationship between against their respective priorities. Community Safety representatives and the team within the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office. 3. Streamline the reporting requirement for Community Safety Partnerships to enable a Since the Police & Partnerships Officer has come in to post, clearer understanding of the impact of the engagement with each Community Safety Partnership Lead Commissioner’s annual financial contributions. has taken place. Efforts to understand the Community Safety Partnership landscape across South Wales continue, and 4. Develop and implement a commissioning this is achieved by engaging partners, reviewing three-year framework, which can be used to distribute Strategies, and assessing annual commissioning activities. the Commissioner’s financial contributions in a more coherent way. A commissioning framework Since the Covid-19 outbreak, daily partnership engagement will introduce a commissioning and reporting has continued in order to ensure Community Safety Leads model (for both Community Safety Partnerships are aware of the support that is available through the Police and Youth Offending Teams), that is consistent and Crime Commissioners Office. Partnership working has, with priorities and subsequent actions that cut and will continue to, enable Community Safety Partnerships across portfolio areas covered by the Police and fulfil their duties under the Crime & Disorder Act. Crime Plan.

Furthermore, the Policy and Partnerships Officer continues 5. Identify opportunities to ensure the Home Office to identify opportunities to share information, and facilitate Safer Streets projects operate under the existing collaboration between Community Safety Partnerships Community Safety governance arrangements and the various portfolio areas within the Police and Crime in the respective Basic Command Unit areas. Commissioner’s Office. Decisions on structural and accountability considerations will be made pending decisions for funding allocations made by the Home Office.

community concerns. further opportunities to work with South Identify any working collaborative colleagues on any Police Wales and innovative areas. and joint funding activities on new to capitalise proposals to apply on current example, For Gambling the in order funding through for Commission, by gambling addiction. to work with those affected to cross-reference to identify opportunities Continue particularly sectors, of priorities across and align a range between Safety Community Service Public Partnerships, areas and individual portfolio within the Police Boards remit. and Crime Commissioner’s in understanding Identify opportunities to develop areas the Criminal Justice team, of research within new development cross—portfolio which will encourage example, and relevant priority areas. For work in new taking place within the some scoping work is currently the prevalence Criminal Justice team to understand and needs aged of females 18-25 within the Criminal Justice system. Continue to work with the Chief Inspector Local for Continue the work previously to re-visit Assurance and Policing of a coordinated undertaken on the development will Building on this approach Strategy. Partnership clear betweenseek a more approach South to ensure Commissioner’s and Crime and Police Police Wales effective partnership to achieve efforts collaborative working with the wider public sector landscape. of the daily communicationEvaluate the effectiveness period, lockdown usedCovid-19 efforts during the learning engagement future to inform and identify any and communication to specific in response

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SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 12 Priority 2

We will involve and empower our communities, working with partners in local government, health, fire and to deliver services that people need

Engagement

Engaging with communities across South Wales is an Feedback captured during the walkabouts included important aspect of the Commissioner’s role, as it helps concerns in relation to a lack of police visibility, general to provide a richer picture of local concerns and enables deterioration in behaviour around town centres and visible the Commissioner to better undertake his duty to hold the consumption of drugs and alcohol in daylight hours. The force to account on behalf of the public. Our Engagement majority of residents who spoke to the Commissioner were 13 Strategy sets out our commitment to delivering meaningful positive about South Wales Police and said that they felt the engagement and the methods in which we will do this. police did a “good job” in responding to incidents and felt “happy” with the service they had received. To give residents the opportunity to speak directly to the Commissioner and his team, we organise and attend Following each walkabout, the Commissioner met with a variety of engagement activities during the year. In the local neighbourhood policing team to discuss the 2019/20 this has included: feedback captured from residents and escalate any issues as appropriate. Community Walkabouts Feedback gathered from each walkabout also informs the The aim of a community walkabout is for the Commissioner policy and project activity of the Commissioner’s team. to meet local residents and discuss crime and community safety concerns. These may include problems with anti-social behaviour or concerns about crime in the local area. Community walkabouts provide the Commissioner with an opportunity to understand how issues have impacted on communities and how residents feel the operational policing response has been managed.

During the course of the year, the Commissioner met with residents and businesses in and in response to increased incidents of anti-social behaviour, and spoke to community members in Butetown (Cardiff) following a number of reported knife crime incidents. " issues will never will never issues be resolved. There needs to be be to needs There into more money intervention early all the otherwise

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our policy and project work. work. our policy and project Examples of some of the feedback received include: communities and their experiences and perceptions of the of the and perceptions communities and their experiences of and oversight our scrutiny as well as informing police, of helping to shape the development Police, South Wales Conversations with communities have enabled us to develop enabled us to develop with communities have Conversations diverse faced by of the issues understanding a better events, the team engaged with approximately 2,000 2,000 the teamevents, engaged with approximately victims and survivors. individuals including adults, children, such as the Cardiff Multicultural Mela, Emergency Services Services such as the CardiffEmergency Mela, Multicultural Family the Shirenewton South Wales, across family fun days these At Adfest. First People Open Day the All Wales and share their feedbackshare with us. events we attended Between June and September 2019, events provided excellent opportunities for us to us to for opportunities excellent provided events of the and work the role communities about inform to residents whilst also encouraging Commissioner, The Commissioner and his team attended a number and his team a number attended The Commissioner These the year. throughout of community events Community events Community PRIORITY 2 PRIORITY

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participants 741 completed online the survey Commissioner when making his recommendation for the the when making his recommendation for Commissioner 2020/21 precept. The proposal was made and accepted The information obtained through the police precept the police precept obtainedThe information through of the consultation informed the decision making process 1073 through these activities included knife crime, drugs and drugs and these activities included crime, through knife anti-social behaviour. policing and safety concerns. The top 3 community safety concerns highlighted to us In advance of the Commissioner reviewing his priorities for for his priorities reviewing In advance of the Commissioner the year 2020/21, we engaged with the public throughout about their to seek feedback from community members The Commissioner regularly refreshes the Police and Crime and Crime the Police regularly refreshes The Commissioner they reflect policing priorities to ensure Plan and reviews most concern to the public. of that are the policing issues Policing Priorities Policing PRIORITY 2 PRIORITY SECTIONPRIORITY TITLE2

Youth Engagement Victim Engagement

The Commissioner is committed to providing children and Victims are at the heart of all we do and improving service young people with opportunities to represent their views, provision to them is a key priority for the Commissioner particularly around policing issues that affect them and centred around ensuring that their voices are heard and we their communities. learn from the lived experience of those impacted by crime and anti-social behaviour. During the course of the year, the team have been engaging with young people about the use of stop and search and As part of the Commissioner’s scrutiny and oversight of their encounters with the police. The team facilitated three South Wales Police, there is a scheduled programme of workshops in partnership with Race Equality First and Tiger intrusive reviews focused on different aspects of the police Bay Boxing Club, in order to provide opportunities for young service. During 2019/20, our scrutiny topics included hate diverse people to share their experiences with us in a safe crime, stalking & harassment and victim satisfaction. To and open environment. ensure victim experiences remain at the heart of our scrutiny process, we have worked with local service providers to 16 The aims of the workshops were for us to: facilitate focus groups, individual meetings and online surveys with victim, which have subsequently informed SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 recommendations for service improvement, as well enabling • Understand the views, experiences and perceptions the identification of best practice. of young people about the use of stop and search

• Educate young people about their stop and search rights

• Provide young people with the opportunity to share any issues or concerns about police practices

Feedback gathered from these workshops is forming part of a wider piece of research that we are progressing in relation to community perceptions and experiences of stop and search across South Wales. This research is scheduled to conclude at the end of 2020, at which point findings and recommendations will be discussed with South Wales Police before being published. Priority 3

We will work to protect the most vulnerable in our communities, understanding causes and taking prompt positive action as issues arise

Tackling Violence against Women & Girls

Violence against Women and Girls, Domestic abuse and The ‘Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: a Joint Strategy Sexual Violence is devastating and often results in a lifetime 2019-2024’ document was developed jointly by the Police and of adversity for victims, their families and communities. It Crime Commissioner, the Chief Constable and with partners. does not discriminate – it affects people from all walks of life It was launched in October 2019, fully supported by Welsh 17 and the impact can be severe and long-lasting. Government and in particular by Deputy Minister Jane Hutt MS who spoke at the event. During 2019/20 there were 35,687 reported incidents of domestic abuse in South Wales. Of these, 23,443 incidents The strategy focuses on four key areas for action: had a female victim, and of these incidents, 13,063 were recorded as crimes. In addition, there were 2,697 reported • Enhanced Collaboration incidents of stalking, of which 2,137 had a female victim. Working together to deliver a whole system approach to Though demand on the services is already extremely preventing violence against women and girls in all its forms. high, we are mindful that there is still a significant level of under-reporting, meaning these figures are just the tip of • Prevention and early intervention the iceberg. With partners focussing on the long-term impact of decisions and work to keep people safe, healthy and well. A key focus for us during 2019/20 has been continuing to improve partnership working to help shape support services, enable systems change and inform decision making, as well as raise awareness and understanding.

There are a number of particular achievements which recognise these efforts:

• The launch of the ‘Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: A Joint Strategy 2019-2024’

• Our continued leading role nationally in areas such as DRIVE and IRIS which is helping to shape services, stemming from the innovative, consistent and coherent approaches that we have developed within our own force area.

Community Ambassadors “Ask Me” “Ask Ambassadors Community Professional Trusted Specialist Support Services (Survivor strand) strand) Specialist Services (Perpetrator This pilot focuses on effective partnership working to working to on effective partnership This pilot focuses and adult victims, while reduce the risk of harm to children of domestic abuse nature the complex acknowledging Often the victim is control. and the impact of coercive of keeping safe without a the responsibility children given or any taken place, having the perpetrator with conversation on them making changes. An evaluation particular focus of underway. of work is currently this programme women in Cardiff. from The model is unique in that it is being expanded (to of VAWDASV all forms domestic abuse to incorporate and has been Policy and legislative context) Welsh reflect to the strand further developed to include a perpetrator based work. It is strength and needs lead, around focussed distinct areas:four 1. 2. 3. 4. a total of £403,659 was to Welsh awarded In 2019/20, the model. Aid to deliver Women’s Family Interventions Change that Lasts model between This early partnership intervention and Crime and the Police Aid, Respect Women’s Welsh as ‘Change that Lasts’, known is focused Commissioner, change in the operational and on a fundamental strategic against to violence respond agencies and communities way

through a range of interventions. a range through of the perpetrator (in parallel with with (in parallel of the perpetrator survivors supporting victims and to better of violence and abuse) the to account for hold perpetrators consequences of their actions and offer their behaviour opportunities to change seeking ways to protect all victims, all victims, to protect seeking ways be. they may wherever Perpetrators Increasingon the behaviour focus Safeguarding on building existing With emphasis and safeguarding arrangements

reduce risk and enhance safeguarding. also established a Sex Work Operational Team MARAC to to MARAC Team Operational Work also established a Sex workers to safeguard sex responses multi-agency coordinate and in need to of interventions considered to be vulnerable which not only increases the likelihood of reporting should which not only increases should of reporting the likelihood but also a victim of a worker finds themselves crime, have increases We reporting. the likelihood of intelligence and an outreach team to provide advice and support to and an outreach team advice and support to to provide including exiting referrals, including onward workers, sex It increasesrelationships, confidence and builds strategies. victims of crime but less likely to report, with subsequent with subsequent likely to report, victims of crime but less The project provides vulnerability. impact on associated advocacy Officer, Liaisondedicated Police Work a Sex the project. likely to be more are workers that sex illustrates Evidence sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking); the service the service and trafficking); exploitation violence, sexual Safer Aid and Swansea Women’s jointly by is provided of the delivery in 2019/20 for who received £89,373 Wales An innovative sex work outreach advocacyAn innovative sex project set up and in Swansea workers in 2018/19 to support street sex a victim of crime at risk of being (robbery, parlour workers Red Umbrella – SWAN Project – SWAN Umbrella Red protect the most vulnerable in our communities’; we we in our communities’; protect the most vulnerable & continued a number of Violence against Women have Funded Projects during 2019/20: Girls Transformation To achieve against these priorities; but priorities; but against these achieve To aim of ‘working to in particular to support the overall • • PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY

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the Vale and Cwm Taf) and Cwm the Vale RECEIVED OVER 1000 OVER 2014 - 2019: REFERRALS NOW NOW REFERRALS AFTER IRIS (Across Cardiff(Across &

IRIS Calan DVS have been appointed as the third sector been appointed sector as the third have Calan DVS that IRIS has This ensures organisation to support delivery. South Wales. community within every across coverage Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARCs) Centre Referral Assault Sexual (SARCs) Centres Assault Referral of Sexual The provision of been support victims regionalised to better has now specialist where healthserious assault criminal and justice in Cardiff, The three SARCS required. are intervention to part of a multi-agency approach Swansea are and Merthyr this criticaldeveloping service to support victims. IRIS Taf well established in the Cwm is now The IRIS initiative Health Board University Vale and CardiffMorgannwg & funding for responsible predominantly areas, now who are actively and are business their core as part of the initiative to funding sustainable approach a more working towards from The number of referrals of services. and the delivery and Cardiffareas Vale Taf & Cwm in the health professionals The Commissioner in 2019. 1000 and since 2015 exceeded Health funding to the Swanseaextended Bay University to support establishment of IRIS in the area, where Board Training Training delivered the Vale Cardiff& RECEIVED 2011 - 2014: 7 REFERRALS

BEFORE IRIS BEFORE Workshop IRIS IN ACTION Safeguarding to Perpetrators Responding Collaboration Early identification/ Prevention Further workshops are now being planned to encourage a a being planned to encourage Further now are workshops approach. pan-Wales wider, Generations Act. The event was a well attended, generating was generating The event a well attended, Act. Generations partnership, in a number of innovative ideas progression for practice. the sharing of good for a forum as well as providing partners to look at how we could adopt a public health to look at how partners to tackling violence against women & girls and approach of working aligned principles adopt the five to the Future The workshop brought together representatives from our from our together representatives The workshop brought 3. 4. 2. 1. workshop which concentrated on the four areas for areas on the four for workshop which concentrated and Women Violence Against action from the ‘Tackling document: 2019-2024’ Girls: A Joint Strategy Action Action Audit co-facilitated Office dissent a ritual The Wales Wales Audit Office: Strategy to Audit Office: Strategy Wales PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY

who, are able to provide specialist assistance and support to and support to specialist assistance able to provide are who, victims in the weeks and months after an assault. practical and emotional is to provide of the ISVA The role crimes, support to recent and historic victims of sexual to them to impartial advice on all options available providing and beyond help make informed choices both throughout they can If required, the Criminal Justice Process. also help we start to finish – and from the court process throughout to strengthen working with our criminal justice partners are these support mechanisms. will keep the victim updated on developments The ISVA They will and liaise with other agencies on their behalf. also advocate that the process the victim to ensure for is victim-focused the best possible that they receive and will liaise with all do this the ISVA To multi-agency response. Prosecution Crown relevant agencies including the police, Practitioners, mental healthService, Services, General dependent on the needs of the housing or Social Security, individual victim. Independent Sexual Violence Advocates Violence Advocates Independent Sexual Provision (ISVA) Independent Sexual continue to provide Pathways New of Services within the Vale Violence Advocates (ISVA) and Crime Commissioner on behalf of Police

developments under the Best Practice Framework. under the Best Practice developments the Specialist Domestic Violence Court (SDVC) Operational Operational the Specialist (SDVC) Domestic Violence Court Prosecution Service Crown meetingsGroup which monitors data and requirements/ outcomes, police performance the weekly Specialist Domestic Violence Court by liaising liaising the weekly Specialist by Court Domestic Violence National Care, Service, Probation with CPS, Witness Witness colleagues. at is represented This role Service and Police towards men and boys or perpetrated by women.” by or perpetrated men and boys towards specialist offer advocacyfor victims accessing The IDVA’s “whilst it is important that this Strategy acknowledges and and acknowledges “whilst it is important that this Strategy of women communicates experience the disproportionate and girls this does not negate violence and abuse directed to provide victims “with access to holistic, appropriately to holistic, appropriately victims “with access to provide needs led, based, strength gender high quality, resourced, It also states that Wales.” services across responsive for people affected by violence against women, domestic domestic by violence against women, peoplefor affected the Welsh the Act, Following violence. abuse and sexual an objective has set out in its national strategy Government Following the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse Domestic Abuse against Women, the Violence Following 2015, local Act authorities have Violence (Wales) and Sexual protection and support the prevention, a duty to improve (IDSVA) in Cardiff. (IDSVA) ensures provision across our communities, including including our communities, across provision ensures Tydfil within the courts in Merthyr provision embedded IDVA and Male Violence Advisors & Sexual Independent Domestic Wales through joint commissioning with several partner partner several with joint commissioning through Wales CardiffCouncil, Swansea organisations; namely Atal-Y-Fro, This Pathways. and New SaferCouncil, Tydfil Merthyr (IDVA) Provision (IDVA) to support Independent continues The Commissioner South across provision (IDVA) Domestic Violence Advisor Independent Domestic Violence Advisors Advisors Independent Domestic Violence received £111,757 from the Commissioner towards towards from the Commissioner received £111,757 A full outline of services in 2019/20. and ISVA IDVA each is outlined below: of these provisions South Wales by Atal-Y-Fro, Bridgend Council, Safer Bridgend Council, Atal-Y-Fro, by South Wales Swansea CardiffVale UHB, UHB, & Bay Merthyr, who Pathways and New Council Talbot Port Court Independent Domestic Violence Advocates and Independent Domestic Violence AdvocatesCourt and and Violence Advocates (IDVA Independent Sexual to be maintained continues within provision ISVA) Victim Services Funded by by Services Funded Victim Justice Grant Ministry of PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY

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- Providing counselling for children children counselling for - Providing - Providing specialist counselling specialist counselling - Providing

need of counselling, providing additional support need support additional of counselling, providing without causing evidential difficulties. Improved healthImproved & wellbeing Therapy Children’s childhood experienced peopleand young who have Different exploitation. abuse and child sexual sexual including art, provided modalities of counselling are They also provide therapy. and play music, drama and carers who are parents support and advice for by what has happened to their in-directly affected ones. loved Counselling Adult sexual of form any who has experienced person any for adult counsellors by This service is provided violence. volunteer counsellors. and is also supported by victims in for is provided Specialist therapy pre-trial Better access to support and services access Better Increased feeling of safety • Counselling Abuse (CSA) Child Sexual to received £109,727 Pathways New In 2019/20, to counselling a two tiered holistic approach provide the South Wales across Abuse victims of Child Sexual region: Police • • Survivors Empowering and Educating and Empowering Survivors Services (SEEDs) and Educating (SEEDs) Services Empowering The Survivors to services, policy makers, continues to respond group media requests and campaigns against violence regarding raise to violence issues and sexual women, domestic abuse to victims/survivors, the response improve awareness, and and influence increase prevention opportunities for the following: It provides policy & practice. inform • • PRIORITY 3 PRIORITY Priority 4

We will work to make the local criminal justice system efficient and effective to meet the needs of victims and reduce re-offending

Tackling Perpetrators of Violence against Women & Girls

DRIVE

DRIVE is an innovative domestic abuse perpetrator fund this scheme for a further year but also expand it across 22 programme responding to high-harm perpetrators and the South Wales area to ensure that there is a consistent focused on long-term solutions to reduce the number of approach to supporting victims and addressing behaviour. child and adult victims, which was launched in the Cwm Taf area in April 2016. In November 2018, following the success In January 2020, The University of Bristol published of the pilot initiative, delivery of DRIVE was extended to the its findings of their national, independent three year Cardiff Local Authority Area, through funding from a Police evaluation of DRIVE, based on analysis of over 500 cases, Transformation grant managed by the Mayor’s Office for which highlighted a significant reduction in abuse: Policing & Crime (MOPAC) in London. For 2019/20, Safer received a total of £686,168 to deliver DRIVE • Sexual abuse reduced by 88% across Cardiff and Cwm Taf areas. • Physical abuse reduced by 82% This funding ceased on the 31st March 2020 however, to • Harassment and stalking behaviours reduced by 75% ensure the continuation of delivery of this vital service, the Police and Crime Commissioner has not only agreed to • Jealous and controlling behaviours reduced by 73%

Police data has shown there is a 30% reduction in Domestic Violence and Abuse incidents recorded for DRIVE service users compared to no change for control group perpetrators. For the duration of the intervention IDVAs (Independent Domestic Violence Advocates) reported the risk to the victim reduced in 82% of cases. PRIORITY 4 Restorative Justice

Safer Wales are playing a lead role in developing a co- designed restorative approach package that provides practitioners delivering the Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach service with a greater understanding of Victims restorative approaches and how these can be incorporated into their work. In 2019/20, services funded by the Commissioner have continued to help victims cope and recover from the effects of crime and ensure that the Criminal Further opportunities have been created for frontline Justice System puts their needs first. The Ministry of practitioners whose delivery supports the Women’s Justice provides an annual grant to all Police & Crime Pathfinder to access restorative approaches training, Commissioners allowing them to decide how best to for example staff working with women exploited commission services that meet the needs of victims through prostitution. locally. Within our area the core service is called ‘South Wales Victim Focus’, delivered by Victim Support, providing critical, free, confidential needs-led help and support to anyone affected by crime. Community Foundation in Wales (CFiW)

The Commissioner has an established annual ‘Victims Fund’, Victims are at the heart of all we do and are a key encouraging applications from voluntary and third sector priority within the South Wales Police & Crime Plan: organisations for funding towards specialist victims services. The Community Foundation in Wales (CFiW) have helped • Funding and developing victim services that the Commissioner team in the delivery of the Fund since its work for those most in need. introduction in 2016.

• Improving outcomes for victims and ensuring The CFiW have explicit responsibility and are liable for the their voice is heard through increased use of management of the fund. It is their responsibility to exercise restorative approaches. due diligence throughout grant process; from publicising 23 the fund, collating applications, establishing the grants

• Understanding the experience of victims to panel and monitoring the grants over the spend period. SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 influence service delivery. Ten grants were successful - five of which were small grants under £10k, another five of which were large grants of over £10K. The projects that were successful included:

• Support for victims of fraud (in particular the elderly) South Wales Victim Focus and individuals affected by this crime-type either Victim Support Cymru (VS) received £837,345 to directly or indirectly. The support provided seeks to deliver South Wales Victim Focus in 2019/20 as part improve health, wellbeing and quality of life of those of the Commissioner’s continuing commitment to affected, especially individuals at risk of suffering from meet the needs of victims and witnesses of crime in isolation and loneliness. communities across South Wales. During 2019/20, total referrals amounted to 14,427 and out of these a • Training for Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) total of 6,609 people accepted the offer of support. people affected by all forms of Violence Against Where the need for specialist support was identified, Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence; a total of 103 onward referrals were made. including human trafficking and modern slavery, forced marriage, honour based abuse and female South Wales Victim Focus works alongside partner genital mutilation. agencies across our communities to encourage closer partnership working between agencies through • A Psycho-educational group for adult survivors or sexual streamlined information sharing to provide a holistic abuse, as well as a similar project for young people. service to victims in South Wales. Demand for the Enabling support for 100 young people during a 12 service continues to rise and this is due, in part, to the month period. depth of work conducted by South Wales Victim Focus to engage with our communities, partner agencies, • Training, employment and support for victims police and multi-disciplinary teams. of human trafficking and modern slavery who are seeking to rebuild their lives and engage in meaningful employment. SECTIONPRIORITY TITLE4

What do we intend to do next? • Contract and grant management for the delivery of the Commissioner’s criminal justice projects and programmes. • Continue to provide services that meet the needs of the most vulnerable victims of crime within South Wales • Monitoring youth offending performance and ensuring that the budget to which the Commissioner makes a significant contribution is being spent effectively. Section• Work closely with Restorative Justice Partners to further increase provision of RJ to victims of crime • Maintaining strong and consistent relationships with colleagues within South Wales Police and partners title• Build upon the statutory rights of victims as set to ensure a coherent approach to tackling offending out in the Victims Code of Practice by looking to and reoffending across South Wales Police area, provide a voice to victims as much as possible and identifying opportunities to collaborate on within the region new interventions.

• Commission in line with best practice to ensure • Ensuring that effective links are maintained with that a wider range of services are offered to colleagues across the Commissioner’s team to victims in South Wales ensure there is a coherent, joined up approach and consideration of policy and strategic developments within the criminal justice landscape.

Criminal Justice Youth Justice Service 24 The Criminal Justice Portfolio covers a broad spectrum of The Police and Crime Commissioner continues to provide adult and youth justice services. The aim of the portfolio is

SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 annual financial contributions to Youth Justice Services to work with partners to ensure that local criminal justice across the South Wales region. Youth Offending Teams (YOT) services are efficient and effective at meeting the needs role is to challenge and tackle youth crime, to reduce the of victims and reducing re-offending across South Wales. risk posed by young people and to encourage the making This has also included a strengthening of the link between good of the harm done through restorative justice and other criminal justice and community safety to ensure that priorities techniques. Annual financial aid through the Police and are aligned in tackling the causes and consequences of Crime Commissioner (enables/facilitates) a coordinated criminal behaviour that have an impact within communities. approach to achieve the priorities and action plans outlined in individual annual Youth Justice Business Plans. This portfolio has a number of key responsibilities which includes: The Commissioner’s contribution of £332,000 to Youth Offending in 2019/20 has helped the Partnerships to • Working with criminal justice partners to successfully deliver early intervention and preventions services, deliver the priorities within the Police and Crime Plan diversionary activities, substance misuse services and and to uphold the statutory responsibility of ensuring an services for victims of youth crime. They received the efficient and effective criminal justice system. following contributions to service:

YOUTH OFFENDING AREA ALLOCATION DETAIL

Western Bay Early Intervention and Youth Justice Board £130,800 Swansea £63,100, Neath £35,800, Bridgend £31,900 Cwm Taf Youth Offending Service £99,300 RCT £64,400, Merthyr £34,900 Cardiff Youth Offending Service Management Board £78,700 - Youth Offending Board £23,200 -

TOTAL 2019/20 £332,000 PRIORITY 4

The Strategic lead for Criminal Justice monitors the Safer Together Through Sport Commissioners contribution to delivery of youth justice South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner in partnership through representation at YOT management boards, with national sport and anti-poverty charity StreetGames scrutinising performance and ensures the budget to which worked towards the delivery of the Safer Together Through the Commissioner makes a significant contribution is being Sport programme (Home Office – Police Transformation spent effectively. The management board provides the key Funded project led by StreetGames UK) across South Wales. role in the leadership, strategic direction and governance of a youth offending team ensuring that positive outcomes are achieved for children and young people. As part of the This project set our four main objectives: management board the Commissioner Office holds the YOT to account to ensure that it achieves the primary aim of the • To advance the understanding and use of Sport as youth justice system, as set out in the Crime and Disorder Act an effective means to tackle youth generated crime 1998; to prevent offending by children and young people. and ASB.

StaySafe • To create guidelines for effective Early Intervention strategies through best practise assessment. Funded by the Commissioner through Youth Offending contributions, StaySafe is a joint project with Cardiff Youth Offending Services and South Wales Police. It aims to reduce • To create a referral framework model that brings anti-social behaviour, safeguard children, reduce first time together the youth justice and community entrants to the criminal justice system, develop a vibrant and sport sectors. safe night time economy, assist people and communities to feel safe and reduce damaging alcohol and illegal • To support and influence smarter investment into drug consumption. The team work within the city centre youth & sport prevention activities. 25 (Saturdays between 3pm-9pm) and at anti-social behaviour hotpots across the city, as identified by the Police. There As a means of launching this project, the Police and Crime will be a move toward more community based interventions Commissioner positioned StreetGames meaningfully during 2020/21 and developing closer links with the into criminal justice engagements and in turn, elevated missing persons and ThinkSafe exploitation teams. the positioning of sport as an effective tool to promote desistance in young people.

every £1 spent on the Diversion Scheme, a saving of £2.35 of £2.35 a saving Scheme, £1 spent on the Diversion every It is also recognised that a reduction in demand is made. wider partner benefits and cost savings. will also provide Pathfinder Journey in the Women’s This is demonstrated page: on the next Infographic Intervention Service Intervention has been committed Pathfinder Programme The Women’s early outcomes through and intervention to improving long lasting to support interventions necessary coordinating a multi-agency This has involved change and build resilience. to and provision practice to build on existing approach to the services access have enable women and their children has communities. The Commissioner they need in their own scheme since 2015 and during this funding for committed Taf)Cwm and the piloting phase (Cardiff 1500 women over earlyaccessed them to support to enable intervention In 2019/20, their needs behaviour. offending and address UK) and Safer received Gibran (formerly Wales ‘Include’ to deliver and Crime Commissioner the Police from £90,913 in the Scheme Pathfinder Diversion and Cardiff the Women’s areas. Taf Cwm Pathfinder Diversion evaluationA formal of the Women’s evidenced a 26% of South Wales) Scheme (University re-arrest overall found that the and reduction in re-offending pilot sites was half that in the comparison in the around rate compared with 35%). The evaluation also sites (17.8% identified significant for savings on policing, in that cost Women’s Pathfinder & 18-25 Early Women’s

effectiveness ECM and related ECM and interventions. effectiveness and complexity. in Undertake an evaluation on the prevalence of ACEs identification ACE how justice cohort, assess the youth and the can justice practice into youth be incorporated Increase the knowledge and skills of the workforce with with and skills of the workforce Increase the knowledge and ECM. to ACEs regard to and implement ECM as the response Develop trauma with a high prevalencechildren of ACEs, and supervision of children. ACEs the identificationImprove to response and and other healthand their impact on offending harming behaviours. Strengthen the ACE-lens in the assessment, planning planning in the assessment, the ACE-lens Strengthen

An annual grant of £61,000 was awarded to this project was to this project awarded of £61,000 An annual grant Health Public Wales £6,000 Justice Board, Youth (£55,000 evaluation).for 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. There are five key objectives which are: five are There prevalence of adverse childhood experiences, trauma and and trauma childhood experiences, prevalence of adverse of work is identified. This three-year programme complexity commenced in 2017/18 being evaluated. and is currently improve how we identify and respond to the needs of young to the needs we identify and respond of young how improve and the enhanced people repeat offenders who are case when a high will be the response management approach of Enhanced Case Management further (ECM) through practice. implementation and evaluation of trauma-informed to ACE-lens bringing together the use of an This has involved Consultation and Treatment Service, to trial a youth justice justice to trial a youth Service, and Treatment Consultation The Childhood Experiences (ACEs). to Adverse response and the initial test learningproject is built on the of ACEs We have worked in partnership with the Youth Justice Board, Justice Board, with the Youth worked in partnership have We the South Wales Health Public Wales, Government, Welsh Adolescent Forensic and the teams offending youth (YOTs) Enhanced Case Management in the Justice System Youth Bringing together an ACE-lens and and Bringing ACE-lens together an PRIORITY 4 PRIORITY

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for being drunk and being drunk and for disorderly disorderly During a drunk and arrest disorderly Joanne punches Officer: a Police (£1,227) During Joanne supervision discloses she's struggling financially and is in an relationship abusive Joanne is arrested for a a Joanne is arrested for shoplifting offence Tom starts to be starts to be Tom TOTAL COST £52, 373 disruptive at school disruptive on waiting refuge list for (£123) (£9,838) Joanne and Tom are referred to to referred are Joanne and Tom (£4,435) (£350) domestic abuse agency and placed domestic abuse agency and placed sentence a 3 month custodial a 3 month custodial Social services Social services with assault with assault At Court she receives she receives Court At Community Order: Order: Community for injuries consistent injuries consistent for PRIORITY 4 PRIORITY Pathfinder Women's Receives a 12 month a 12 month Receives Joanne is taken to A&E Joanne is taken to A&E undertake a family undertake a family assessment assessment

Pathfinder becoming a much broader service providing a Pathfinder becoming service providing a much broader that supports women at Service’ Approach System ‘Whole each stage of the justice system. Whole System Approach Service Delivery Model and Model and Service Delivery Approach System Whole 18-25 Early South Wales Service jointly across Intervention and Gwent. Pathfinder of both the Women’s delivery Consolidating streamlined a more provides and 18-25 Diversion to custody based recognising approach interventions, the wider benefits that realisedcan be providing through adults who come and young women for tailored approach a Future4, in contact with the Criminal Justice System. consortium made up of G4S, Safer Include and Wales, which launched on this service, delivering now Llamau are the 1st October 2019 and which received £342,835 from in 2019/20. and Crime Commissioner the Police and Police the South Wales The contribution from this service is 2020/21 for for Crime Commissioner the by with a total of £1.4 million committed £683,572, annually until 2021 (with partnership commissioning potential additional year on year funding until 2023). will enable the 18-25 Early This investment Intervention for for those not eligible support voluntary service to offer an out of court disposal) and the Women’s (or Diversion Alongside this, the 18-25 Diversion Service has also been Service has also been this, the 18-25 Diversion Alongside since 2015. This scheme the Commissioner funded by the benefits of intervening early further demonstrated from the criminal justice adults away young diverting by that was and support interventions and into based system individual need. further This approach on an assessed committed of offending developed the understanding this learning adults, with the aim of using young to by Media In 2019/20, further re-offending. preventing County Taf Cynon and Rhondda CardiffLtd Academy to deliver received a total of £161,876 Council Borough services from April to September 2019 the 18-25 diversion was adopted. approach when a new Built on the learning the two schemes, a from was formed between Partnership the Commissioning Gwent and Crime Commissioner, Police South Wales Prison Her Majesty’s and Crime Commissioner, Police and Welsh Service (HMPPS) in Wales & Probation Pathfinder the Women’s to commission Government

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Children and Young People Strategy

In 2019/20 the rights of children were put to the forefront as South Wales Police became one of the world’s first law enforcement agencies to adopt a Children’s Rights Charter.

The seven-point charter, detailing the rights of young people when coming into contact with the force, was launched on the 2nd March 2020 and sets out how the police in South Wales will always work on behalf of and in the best interests of young people, treating them with respect and in confidence. It refers to all contact young people have with the police, including if they have been a victim of crime or if they are accused of breaking the law. Our approach is underpinned by the following principles: Developed with help from secondary school pupils in Swansea and based on The United Nations Convention • Child Centred on the Rights of the Child, all officers, staff and volunteers Every child has rights, whatever their ethnicity, gender, are expected to abide by the charter whenever they come religion, language, abilities or any other status into contact with young people and it is the first of its kind to have been adopted by a police force in the UK. • Partnership To deliver an effective policing service we need to 29 Together with South Wales Police, we are in the final work collaboratively. We recognise that positive action stages of developing our first joint Children and Young can be achieved through strong partnerships and SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 People Strategy in which we recognise our duty to protect shared outcomes the public, prevent crime and create safe environments in which children are safeguarded from harm and supported Early intervention and prevention to thrive. Our delivery of policing has a direct impact on • Early intervention and prevention is at the heart of our communities and we have a responsibility to get it our approach to keeping our communities safe and right for the children and young people within them. How tackling vulnerability we deliver is as important as what we deliver and when it comes to services for children ‘good’ isn’t ‘good enough’.

• Tackling demand Our work around children and young people will deliver The strategy outlines our priorities and provides the a measurable and sustainable reduction in demand, direction needed to improve the quality of policing for both for policing but also for our partner agencies children and young people across south Wales. We will support children and young people to live crime free, positive and healthy lives, improving wellbeing and • Engagement with children and young people making communities safer. As the voice of the people in policing, the Commissioner is committed to bringing our people, public and partners together, enabling and empowering them to play a full part in the planning, development and delivery of services

• ACE aware and trauma informed approach We will focused on preventing and minimising the impact of adverse childhood events, stopping inter- generational problems and developing resilience to improve life chances PRIORITY" 4

The policing of children and young people is challenging and “cross cuts” into nearly every area of our activity. Guided by I am pleased that the the ‘National strategy for the Policing of Children and Young People’ and in order to focus the response of the police service Commissioner and Chief to children and young people we must prioritise activity and Constable have taken such ensure our approach is consistent and focused. This was taken into consideration when selecting the priority areas on which we a positive step forward would focus and we have involved the Children’s Commissioner to commit to the UN for Wales in their development: Convention on the Rights • Children and young people in police custody of the Child (UNCRC). We must continue to ensure that young people enter custody for the right reasons at the right time and that we It’s been a real pleasure to appropriately explore other options first work with South Wales Police • Safeguarding and prevention of harm to explore the commitment to We will work to protect children and young people in our children’s rights and support communities, understanding causes and taking prompt positive action as issues arise meaningful participation with

young people to develop a first • Youth offending and criminalisation for Wales – a police charter We will avoid unnecessarily criminalising children and young people where we can, recognising the potential damaging 30 developed for young people impacts on them and society in the longer term by young people. • Children in care and care leavers We will work with partners to achieve the best possible

Sally Holland outcomes for children in care and care leavers Children’s Commissioner for Wales • Engagement with children and young people We will involve and engage with children and young people, build their trust and confidence in us, and deliver a service appropriate to their needs SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 31 lead to crime. Reduce re-offending and createlead re-offending Reduce safe to crime. protected from are in which children environments harm and supported to thrive. with transformative, a bold ambitious approach Deliver continuity of care sustainable services that provide the system. throughout the to strengthen key stakeholders with Work of to the delivery approach partnership integrated and justice services which prioritises ‘child first’ youth children. outcomes for improves Wales Police and Crime Commissioner to lead the Pre-Court to lead the Pre-Court and Crime Commissioner Police Wales Justice Blueprint. workstream within the Youth Diversion and Crime alongside the Deputy Police working Also, Owner as Senior Responsible in her role Commissioner the Criminal in Justice Programme, the Women for (SRO) team of the will be supporting the delivery Justice Portfolio Blueprint, including the Offending Female Early Intervention workstream. and Prevention • • overall office will contribute to the The Commissioner has been the South there agreement for however, delivery

healthy lives, improving well-being and making and making well-being improving lives, healthy communities safer. justice in the youth the number of children Reduce and prevent effective diversion through system that often the vulnerabilities by addressing offending with fairness and respect and helps them to build on and respect and helps them to build on with fairness changes and positive and to make their strengths choices in their lives. and Support positive crime to live free, children Develop a youth justice system which treats children which treats children justice system a youth Develop Information sharing and data sharing and data Information management/performance Resources development Workforce management/identificationCohort Leadership/governance • • • The Youth Justice Blueprint aspires to: Justice Blueprint aspires The Youth workstreams and priorities for improving services for women women services for workstreams improving and priorities for who come into contact with the Justice System and youths in Wales. In May 2019, the Ministry of Justice and Welsh Government Government the Ministry of Justice and Welsh In May 2019, Offending Justice and Female jointly published the ‘Youth Blueprints’ which outline a number of key overarching Youth Justice & Female & Female Justice Youth Blueprints Offending South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner and an and an and Crime Commissioner Police South Wales Chief Constable. Assistant An Offender Management Partnership Programme Board has has Board An Offender Programme Management Partnership been established the recommendations to take forward now the Deputy be joint chaired by which will of the review, • • • • were identifiedrelation to: were in • delivered across South Wales Police. Police. South Wales across delivered a number of recommendations As of the review, a result We have recently jointly commissioned and completed a and completed a recently jointly commissioned have We management being to offender the approach into review Joint Offender Joint Offender Review Management PRIORITY 4 PRIORITY To achieve this, Welsh Government, UK Government and policing in Wales are working together with justice partners to develop Blueprints for delivery of Female O ending and Youth Justice services. This Blueprint for Female O ending sets out the ambition to accelerate the transformation of services to create a fairer, more equal society with better outcomes and justice for all. It will create sustainable community-based solutions to keep women and communities safe and free from criminal behaviour.

Our guiding principles

A focus on Victims: together with seeing perpetrators brought to justice, Victims tell us they want to know this will never happen again. We are learning all the time about models of reducing reo ending. This evidence-based, innovative approach is guided by our desire to:

• Ensure fewer people are victims of crime

• Highlight that women who o end are often victims themselves – as outlined in the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015

• Understand the ripple-e ect of crime in creating victims outside those directly involved

Welsh Government’s well-being objectives and cross-cutting priorities in the national strategy Prosperity for All, maximise the contribution of partners to the well-being goals.

A Public Health approach applying the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 Sustainable Development principle of improving Economic, Social, Cultural, Environmental well-being using the five ways of working:

Long-term: breaking intergenerational cycles of crime, creating a fairer society with more equal outcomes for all

Prevention: safeguarding women and children, tackling root causes of o ending behaviour

Collaboration: working together to deliver transformative services

Integration: understanding the links across policy areas and how this approach can improve the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of our communities

Involving people: Ensuring the right approach to delivering e ective services by involving those a ected (victims, women, children and communities)

Women-focussed, gender based and trauma-informed, responding to the specific,

individualised needs of this diverse population (rather than as one homogeneous

group) to reduce reo ending.

design and delivery of services. of delivery and design

and approach which underpins the the underpins which approach and

services through a shared vision, values values vision, shared a through services

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and early intervention to resettlement resettlement to intervention early and

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The minority of o enders in England and Wales are women, yet many of these women are victims of crime themselves, often having experienced physical or emotional abuse. Baroness Corston’s Report, Review of Women with Particular Vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System (2007) identified that women can present as extremely vulnerable with a range of complex needs that have been found to be distinct from the needs of men who commit crime. Involvement in the Criminal Justice System can have far-reaching and long-lasting e ects on the women themselves, their families and the communities in which they live.

The Whole-system Approach will focus on:

Early Intervention & Prevention In addition to working with partners to tackle root causes of crime: • Diverting women, where appropriate, away from crime and into women-centred, community-based, sustainable support services that meet their needs.

• Explore options for trauma-informed services which can best meet the needs of vulnerable women, and families, a ected by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and at risk of entering the system, learning from the Enhanced Case Management (ECM) approach.

Courts & sentencing Building confidence in alternatives to short-term custody and remand by: • Working with courts & sentencers to build a clearer understanding of community services available to directly tackle causes of o ending.

• Training front-line professionals to recognise & respond to women and families experiencing trauma.

Community-based solutions Supporting women, including those at risk of o ending, to engage with services in the community by:

• Exploring a range of options for secure, safe and reliable accommodation for women in Wales.

• Developing women-focused services, including meaningful working relationships with a trusted key professional, building strengths and recognising the trauma or adverse events women may have experienced, understanding and addressing how this relates to their o ending behaviour.

• Embedding clear referral pathways and individualised, sequenced plans for vulnerable women in the community to provide interventions, by fully trained, skilled professionals in a timely manner.

Custody and Resettlement Supporting women in custody and resettlement back into the community by:

• Working with rehabilitative services to deliver e ective pre and post-release interventions in prisons where women from Wales are located.

• Establishing services to improve and maintain links with children and families

Research and Evaluation Further develop a Welsh evidence-base, with reference to existing national and international evidence of what works, to better understand the distinct needs and vulnerabilities of women who o end by:

• Evaluating the Women’s Pathfinder whole system approach to inform future design and delivery of services for women at risk of o ending;

• Working with the Early Action Together Policing and Partnership Programme to research impact of ACEs on women in Wales and how trauma-informed services can best meet the needs of vulnerable women and families.

What success looks like

Achieving our ambitions to reduce crime, make communities safer and ease demand on services, such as policing and health, will make a lasting contribution to building the Wales we want: prosperous and secure, healthy and active, ambitious and learning, united and connected.

Our shared success means children will have a better start in life, reducing the impact of adverse childhood experiences such as domestic abuse or having a mother in custody.

Women and children will live in a safe and secure home and as a result will be less likely to commit crime. Women will have the skills they need to look after themselves and their children, enabling them to live rewarding, fulfilled and positive lives within their communities.

Our joined-up approach will result in better emotional, physical health and wellbeing, building positive, supportive relationships within families and strengthening our communities.

The All Wales Criminal Justice Board will oversee delivery of the Blueprint implementation plan through specialist programme and advisory groups commissioned by the All Wales Women in Justice Group, driving delivery at local levels through Local Criminal Justice Boards

Sometimes people find themselves in a bad situation, life can spiral out of control. It’s good to give people a second chance because just one mistake can change Female Oending your life I need to be a more confident parent so it doesn’t have a Blueprint Our aspirations are to: knock-on impact on the children as Support women to live crime free, positive and healthy lives, improving well-being and well, they need help too for Wales making communities safer. Reduce the number of women in the system by intervening earlier to keep them safe and address the vulnerabilities that often lead to crime.

Deliver a bold ambitious approach with transformative, sustainable services that are distinct to Wales and locally-led, building on and learning from the successful Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach model.

Create safe environments in which children and women are protected/guarded from harm and supported to thrive.

Integrate services to o er targeted support for women, from start to finish, recognising the far-reaching, long-term impact resulting from the imprisonment of women when there are more e ective alternatives to tackle the causes of o ending behaviour ...just to be treated like a human drawing on relevant research and data. being and you know, just listened Work with the Youth Justice Board and partners to share learning that can be adopted to and have someone there for us for girls under the age of 18 and work together to ensure continuity of interventions in respect of young women who transition into adult services.

Set the standard for future work and cooperation between the Welsh Government,

Ministry of Justice and partners, applying the principles here to adopting a similar

approach to adult males at risk of o ending.

Justice Board to enable the co-ordinated exercise of the respective functions to deliver the Blueprint and embed new systems and arrangements. and systems new embed and Blueprint the deliver to functions respective the of exercise co-ordinated the enable to Board Justice

• Strengthened partnership arrangements between the Welsh Government, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Wales, Youth Custody Service and the Youth Youth the and Service Custody Youth Wales, Service Probation and Prison Majesty’s Her Government, Welsh the between arrangements partnership Strengthened •

Government and Welsh Government to enable the co-ordinated exercise of respective functions to deliver the Blueprint and embed new systems and arrangements. and systems new embed and Blueprint the deliver to functions respective of exercise co-ordinated the enable to Government Welsh and Government

• A national trauma-informed approach for the delivery of youth justice services in Wales. This will require continued partnership arrangements between the UK UK the between arrangements partnership continued require will This Wales. in services justice youth of delivery the for approach trauma-informed national A •

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• Transition arrangements to adult criminal justice services other adult services such as mental health, substance misuse can be improved. be can misuse substance health, mental as such services adult other services justice criminal adult to arrangements Transition •

• Multi-agency responses to reintegration and resettlement can be further strengthened. further be can resettlement and reintegration to responses Multi-agency •

• Resettlement practice can be broadened to encompass family-focused work to prepare the home environment for the child’s return; improving reintegration. improving return; child’s the for environment home the prepare to work family-focused encompass to broadened be can practice Resettlement •

ent and co-ordinated. and ent consist customised, co-created, constructive, is children with work so adopted, be can approach Resettlement’ ‘Constructive A •

and the community. We will consider how: consider will We community. the and

Resettlement is most eective when there is multi-disciplinary, collaborative working between agencies providing support in custody custody in support providing agencies between working collaborative multi-disciplinary, is there when eective most is Resettlement Resettlement and transitions: and Resettlement

education and training. and education

• Trauma-informed secure provision, drawing on best practice in multi-agency working to develop a centre of excellence with delivery of mental health, health care care health health, mental of delivery with excellence of centre a develop to working multi-agency in practice best on drawing provision, secure Trauma-informed •

England so that cross-border arrangements are in place for individual cases on an exceptional basis. exceptional an on cases individual for place in are arrangements cross-border that so England

• All Welsh-resident children being placed in secure accommodation in Wales and near to their home communities. This will include reciprocal arrangements with with arrangements reciprocal include will This communities. home their to near and Wales in accommodation secure in placed being children Welsh-resident All •

There have been long-standing concerns about the distant placing of Welsh children away from their home area. We will explore options for: options explore will We area. home their from away children Welsh of placing distant the about concerns long-standing been have There Custody:

• Support the youth justice sector with resources, training and qualifications to improve practitioner skills in recognising and responding to trauma. to responding and recognising in skills practitioner improve to qualifications and training resources, with sector justice youth the Support •

witnessing domestic abuse or sexual violence in their home environment and reduce the risk of perpetrating such oences. such perpetrating of risk the reduce and environment home their in violence sexual or abuse domestic witnessing

• Align with the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015, to benefit children who have become victims through experiencing or or experiencing through victims become have who children benefit to 2015, Act (Wales) Violence Sexual and Abuse Domestic Women, Against Violence the with Align •

tailoring and sequencing of interventions, recognising the trauma and adverse events children have experienced. have children events adverse and trauma the recognising interventions, of sequencing and tailoring

• Develop the Enhanced Case Management (ECM) approach nationally for complex and high-risk cases, a psychology led, multi-agency approach, enabling eective eective enabling approach, multi-agency led, psychology a cases, high-risk and complex for nationally approach (ECM) Management Case Enhanced the Develop •

come to the attention of police. of attention the to come

• Roll out a trauma-based approach in Wales, which is embedded as systematic practice, starting with the identification of and response to ACEs when children first first children when ACEs to response and of identification the with starting practice, systematic as embedded is which Wales, in approach trauma-based a out Roll •

Children in the system can experience complex needs including a background of emotional trauma and ACEs. We will scope options to: options scope will We ACEs. and trauma emotional of background a including needs complex experience can system the in Children Community:

the police and youth oending teams when community resolutions are issued. are resolutions community when teams oending youth and police the

• Further develop diversionary practices and a more co-ordinated approach to establish consistent rights-based practice across Wales, including notification between between notification including Wales, across practice rights-based consistent establish to approach co-ordinated more a and practices diversionary develop Further •

in reducing first time entrants. We will explore options to: options explore will We entrants. time first reducing in

Existing models and practice in pre-court diversion are a strength and should continue to be supported and funded because of their proven impact impact proven their of because funded and supported be to continue should and strength a are diversion pre-court in practice and models Existing Pre-Court diversion: Pre-Court

Commissioners where possible. where Commissioners

• Develop eective monitoring of prevention activity to demonstrate impact and to align reporting to Welsh Government, Youth Justice Board and Police and Crime Crime and Police and Board Justice Youth Government, Welsh to reporting align to and impact demonstrate to activity prevention of monitoring eective Develop •

homelessness) with a joint framework model and shared risk or intervention trigger factors to improve outcomes for children. for outcomes improve to factors trigger intervention or risk shared and model framework joint a with homelessness)

• Align preventative services oered to children (including those targeted at reducing the number of looked after children, the prevention of school exclusions and and exclusions school of prevention the children, after looked of number the reducing at targeted those (including children to oered services preventative Align •

criminal justice system, who may not yet have oended. We will explore options to: options explore will We oended. have yet not may who system, justice criminal

Targeted prevention activity in Wales should continue to be prioritised through dedicated funding. The intention is to prevent children from entering the the entering from children prevent to is intention The funding. dedicated through prioritised be to continue should Wales in activity prevention Targeted Prevention:

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Wales. It sets out the ambition for a rights-based and trauma-informed system, which will support services to deliver positive outcomes for children in Wales. in children for outcomes positive deliver to services support will which system, trauma-informed and rights-based a for ambition the out sets It Wales.

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of stopping inter-generational problems and developing resilience to improve life chances. The Youth Justice Blueprint also recognises the commitment to the delivery of children’s rights in in rights children’s of delivery the to commitment the recognises also Blueprint Justice Youth The chances. life improve to resilience developing and problems inter-generational stopping of

Those with four or more ACEs are 15 times more likely to commit violence and 20 times more likely to be imprisoned. Policy is therefore focused on preventing and minimising the impact of ACEs, ACEs, of impact the minimising and preventing on focused therefore is Policy imprisoned. be to likely more times 20 and violence commit to likely more times 15 are ACEs more or four with Those

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The statutory aim of the youth justice system is to prevent oending by children. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 2015 Act (Wales) Generations Future of Well-being the and 2014 Act (Wales) Well-being and Services Social The children. by oending prevent to is system justice youth the of aim statutory The Preventing children from entering the criminal justice system, minimising their contact with it and maximising opportunities for diversion is essential in supporting them to lead crime free lives. lives. free crime lead to them supporting in essential is diversion for opportunities maximising and it with contact their minimising system, justice criminal the entering from children Preventing

The Commissioners office is committed to supporting the to supporting the office is committed The Commissioners contributed actively and have realisation of the framework require who offenders support to any to its aim to provide in the right it, not just in the priority areas, - at the right time, outcomes are positive - to ensure place and the right way but also achieved offenders in the long term not only for and their families. those on the cusp of offending This Framework has been developed jointly by Welsh Welsh has been developed jointly by This Framework Service Probation Prison and and Her Majesty’s Government of which Criminal Justice Board on behalf of the All Wales The is a member. and Crime Commissioners the Police working partnership enhance the strong will Framework Her Government, between Welsh in Wales that exists and Police Forces, Police Prison and Probation, Majesty’s criminal justice agencies in Wales Crime Commissioners, a have All partners agencies. Sectorand Third Voluntary to a service which is responsive to provide responsibility By engaging with this the needs of individual offenders. a will collectively be able to provide partners Framework, holistic and evidence-based service which diverse, more duplication shared priorities. avoids and targets in the UK is estimated as The annual cost of re-offending Billion. The economic crime cost of helps between £7-10 to highlight the disruption offenders can cause to their communities. This and the need to safeguard communities from harm means of multi-agency support level an intensive reduce theses to effectively is required in order and resource negative consequences of crime. A Framework to support positive change change to support positive A Framework Wales in those at risk of offending for

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modifying services to improve outcomes for children, their families, victims and the wider community. Recognising and responding appropriately to the impact that trauma and ACEs have on children, will result in in result will children, on have ACEs and trauma that impact the to appropriately responding and Recognising community. wider the and victims families, their children, for outcomes improve to services modifying

contact with the youth justice system and to support them to develop resilience and to fulfil their potential. It aligns with the principles and objectives of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 by by 2015 Act (Wales) Generations Future of Well-Being the of objectives and principles the with aligns It potential. their fulfil to and resilience develop to them support to and system justice youth the with contact

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• • • • • • • The Female Offending Blueprint aspires to: Blueprint aspires Offending The Female PRIORITY 4 SECTIONPRIORITY TITLE

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Priority areas of the framework are: Out of Court Disposal scrutiny panel

The South Wales Police and Crime Commissioners office has • Reduce the number of women in the Criminal a well-established Out of Court Disposal (OoCD) scrutiny Justice System panel chaired by the Police and Crime Commissioner. Scrutiny panels are an important tool for ensuring that the • Challenge domestic abuse perpetrators; hold police are held accountable for their use of OoCD, as well them accountable for their actions and provide as providing assurance that difficult decisions to administer interventions and support to change their behaviour such disposals are justified. The findings of these panels have been an effective feedback mechanism to South • Improve provision for Ex-Armed Wales Police (for organisational learning and to individual Services Personnel officers for training or development needs) as well as identifying examples of good practice. The panels are made up of members from a number of partnerships, including; • Provide Support for Young Adults/Care Leavers Police, Probation, members of the judiciary, Crown Prosecution Service, Victim Services and others. These • Supporting Offenders’ Families partners provide constructive ‘critical friend’ challenge; following sentencing amplifying the voices and concerns of the public.

• Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups The Commissioner’s office has also been working with local Youth Offending Teams to establish Youth Out of Court Disposal Scrutiny Panels. Like the Adult Scrutiny Panel, Youth Panels will look to bring greater transparency, consistency and accountability in the use of OoCD for youths (10-17 year 33 olds) in South Wales. The aim of these panels will also be to increase the understanding, confidence and trust in this method of case disposal and will also ensure that victims are at the heart of South Wales’ decision making in relation to OoCD’s.

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Dyfodol and Dyfodol 4 Future 2019/20 527 Additional CUSTODY SUITE CUSTODY 16557 12360 DYFODOL ACTIVITY ACTIVITY DYFODOL interventions and clinical treatment. Through a a Through treatment. and clinical interventions and rehabilitate it aims to providers of consortium Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) (HMPPS) Service Prison and Probation Majesty’s psychosocial assessment, effective providing Dyfodol is a jointly commissioned substance misuse misuse substance commissioned is a jointly Dyfodol and Crime Police Wales South between service and Her £2m annually who invests Commissioner, individuals, whose needs may not ordinarily be met be met ordinarily not whose needs may individuals, NHS provision. standard the through misuse providers. By jointly providing a resilient and and a resilient providing jointly By misuse providers. a critical it delivers pathway, treatment effective and complex vulnerable the most often to service approach to substance misuse treatment that that misuse treatment substance to approach the Criminal through journey persons’ supports every substance of a consortium through System Justice associated harm to victims and public is reduced. harm to associated integrated an effective, provides Service The Dyfodol substance misuse is delivered to reduce the harm the harm reduce to misuse is delivered substance the risks of ensure the individual, but also to to the and offending misuse related substance further For those within the Criminal Justice System, System, Justice within the Criminal those For for treatment that ensure need to is a clear there SUBSTANCE SUBSTANCE MISUSE PRIORITY 4 SECTIONPRIORITY TITLE

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Police Custody Suites Prisons

Dyfodol workers see each person who comes into In prison, Dyfodol delivers non-clinical substance Police Custody to assess substance misuse issues and misuse services in the four public-sector prisons in vulnerabilities. They work with the police to identify Wales and in HM Prison & Young Offenders' Institution those most suitable for drug testing, in line with the Parc. Staff meet with Prisoners to offer an opportunity Drug Act 2005 requirements. They try to engage to address substance misuse issues and receive harm 35 with all who come into Police custody, encouraging reduction advice, including education and intervention SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 voluntary engagement in treatment and referring groups for all those identified by Prison staff as individuals with low-level substance misuse to other involved in illicit use of psychoactive substances. If services. They link with forensic mental health teams more significant engagement is needed, a Dyfodol and police public protection teams (for example) caseworker is allocated to provide a full assessment to manage the risk and needs of each individual, and a care plan based on substance misuse, offending providing appropriate treatment to divert them from and other known risks. It is a pathway to recovery ongoing criminality. including treatment in prison and preparation for transition back into the community. Courts What do we intend to do next? Dyfodol staff work with Probation Officers to provide all relevant information about substance misuse • Continue to improve service delivery taking a issues to sentencers and to enable appropriate drug person centred approach treatment to be provided. Subsequently Dyfodol provides psycho-social interventions and opiate • Consider future opportunities in joint substitute therapy for those given a court order (Drug commissioning across wider partners and Rehabilitation Requirement) and provide support strategic areas to strengthen and promote through their court order which is managed by the working relationships Probation Service. • Look at the co-occurring elements of mental health and substance misuse

• Use the data available to ensue any changes made to services are evidence based

• Provide information to partners to support collaboration and drive improvements Priority 5

We will make our wider contribution to policing through the strategic policing requirement, including successfully policing major events

South Wales Police is a key strategic force in the support and the Surveillance Commissioner and by the Independent of major events outside and inside its boundaries, making Ethics Committee (appointed jointly by the Commissioner a significant contribution to policing major events. and the Chief Constable). It is responsible for policing a number of significant demands, which include two professional football teams, Following Judicial Review in May 2019, by the High Court the Six Nations matches and Autumn Internationals. in London, the South Wales Police use of Facial Recognition The Commissioner routinely contributes to supporting Technology was deemed justified in an announcement the response to these requirements, liaising with key made by the court in September 2019. The court refused the stakeholders and partners to ensure adequate support for judicial review on all grounds, finding South Wales Police the additional policing requirement. had followed the rules and their use of AFR was justified. The statement by the Commissioner on the findings of the review During 2019/20 South Wales Police continued its can be found on the Commissioner website here. deployment of Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) 36 technology to bring offenders to justice quicker than For more information relating to South Wales Police ever and to help protect the most vulnerable in our use of Facial Recognition, including deployments, communities. Deployments during the year included the please visit: Wales Airshow (Swansea), Six Nations & Summer World Cup Warm-up Matches (Cardiff) and at Winter Wonderland http://afr.south-wales.police.uk/ Christmas venues (Cardiff & Swansea). The Commissioner has continued to champion innovation whilst building confidence in how technology is used through scrutiny South Wales Police continues to lobby for Capital City and governance arrangements, ensuring the integrity and funding, which costs South Wales Police £4 million annually legitimacy of its use. As well, as oversight by the Police and to police the capital. Currently, funding is made available Crime Commissioner there has been continued scrutiny from to both the London , who received the Biometrics Commissioner, the Information Commissioner £185.4 million in 2019/20 and the who received £4.8 million. This is in recognition of the unique and additional demands of policing the capital city of the . No such allocation is provided in recognition of Cardiff’s status as the capital city of Wales and the associated events held there that draw resources from South Wales Police and its neighbouring forces. Priority 6

We will spend your money wisely and support our people to provide the best possible policing in your community

In 2019/20 there was a ‘flat cash’ grant to policing, with no address the safety of officers and the public. Ensuring officers allowance made for inflation or other cost pressures, which have appropriate protection is recognition of their vital role therefore equated to a further cut in real terms. Combined in standing between the public and harm, and their daily with the impacts of inflation and changing demand, this commitment to doing exactly that. meant that we faced a continued budget gap. Increases in the police precept have made up the balance but despite Whilst the renovation and upgrade of the main Headquarters this, the precept in South Wales for 2019/20 remained building in Bridgend was completed during 2017, work the second lowest of the four Welsh police forces. Despite to modernise the estate and ensure it is fit for purpose 37 the financial challenge we remain efficient and wherever continues. The next phase of redevelopment is currently possible, savings have been delivered through more being progressed with the Commissioner continuing to effective use of fleet, property, supplies and services, rather monitor and scrutinise the modernisation programme than from reductions in police officer and PCSO numbers. through the Estates Board. In March 2020 a new home was opened bringing together four emergency services all At the beginning of March 2020 the Home Office under one roof in , which was a first of its kind announced that South Wales Police would receive more than in Wales. South Wales Police, South Wales Fire & Rescue £273,000 to fund 331 Tasers, which was one of the largest Service, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust and HM grants to Forces in England and Wales. The additional Coastguard are now all operating from the former Llantwit availability of Taser is one part of the local strategy to Major Fire and Rescue Station.

Mental health Public Service Centre Triage Mental health Service Centre Public Stop search Section 60 use people against young Use of force crimeKnife prevention and violence Fraud Hate Crime Anti-social Behaviour control and coercive Stalking, harassment of the workforce and wellbeing Internal culture Victim Satisfaction • • • • • Accountability & Scrutiny Accountability ‘Scrutiny established a new the Commissioner In April 2019, detailed oversight to provide Board’ & Accountability & of his Police the delivery of policing and and scrutiny Crime Plan. the Deputy chaired by is alternately The Board and feeds to up and the Chief Executive, Commissioner During Board. 2019/20, Strategic the Commissioner’s on: sessions conductedthe Board scrutiny • • • • •

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particular areas of statutory responsibility. The significant particular areas of statutory responsibility. decisions can be found Board canBoard be found to his also takes decisions that relate The Commissioner is able to oversee force performance. It is chaired by the the It is chaired by performance. force is able to oversee and the Chief Constable by and attended Commissioner Strategic Commissioner’s Minutes of the his senior officers. Chief Constable is responsible for the control, direction direction the control, for is responsible Chief Constable policing. The Commissioner’s of operational and delivery in which the Commissioner is the main way Board Strategic has specific responsibilities for community safety and for community has specificresponsibilities and safety the crime for reduction, as well as a wider responsibility The of criminalenhancement of the delivery justice locally. separate roles set out in statute. The Commissioner must must The Commissioner set out in statute. roles separate precept, Tax including the Council set a budget each year, The Commissioner and appoints the Chief Constable. The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 2011 Act and Social Responsibility Reform The Police within each force: police sole” created two “corporations They each have Constable. and the Chief the Commissioner The governance arrangements are designed to ensure designed to ensure are arrangements The governance effective leadership. accountability and to assist appropriate & Corporate Governance and Decision MakingGovernance Statutory Responsibilities Statutory Responsibilities divert away from crime and into healthy, positive lives. positive from crimeinto healthy, and away divert early intervention. Through prompt, positive action, 18- 25 action, 18- 25 positive early prompt, Through intervention. able to work with schemes are diversion and Women’s needs underlying and vulnerabilities, individuals to address schemes project, which seeks to reduce offending and seeksschemes project, which and offending to reduce the from criminal away individuals by diverting reoffending through interventions and into supportive justice system provided with support and reassurance in court. with support and reassurance provided also funds a number of diversionary The Commissioner help and support to victims, irrespective of gender, involved involved of gender, irrespective help and support to victims, ensuring that their needs by in the criminal justice process expect and that they are what to that they know put first, are much needed provision of Independent Domestic Abuse much needed Domestic Abuse of Independent provision Violence Sexual and Independent Advocates (IDVAs) invaluable provided The advocates have Advocates (ISVAs). Alongside new approaches, we have continued to continued to we have approaches, new Alongside by funding to crucialcontribute those affected for services included This has the violence. and sexual domestic abuse PRIORITY 6 PRIORITY

SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 38 SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 39 . here . . here here . good . good . good Stalking, Harassment and Coercive Control and Coercive Stalking, Harassment Stop and search and (including disproportionality the use of Section 60) Hate Crime Complaints Police Use of force • • • • for Chief Constables. The responses are sent to the Home sent to the Home are The responses Chief Constables. for view Secretary and HMICFRS to outline the Commissioner’s be overseen. they may and how on the recommendations responded to 5 reports. During 2019/20 the Commissioner available are and responses The reports is the PEEL to HMICFRS Inspection programme Core of the policing of review which is an annual assessment, Efficiency Effectiveness, where in England & Wales forces judged as They are assessed. and Legitimacy all are or inadequate on improvement outstanding, good, requires based on inspection findings, pillars) these categories (or professional (HMIs) Inspectors’ and Her Majesty’s analysis the year. judgment across Each areas on core of the pillar has questions that focus also applied to these work of the police with judgments are Police of South Wales questions. The latest PEEL assessment detail can and more is outlined be found below • is available on the group information More The extent to which the force is effective at is effective at to which the force The extent reducing crimekeeping and people safe is efficiently operates to which the force The extent and sustainably is treats the public and to which the force The extent legitimately is its workforce South Wales Police was inspected in tranche two two was inspected in tranche Police South Wales and HMICFRS found:

2019/20 the group discussed and fed in views on a range of of on a range and fed in views discussed 2019/20 the group topics, including: organisations who feed in their independent views on on organisations who feed in their independent views with to assist and performance practice Police South Wales During role. and scrutiny oversight the Commissioner’s The Commissioner’s Police Accountability & Legitimacy & Legitimacy Accountability Police The Commissioner’s consists of partner The group meets quarter. Group every Policing Accountability & Legitimacy & Legitimacy Accountability Policing (PALG) Group produced by HMICFRS when they include recommendations HMICFRS when they include recommendations produced by The Commissioner is required to respond to reports to reports to respond is required The Commissioner Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & & and Fire of Constabulary Inspectorate Her Majesty’s and Responses Services (HMICFRS) Reports Rescue were scrutinised and the Commissioner is committed to to is committed scrutinisedwere and the Commissioner during the recommendations towards monitoring progress the coming year. as the need to push for more partnership working in some working in some as the need partnership more for to push A areas, including mental health antisocial behaviour. and vast all topics that was amount of work across taking place arose within our recommendations included training and and within our recommendations included training arose and needs to individual vulnerabilities in relation awareness the need victim updates and feedback, improved as well for scrutinise data and working practices in relation to the to the in relation scrutinise data and working practices change for recommendations and to provide above, needed. where themes that Some key or improvement The sessions enabled the Commissioner and his team to enabled the Commissioner The sessions PRIORITY 6 PRIORITY

invested in joint action plans to make improvements and the and the to make improvements in joint action plans invested been has significantprogress in 2019/20. BAME from a were of our officers In 2015, just 2.1% 2.5% at the end of risen to over and this had background recruitmentBAME programme the Since year. this financial people BAME recruited a total of 87 began in 2015, we have During the year, the Commissioner and team have worked to worked to and team have the Commissioner During the year, technology introducing modernise the visiting schemes by to visits. It is hoped that in the yearahead this will come into of tablets to record the introduction through fruition e.g. highlighted so that all findings are in a timely visiting reports and efficient manner. that reflects our communities A Workforce has continued to the Commissioner the year, Throughout a more developing of in the delivery and assist oversee are There Police. in South Wales workforce representative & Crime Plan to increase the numbers priorities in the Police of Black, Asian the force & Minority Ethnic people across across officers of female the representation and to improve This work began in 2015 when the Commissioner the ranks. could Police South Wales into how conducted reviews then he and his team Since representation. have improve rip clothing and blankets, the rip clothing and blankets, the of sanitary items provision out of use, the stock of anti- out of use, of female and the presence Issues monitored included cells monitored included cells Issues During of staff. members

2019/20, the South Wales Police Police the South Wales 2019/20, detainees, including 51 children. detainees, 51 children. including

and Crime Commissioner Team Team and Crime Commissioner and Swansea. They spoke to 603

Mounted section at the Waterton site in Bridgend, to check Mounted section at the Waterton These visits dogs and horses. of the police on the welfare outbreak. also pausedwere in March due to coronavirus The Commissioner also operates an Animal Welfare Visiting Visiting an Animal Welfare also operates The Commissioner scheme to check of working police animals. on the welfare made 40 visits to the Dog & 8 volunteers During 2019/20, during March were lower than usual. during March lower were Due to the coronavirus pandemic presenting unprecedented pandemic presenting Due to the coronavirus paused Although challenges, visits were in March 2020. was maintained, this did mean that visit numbers oversight Assurance Assurance awards for the quality of its independent custody visiting scheme. received a national Silver standard award at the inaugural at the inaugural award standard received a national Silver Quality (ICVA) Independent Custody Visiting Association conditions in which they are held. In 2019/20, 32 volunteers 32 volunteers held. In 2019/20, conditions in which they are unannounced custody suites visits to the four made 192 Bridgend Bay, Cardiff Tydfil, area – Merthyr in the force responsibility to run an Independent Custody Visiting to run an Independent Custody Visiting responsibility a check provides This means Scheme. that volunteers of detainees and on the on the welfare held in custody Welfare Schemes Welfare has a statutory and Crime Commissioner The Police Accountability & Legitimacy Group. Accountability and Animal Independent Custody Visiting treatment or non-compliance with correct processes. treatment processes. or non-compliance with correct serious Pleasingly rise to any the monitoring did not give shared with our Police were concerns and the results footage of police officers’ Body Worn Videos (BWV) and (BWV) and Worn Videos Body of police officers’ footage stop to relating footage during 2019/20 we reviewed unfair any to look for in order and search and use of force The Commissioner’s Team ensures that quality assurance assurance that quality ensures Team The Commissioner’s the work regularly conducted to oversee are exercises includes regularly reviewing This Police. of South Wales Quality Assurance PRIORITY 6 PRIORITY

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Independent assurance on the adequacy of the on the adequacy of the Independent assurance and the associated risk management framework environment; control financial performance; of Independent scrutiny Oversight to the financial in relation framework. reporting The Police & Crime Panel is responsible for overseeing overseeing for & Crime Panel is responsible The Police and scrutinising his decisions. and Crime Commissioner Police of Panel and minutes meetings canAgendas be found Police & Crime Panel & Police Internal Audit audit services. internal TIAA, provides A specialist company, to an agreed audit of reviews a range Internal audit perform Sector Audit Internal plan and in compliance with Public The Internal Audit the Joint Standards. Plan is scrutinised by it is agreed. The Joint AuditAudit before Committee Committee each internal audit report. and review receive External Audit external are the appointed (WAO) Audit Office The Wales Each and Chief Constable. to the Commissioner auditors Audit Office comment on the financial aspects the Wales year, including the legality of financial governance, of corporate of internal systems systems, financial standing transactions, fraud of financial conduct, standards and the financial control Audit Office also has a statutory duty and corruption. The Wales efficiency and securing for economy, arrangements to assess resources. in the use of effectiveness Joint Audit Committee appointed an have and Chief Constable The Commissioner to assurance that provides independent Joint Audit Committee and confidence in governance. enhance public trust provides: The Committee • • • Further Joint Audit can details on the Committee be found contributor to the narrowing gender pay gap for officers. gap for gender pay contributor to the narrowing when the Commissioner conducted the 2015 review. This This conducted the 2015 review. when the Commissioner change, to be influencing cultural appears progress positive be a likely and may is enabling women to climb the ranks, this now means that a number of officers in more senior senior in more means of officers that a number this now which was not the hours, case working flexible are ranks this rose to 33% in the most recent promotion round. We We round. to 33% in the most recent promotion this rose in which worked changes to the way also to promote have and to officers, provided working opportunities are flexible PCs were female and this rose to a 43% female intake PCs intake to a 43% female and this rose female were PCs of The percentage that were year. this financial for promoted to Sergeant in 2015 was 19% and successfully has also seen a much improved percentage intake of female intake of female percentage has also seen improved a much promotion in successful and of women being officers in 2018, 39% of our new example, For the ranks. through In 2015, a total of 28% of our officers were female. By the By the female. were In 2015, a total of 28% of our officers year this had risen to 32%. This year, end of this financial is why the contribution of the Development Champions is Champions is the contribution of the Development is why and supporting the barriers so important in breaking down candidates. of BAME recruitment, and progression retention ‘Development Champions’. Our communities have told Our Champions’. told ‘Development communities have people BAME to consider for us about a past reluctance policing as a careerreasons, which a number of different for In addition, this year the Commissioner introduced a new introduced a new In addition, this year the Commissioner the ongoing to acknowledge series of recognition events as and staff commitment and support of particular officers commissioned, positive action programme to develop their their to develop programme action positive commissioned, promotion. future skills for leadership through, demonstrating the success of our positive of our positive the success demonstrating through, During 2019/20, community outreach programmes. completed and staff also bespoke, a officers ten BAME into the organisation. Recent recruitment campaigns, Recent into the organisation. 2020 campaign,including the January also seen have job applicants of BAME some of the highest levels coming PRIORITY 6 PRIORITY PRIORITY 6

Quality, Standards and Compliance

During 2019/20, the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner received 478 items of correspondence, which were a combination of complaints and requests for clarification and opinion on policing issues. The Commissioner received 7 complaints against the Chief Constable, of which none were upheld. We received and dealt with 17 Freedom of Information requests, and 1 subject access request.

We administrated one Police Appeal Tribunal, which the Chair found in favour of South Wales Police. The Commissioner received 3 pension forfeiture applications from South Wales Police in respect of former officers who had committed criminal offences and these processes are still ongoing.

The complaints and correspondence that we have handled have been dominated by the theme of lack of updates from officers. We have raised this as part of our scrutiny processes 42 with South Wales Police and steps are being taken to

SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 improve the customer service aspect of policing and provide the resources and technology to assist officers in keeping in those communities or who are in organisations who provide touch with victims and others. We have also received a lot support will be able to be trained to become advocates of correspondence in relation to anti-social behaviour and and assist them through the complaints system, or provide neighbourhood disputes which we have been provided to good feedback. the Chief Constable’s office so that local action can be taken and intelligence gathered. Our team also monitor the way in which South Wales Police handle issues regarding conduct. We are provided with The Quality, Standards and Compliance team dip sample regular updates regarding issues of conduct and emerging various aspects of the complaints process once a month themes. We interact on a regular basis with the Independent and this feedback is provided to the Professional Standards Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) regarding independent Department and forms part of our scrutiny work. We also investigations and are made aware of any recommendations dip sample themes which tie into our scrutiny programme that are made, whether they relate to South Wales Police and so far we have looked at complaints made by victims of or an external organisation. As a result of this insight, we hate crime, made by victims generally, and complaints made have also recently worked with the Professional Standards regarding the service provided by the Public Service Centre. Department’s Anti-Corruption Unit to assist them in providing presentations to key workers (working with This last year we have also, in conjunction with the vulnerable women and children) regarding officers who Professional Standards Department (PSD), started the may potentially abuse their power for sexual gain. It is worth Outreach Project. The purpose of this project is to engage however, balancing this against the thousands of officers with communities and members of the public who may be and staff who provide excellent service and often go above more likely to come into contact with the police but are less and beyond their duties, and we are often made aware likely to make a complaint, and gain their views on the way of such exceptional officers through such investigations their interaction with South Wales Police has gone, whether too. The Commissioner recently wrote to two officers who that is positive or negative. We are just starting to gain the were commended by the IOPC in the way they assisted a views of those people and the hope is that people within gentleman in crisis. SOUTH WALES POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 43 .

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review of structures and practices to ensure that we remain that we remain to ensure and practices of structures review effective. efficient and During 2019/20 the South Wales Police & Crime & Crime Police During 2019/20 the South Wales was accredited formally as a LivingCommissioner Wage to our committment recognises The award employer. to create a safer working with the police and our partners recognising people as our most important South Wales, this aim. as we work towards asset in People Investors & Crime Commissioner Police the South Wales In 2019/20, in received confirmation that it has been successful Team (IiP) accreditation. in People the Investors its bid to re-attain and it has been The demands of policing continually evolve us, as a team, best placed necessary for that we are to ensure of excellence in the delivery Police to support South Wales of the IiP accreditation to or communities. The attainment a significant the team,is welcome recognition for following Transparency obliged to publish certain are & Crime Commissioners Police them to account. The the public to hold to allow information and the with these requirements complies Commissioner caninformation be found the content of our of reviewing process in the are We rich and information accessible it more website and making responsibilities fulfil our statutory We with updated news. under the Specified 2011 completely in Information Order to publish and have that we have to information relation the secondrecently (for year running) received the CoPaCC Award. Transparency Living Wage

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