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Annual Report 2009-10 BEDFORDSHIRE MULTI AGENCY PUBLIC PROTECTION ARRANGEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 CONTENTS Section 1 Introduction The Director of Offender Management Section 2 What is MAPPA? How does MAPPA work? Who are MAPPA eligible offenders? How are they managed? What is the role of the Strategic Management Board? How Multi Agency Public Protection Panels operate in Bedfordshire A Typical MAPPA Level 3 Panel in Bedfordshire and the Agencies around the Table Example Case Studies Section 3 Bedfordshire Police HM Prison Bedford Bedfordshire Probation Trust Approved Premises The Role of Lay Advisor A View from a newly appointed Lay Advisor Section 4 Statistical Information Section 5 Contact Details SECTION 1 Introductions Bedfordshire’s MAPPA or Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements 9th Annual Report The purpose of MAPPA is to assess Probation Trust. We have and manage the risk of sexual and concentrated on developing the victim violent offenders. MAPPA focus of our work and increasing the arrangements exist to ensure that involvement of victim liaison staff protection of the public is given the whilst having greater involvement with highest priority, with victim’s issues offenders held in custody. being central to effective operations. We acknowledge that the prevention 2009/10 was a significantly positive of further offending is not always year for MAPPA Bedfordshire, for possible, we are managing the most example there were no Serious dangerous offenders and risk can not Further Offences (SFOs) from the always be entirely eliminated. In order offenders subject to MAPPA risk to ensure arrangements work management plans. This success has Bedfordshire’s MAPPA is collaborating depended largely on the close working with other MAPPAs in the Eastern relationships between the Responsible Region to ensure robust practices are Authorities, the Police, Prison Service in place for reviewing cases where and Probation Trust and those there is an SFO, or a near miss. agencies that have a duty to co- operate. Regional collaboration ensures that there are resources available for a Close working relationships have thorough and objective review of developed over the last twelve months cases. with Health and Social Care agencies, Local Housing, MARAC (Multi Agency Further collaboration with the Child Risk Assessment Conference - which Exploitation and Online Protection has its focus in the risk management (CEOP) agency has led to a joint of Domestic Abuse perpetrators) and agency approach to stopping sexual Youth Offending Teams (YOTs ). Solid offending online and to track those working links have also been offenders committing crimes against maintained with Local Criminal Justice children when abroad. Bedfordshire Boards, Community Safety MAPPA has continued to utilise the Partnerships, Children’s Services and expertise of the CEOP particularly Local Safeguarding Children Boards, where offenders appear to be seeking resulting in joined up working to travel. processes that are functional, avoid duplication of work and identify where Even with our success rate there is no efforts are best deployed. room for complacency and the MAPPA Strategic Management Board (SMB) Alongside this approach MAPPA has are aware that the absence of a incorporated the learning across serious incident does not serve as an Criminal Justice services, from the evaluation strategy. recommendations of the external investigation into the case of Dano Monitoring, review and evaluation are Sonnex, a case supervised by London consistent practices to support effective risk management and the proved invaluable in managing appointment of a voluntary Lay offenders both in the community and in Advisor for the Bedfordshire area will custodial settings. assist and support the SMB in reviewing functions. Welcome to The annual report for this financial Debbie Lewis-Brindley whose year considers the contributions made commitment to Bedfordshire’s MAPPA by all the responsible agencies with supports the communities she particular interest this year in represents. Approved Premises and the role they play within MAPPA, and the There have been many highlights and introduction of VOO’s and the Police’s focal points within the year, one of work in the introduction of Violent which is the recognition of the need for Offender Orders. work to be carried out with gang activity in the area. The report aims to give a fuller understanding the work that often MAPPA have a vital role to play in goes unnoticed in our communities. managing the highest risk gang offenders and responses have The MAPPA management team would included proactive Policing and setting like to thank all the co-operating up a dedicated Police team to monitor agencies for their support and and profile gang activity and share commitment this year in creating safer information with other responsible communities. agencies - a system that has already Linda Hennigan Adrian Smith Gillian Parker Chief Officer Regional Manager Chief Constable Bedfordshire Custodial Services Bedfordshire Probation Trust HM Prison Service Police The Director of Offender Management Perspective Trevor Williams, the Director of Offender Management for the East of England In introducing the MAPPA annual We have successfully filled the post report last year, I stressed my belief of regional public protection officer that MAPPA lies at the heart of what which has allowed us to take a more the National Offender Management detailed look at the challenges we face Service (NOMS) does, as public in delivering the actions mandated by protection, reducing re-offending and the revised MAPPA Guidance and this effective partnership working were all has informed decisions for the coming key aims of the agency. We focused year. Additional funds have, as a on four key areas during 2009/10: consequence, been allocated from the regional budget to assist the • Promoting and giving priority to functioning of MAPPA SMBs across safeguarding children. the region. Funding has also been • Implementing the recommendation contributed to support a regional from the external investigation into approach to Serious Case Reviews. the case of Dano Sonnex. As a consequence of the Sonnex • Further developing the victim focus case, Probation Areas were required of MAPPA work where necessary. to give regular assurances that resources were being effectively • Achieving greater prison targeted at the highest risk cases and involvement in MAPPA work. these returns are being scrutinised at a regional level. During 2009/10 I took an active interest in the developments of MAPPA, not least in my role as Following the completion of HMIP's commissioner of offender second round of Offender management services from two of the Management Inspections direct work responsible authorities: prisons and with victims was generally found to be probation. I very much welcomed the an area of strength in the region. continued commitment of MAPPA However five of the six Probation Strategic Management Boards (SMBs) Areas were recommended to continue to ensure effective information to attend to the perspectives and exchange and joint risk management concerns of victims in work with of cases where the risk of serious offenders so this featured prominently further offending was high and valued in a regional workshop to progress the recommendations and the action plans the work of the regional public protection group chaired by Probation. Trusts have put in place. A member of my commissioning team I have placed a particular focus on the was tasked with strengthening prison implementation of ViSOR over the last practice in relation to safeguarding year to ensure that this valuable children and we have now developed information exchange mechanism is the role of the public protection leads being used properly and to its full in every prison in the region and will potential. Following recent diagnostic be providing them with specific work plans are in place to improve the safeguarding training. use of ViSOR in both the prison and probation settings during 2010/11. We have also been focusing at a endeavour locally. My focus for the regional level on the risks and needs coming year will thus be on: of indeterminate sentenced prisoners and promoting initiatives to ensure that • Developing the capacity to their sentences are planned as conduct independent and effectively as possible to permit well effective serious case reviews managed release under supervision to assist all MAPPA partners in where appropriate. The support of learning lessons from those MAPPA in this regard is appreciated. cases in the event of re- offending by offenders posing a The new financial year has brought risk of serious harm to the significant changes: we have a new public. Government and ministerial team in the Ministry of Justice; our six • Continuing to embed ViSOR probation areas have become five into routine probation and Trusts; and cost saving is an ever prison operations. more significant priority. In this climate, local multi-agency • Encouraging development to collaboration makes even more sense. ensure that, in the highest risk I am therefore determined to do what I cases, the MAPPA processes can to ensure that the relevant facilitate the commitment of the agencies are empowered to play a full necessary expertise and part in MAPPA and will be looking for resources across all agencies. models of good practice in this SECTION 2 What is MAPPA? • MAPPA are a set of arrangements landlords, Jobcentre Plus, and to manage the risk posed by electronic monitoring
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