Police and Crime Commissioner for

A Strategic Overview of Nottinghamshire Police

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Contents

Foreword by Chairman of Nottinghamshire ...... 3

Foreword by Acting Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police...... 4

Introduction...... 5

Interested candidates...... 6

About Nottinghamshire...... 7

History of Nottinghamshire Police...... 8

Overview of Nottinghamshire Police...... 9

Values...... 9

Our vision...... 10

Current crime rates and satisfaction...... 10

The Policing Plan for Nottinghamshire...... 11

Our policing challenges...... 12

Our policing structure...... 13

Our performance...... 17

Financial landscape...... 18

Working in collaboration...... 20

Working in partnership...... 21

Independent viewpoint...... 23

The Police and Crime Plan...... 24

From now until November 2012...... 25

Key contacts...... 26

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Foreword by the Chairman of Nottinghamshire Police Authority

Councillor Jon Collins Of necessity, this work is running alongside a fundamental organisational change designed to This document has been reduce the funding gap of £42m. However, a strong developed to provide Chief Officer Team provides leadership and support to useful information to the officers and staff of Nottinghamshire Police giving those interested in the role widespread confidence that further improvements in of the Police and Crime performance lie ahead. Commissioner (PCC) for Nottinghamshire. The increasingly effective, and streamlined, multi- agency work with local partners and an ambitious It is fair to say that from programme of collaboration is an important part of this the rural north of the county progress. to the vibrant city in the south, Nottinghamshire represents a constantly The forthcoming elections for the first PCC (outside evolving policing challenge, something made more London) represent the most radical change to policing difficult by the extremely testing financial position. governance in generations. Preparations for this are However, the Authority has continued to ask the Force well underway to ensure that the new structure is fit to deliver ongoing improvements while finding the for purpose from the start. As part of this work, the necessary savings to meet the savage budget cuts. Police Authority is fully committed to maintaining its high level of scrutiny and challenge to foster further We are therefore pleased to see that Nottinghamshire improvements in performance. Police has come a long way in a relatively short space of time. After achieving an impressive reduction of We are aware that the importance of listening to, 8.1% (6,842 offences) in overall crime during 2011-12, and learning from, local people will never diminish. crime continues to fall in the county and detections are They deserve our attention and they must be heard. increasing in the current year. As a result, people are We have every confidence that the new four-way safer. relationship between the police, the PCC, the Police and Crime Panel (PCP) and the communities of The way in which the funding position has been Nottinghamshire will be both dynamic and successful tackled, while working to maintain performance and will do everything we can to support the process. improvements, highlights that we have not been afraid to take tough decisions to give the incoming PCC the best possible platform for the future. That is why this year we agreed to raise the amount of council tax paid towards policing. In our view, we felt the quality of local policing was at risk if we had not agreed this increase.

The decision means that a recruitment campaign to maintain the resilience of our neighbourhood policing teams is now underway and new initiatives to tackle the crimes representing the biggest challenge to crime reduction figures have been introduced.

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Foreword by the Acting Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police

Chris Eyre, QPM This is not a job we can perform successfully without the active participation of the public and we are The role played by extremely fortunate to have the overwhelming support Nottinghamshire Police of the people of Nottinghamshire, as our latest public Authority, in hand with satisfaction rates indicate. But if we are to continue to the Force, in dramatically reduce crime we need the continuing support of the reducing crime and making public and of our partners, all of whom have a vested the city and county an interest in the health, well-being, contentment, safety increasingly safe place to and success of our communities. live, work and visit has been significant and its members The newly-elected PCC will have a critical role to play and officers have my sincere in helping build on the Authority’s legacy, to further thanks and the gratitude of our enhance community safety and well-being, to drive diverse communities. Over the years the down crime in partnership with all those agencies in Authority has rightly challenged the Force and held the criminal justice system and with others involved us publicly to account to increasingly improve our in community safety. Against the bleak backdrop of performance and enhance the quality of service we economic recession and with less money available provide. Because of this challenge and the excellent for policing, the challenge facing us, and the PCC, is work of the Force, crime in 2012 is at its lowest level for considerable. more than 30 years in Nottinghamshire. But with strong partnerships at play, with creative and It is upon the firm foundation stones of this legacy that imaginative approaches to service delivery, through the new PCC will want to build and with whom I very collaboration with our partners and neighbouring much look forward to working. forces, and by remaining steadfastly focused on what matters to the people of the city and county, I Since its inception by Sir Robert Peel in the 19th century, believe we can overcome the many challenges that lie the role of the police service has been to protect the ahead and achieve our ambition to become the best public. And despite the many changes to policing in performing police force by 2015. the last two centuries, that principle remains as true and relevant today as it did then.

Nottinghamshire Police is here to serve and to protect the people of our city and county. As members of the community, and on behalf of the community, we have invested in us the responsibility to serve the community, to prevent and to detect crime, and to ensure that our communities live and work in peace.

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Introduction

The introduction of a directly elected PCC in Policing is a complex business made even more Nottinghamshire is intended to improve the challenging at a time of austerity. This strategic accountability of the local police to the local overview document has been designed to help identify community. The PCC will have significantly more those challenges, set out current police performance, powers than the Authority he or she replaces, able explain the Force’s plans and ambitions, give an to invoke the voice of the local population, hold the insight into how the Force is structured, and outline Chief Constable to account, to set budgets and devise the considerable financial threats that face policing in policing plans and to commission work from a range Nottinghamshire. of partner bodies. In many ways, it is intended that the PCC will galvanise the work not just of the police in In several areas of the document there are additional Nottinghamshire but that of the many different bodies references indicating where further, more detailed and organisations to increase community safety and and up-to-date information can be found. To avoid the well-being of the entire community. duplication, electronic links have been included to a variety of plans and other pertinent publications. It is therefore important that anyone who is interested Should hard copies or alternative formats of this or in the changes in police governance that the PCC will other referenced documents be required, please bring about, and anyone interested in standing for contact the Nottinghamshire Police Transition Team on election to become the PCC locally, understands the 0115 967 0999, extension 801 2005. policing landscape in Nottinghamshire and the role that the PCC will be required to perform. Nottinghamshire Police Authority has developed a website with a wealth of further and more specific information about the role of the PCC. This can be found at www.notts-pcc.org. This website will be updated as events unfold and new information becomes available.

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Interested candidates

The has confirmed that the salary for the post of PCC for Nottinghamshire will be £75,000.

The first election for the PCC in Nottinghamshire will be held on 15 November 2012 and the term of office will be from 22 November 2012 to May 2016.

The Police Area Returning Officer for Nottinghamshire is Allen Graham, the Chief Executive of Borough Council, who is responsible for all aspects of the election process and to whom all enquiries regarding the election process should be directed.

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About Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is situated in the heart The county and city boast two universities – the University of and Nottingham Trent of , known throughout the world University – offering courses to over 45,000 full to children and adults alike as home to and part-time students. In addition, New College the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest and in Nottingham is the second largest college in Europe with more than 50,000 full and part-time the legendary outlaw Robin Hood. students.

The county covers an area of 2,085 sq km (805 sq miles), The area also boasts a number of world-famous has a population of just under 766,400 people and sporting arenas including Trent Bridge Cricket ground, a workforce of 360,000. The largest concentration the Capital FM National Ice Arena, Meadow Lane, home of people is found in the Greater Nottingham to the world’s oldest football club Notts County, and conurbation, the suburbs of which lie mostly in the the City Ground, home to former double European Cup county. The City, one of eight core cities recognised by winners Nottingham Forest. Government, is situated to the south of the county, has a population of 283,200 and a workforce of 125,000.

The other main towns of the county are (with a population of 87,500), Kirkby-in-Ashfield (27,000) Sutton-in-Ashfield (45,400), Newark-on-Trent (26,700), (43,500) and (21,700).

The city has a very young population with a high proportion (30%) of people aged between 18 and 29, due largely, but not entirely, to the presence of two universities. Students account for approximately 1 in 9 of the population. The majority of those living in the city are white British, although 24% describe themselves as being from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups. Regarding the county, Ashfield, Broxtowe, Mansfield and Ruchcliffe have a greater proportion of younger people, whilst Bassetlaw, and have a high proportion of older people.

A diverse local economy features world-renowned companies in the fields of healthcare, pharmaceuticals, precision engineering, textiles and clothing and professional services. Boots, Raleigh, Imperial Tobacco, Experian and Capital One have homes here, as do Government bodies, including the Inland Revenue and the Driving Standards Agency.

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History of Nottinghamshire Police

Policing in Nottinghamshire began in 1840, although separate town-based forces in Nottingham, Newark-on-Trent and in Retford had existed since 1836.

In 1840 the total number of police officers in the county constabulary was just 42 – one Chief Constable, eight Superintendents and 33 Constables. In 1841, after five years as an independent force, Retford Borough Police became part of the county force. In 1854, with an increasing amount of detective work to be done, Nottingham Borough Police set up the county’s first CID section.

By the turn of the century the county force comprised 200 officers, including nine Inspectors and 27 Sergeants. In 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War imminent, the first Nottinghamshire Special Constables were appointed. Five years later the force in Nottingham, which had now become a city, recruited its first woman Constable. The first women to serve in the were appointed in 1946.

The reputation for policing innovation in the area has long established roots. In 1932 the city force was the first in the country to introduce walkie-talkie radios and the following year saw the opening of the first forensic science laboratory in a provincial police force.

The present Nottinghamshire Police was, in effect, formed in 1968 upon the merger of the county and city police forces.

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Overview of Nottinghamshire Police

Organisation Information Services, Legal Services and Corporate Communications. Some of these functions are already Nottinghamshire Police is currently made up of 2,068 delivered through collaborative arrangements and Police Officers, 1,318 police support staff and 331 Police plans are in place to extend this programme of Community Support Officers. It is supported by 380 regionalised service delivery to ensure the most Special Constables and a number of volunteers who efficient and cost effective style of policing. perform important roles across operational policing and support functions. Values The Force budget is being reduced by Government by Everyone who works for Nottinghamshire Police is approximately £42m over the four year period of the united by shared values which underpin our approach Comprehensive Spending Review and the budget to to delivering services to the public. Those values are: deliver policing services in 2012-2013 is £191,317,928. More information on police finance can be found on Professional page 18. Respect for all In order to achieve these savings, the Force began work two years ago to restructure and redesign how it One team delivers policing services to the community. We have reconfigured the Force into two geographic territorial Utmost integrity, trust and honesty divisions (a City Division and a County Division) and created a local policing model which focuses on the Doing it differently delivery of Neighbourhood Policing throughout the force area which is responsive to local concerns and needs including combating antisocial behaviour. Working in partnership with local authority Community Safety Partnerships, and with the assistance of Community Protection Officers in the City Division, our approach is aimed at enhancing community safety at a grass roots level.

The local policing service is supported by our response teams who deal with the most urgent matters and providing a patrol function night and day.

Supporting our neighbourhood and response teams are a huge range of specialist operational services, from the dog and air support sections to the crime scene investigators, from detectives to the Professional Standards Department, from the Criminal Justice Department to Demand Management and custody and prisoner handling teams. Several of these specialist services are now delivered through innovative and collaborative arrangements.

The operational delivery of policing is supported by Corporate Service departments including Human Resources, Business and Finance, Procurement,

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Our vision Current crime rates and satisfaction

Our vision is for Nottinghamshire Police to be the The total number of recorded crimes in 2011-2012 in best performing police force in England and Wales. To Nottinghamshire was 77,421 offences – the lowest achieve this goal we have set the following objectives: total since 1977 when the Queen was celebrating her Silver Jubilee and Virginia Wade won the Wimbledon Consistently to be ranked amongst the top ten police Ladies Singles title. And as crime levels have fallen, forces in England and Wales for reduction in levels of public satisfaction has risen in Nottinghamshire crime and antisocial behaviour (ASB) Police. The Force is now ranked at 7th out of 42 Forces in England and Wales when assessed against levels To be recognised nationally, through independent of victim satisfaction (with a percentage satisfaction review, as demonstrating optimum use of our resources rating of 87%), and has a 60% public approval rating when measured, together with local authorities, by our Consistently to be ranked amongst the top five police performance in tackling antisocial behaviour by the forces in England and Wales for victim satisfaction British Crime Survey. We aim to achieve our vision by demonstrating an unwavering commitment to the following tenets, behind each of which are five strategic programmes of work:

yyEnhancing the quality of service we provide to our Public yyImproving our Performance yyWorking effectively with our Partners yyMaximising the potential of our People yyIncreasing our efficiency and Productivity

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The Policing Plan for Nottinghamshire

In the light of the bleak funding situation In short, the Local Policing Plan 2011-2015 sets out the strategic direction of Nottinghamshire Police to deliver and in order to improve performance, a responsive, local service to our communities during Nottinghamshire Police Authority and an unprecedented period of change and financial Nottinghamshire Police commenced pressure and to enable Nottinghamshire to become the best performing force in England and Wales. work in 2010 to reduce costs and to protect and enhance front line service You can read both year one and year two of the plan on the Force website at www.nottinghamshire.police. delivery. uk/library/local_policing_plan/title/1/ and also on the Nottinghamshire PCC microsite The Policing Plan 2011-2015, produced jointly by the www.notts-pcc.org Authority and Force, built on the significant successes achieved in 2010-2011 and established a clear strategic In the following pages, you will read about some of framework within which the Force will operate. the challenges that Nottinghamshire Police face, more about our structure, an assessment of our current The plan set three strategic priorities for performance and how in collaborative and partnership Nottinghamshire Police, namely: arrangements we are working hard to achieve our strategic priorities. To cut crime and keep you safe

To spend your money wisely

To earn your trust and confidence

Following consultation with focus groups and engagement activity carried out by neighbourhood policing teams and partners, we have decided to retain these three strategic priorities within the plan for this, its second year.

The plan is underpinned and informed by a Strategic Information Assessment incorporating a range of activity including extensive public consultation, assessment of crime levels, examination of partner community safety arrangements and environmental scanning and is based upon available, and predicted, resources in its four year lifespan. Intelligence has also helped shape the plan, for example assessing profiles and data sources which consider key issues such as the victim, the offender and location of different crimes. The intelligence has also examined communities and confidence issues, serious acquisitive crime and disorder, and emerging issues and future threats.

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Our policing challenges

We want safe and thriving communities Public order policing resources will be particularly stretched this year. Having managed the Royal visit, across Nottinghamshire, where people and the Olympic Torch relay for two days in both the can go about their daily business free city and county in June, the Force will be providing from crime and the fear of crime. officers and support staff to help police the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games in July and The public expect us to keep them safe and when they August. In addition, there remains the potential for are in need they expect us to respond quickly and further industrial action by public sector workers, professionally and to give them the help they require. the continued threat of single issue demonstrations and the possibility that the violent disorder seen Our challenge is to ensure we have the capability and throughout England in August last year could be service delivery model to respond to calls for assistance repeated. These issues are in addition to the policing and to tackle all types of crime in a robust and effective of routine major events and the need to keep safe the way whilst operating on substantially reduced budgets. huge numbers of visitors to the city and county and the significant student population. In the last two years Nottinghamshire Police has gone through an enormous period of change to ensure we There are also ongoing strategic policing requirements modernise and reshape our organisation to meet the that must be met, for example in terms of counter competing demands placed upon us. terrorism and serious and organised crime.

Effective, visible neighbourhood policing is the best One of the biggest challenges facing the police and way to engage with people in our communities, so other agencies within the criminal justice system is that we can listen and respond to their concerns. We the rapid pace of technological development and the want to increase that level of engagement further, ability of criminals to make use of computer technology putting neighbourhood policing teams in the heart in the commission of crime. Such criminality is not of communities, talking face to face with residents limited to fraud and financial crime but also includes as well as making more use of social and digital the use of social networks by sexual offenders and communication channels to increase community those organising demonstrations and public disorder. dialogue. Such use of technology is seen as a major national and international threat. The impact of the economic downturn on crime is still not fully understood, with many analysts maintaining We also recognise that Tom Winsor’s Review of Police that there is no conclusive evidence that recession Pay and Conditions will have an impact throughout the leads to more crime. However, there are signs in Police Service. The recommendations arising from his Nottinghamshire that the level of offences such as shop review will lead to significant changes affecting how theft, metal theft, and making off without payment are police officers are recruited, together with their terms increasing. and conditions of service.

Last year, according to the Home Office, there were The replacement of Police Authorities with elected more than one million female victims of domestic PCCs also presents challenges and the production abuse in England and Wales. In the UK, more than a of this, and many other documents, represents just a quarter of all women are likely to experience domestic small part of the significant work already underway in abuse. While domestic violence accounts for 18% of Nottinghamshire by both the Force and the Authority all violent incidents, 7% of women and 5% of men to ensure that the transition from an Authority to a reported that they had experienced domestic violence. PCC is as smooth as possible and that the public, and Tackling this crime remains a high priority for us. enhanced community safety, are the beneficiaries of the change in governance.

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Our policing structure

Strategic leadership within the Force The City and County Divisions (known as Basic Command Units, or BCUs) provide policing services is provided by the Chief Officer Team across their respective geographic parts of the force comprising the Acting Chief Constable, area and are aligned with the City and County Council the Deputy Chief Constable, two Local Authority areas. Each division is led by a Chief Superintendent and Senior Management Team (SMT). Assistant Chief Constables and an The separate SMTs are aligned with local authority Assistant Chief Officer. Each ‘assistant’ services which support partnership working across key services and are targeted at local need. member of the Chief Officer Team is specifically responsible for one of three In addition to the two BCUs there are a wide range of different specialist departments which, together, core business areas: Crime, Justice and deliver all the elements that complete the delivery of Protective Services, Local Policing and policing in Nottinghamshire. Resources.

Chief Constable

Deputy Chief Constable

Assistant Chief Professional Constable (Crime, Assistant Chief Corporate Assistant Chief Standards Justice and Constable (Local Communications O‚cer (Resources) Directorate (PSD) Protective Services) Policing)

Crime & Justice Estates & Facilities City Division Business & Finance Department Management

Operational Support County Division Human Resources Information Department (OSD) Services

Demand Procurement Management

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City Division County Division

Although the city of Nottingham, with its diverse County Division covers the whole of Nottinghamshire population of around 300,000 people, is in many ways apart from the Nottingham City local authority area. the vibrant, thriving and cultural heart of the East With a population of 800,000 people the area covered Midlands, it presents the police and partner agencies by the division is larger than some entire provincial with several social challenges including significant police forces in England and Wales. pockets of economic disadvantage, poor educational attainment and higher than average levels of crime, Characterised by its diverse landscape, mining heritage particularly in its most disadvantaged neighbourhoods. and close-knit communities, the area covered by the division is predominantly rural and spans 2,086 square The boundaries of City Division follow those of the kilometres. Nottingham City Unitary Authority area. The Division is the lead agency in the Local Strategic Partnership The policing division, which for operational purposes (LSP) for reducing and tackling crime and antisocial is divided geographically into three areas, embraces behaviour. the local authority areas of Mansfield, Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Gedling, Rushcliffe The Division is also a key member of the City’s Crime and Broxtowe. Likes its city colleagues, officers work and Drugs Partnership (CDP) and supports the closely with a number of partner bodies including the aspirations of “One Nottingham” and the work towards county and district councils, the Community Safety making Nottingham an Early Intervention City. The Partnerships and within community-based projects. Division’s headquarters is Central Police Station in the city centre. The Division borders four other police forces – Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and For operational purposes, the Division is divided Leicestershire – with whom we work closely to combat geographically into three areas: North, Central and travelling criminals and cross-border criminality. South. Each area is commanded by a Chief Inspector based at the police stations at Oxclose Lane (North), at The division is home to international sporting venues Central (Central) and at St Ann’s (South). including Nottingham Forest Football Club, Trent Bridge Cricket Ground and the national water sports Over recent years the Community Protection centre at , each of which attract large Directorate of the Nottingham City Council has crowds of spectators and which place demands on become embedded into the structure of the division. policing services. The directorate comprises around 370 council employees from a range of different departments Operational Support including Trading Standards, Parking Enforcement, Environmental Health and Civil Enforcement. The primary responsibility of the Operational Support Department (OSD) is to protect the public from serious Most visible on the streets of Nottingham are around harm, organised criminal networks, terrorist threats, 100 Community Protection Officers who work closely road crime and major incidents, all of which we define with the police and other partner agencies to tackle as “Protective Services”. The OSD comprises the Tactical antisocial behaviour and provide reassurance to the Dog and Firearms Section, Road Crime Unit, Territorial public of Nottingham. Support Group (TSG), the Emergency Planning department, the Mounted Section and the Helicopter Unit.

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Crime and Justice Corporate Communication

The Crime and Justice Department joins together key The way in which we communicate with our staff, our areas of business (for example, Custody, Prosecutions, partners and with the public has a direct impact on Pre-Crime Unit, Digital Investigations Unit, and Fraud reducing and detecting crime, keeping people safe and and Financial Investigations Unit) to bring offenders increasing trust and confidence. to justice and to ensure maximum effectiveness in the criminal justice process from beginning to end. Corporate Communication is responsible for To achieve this it seeks to reduce bureaucracy for communicating on behalf of the Force with all officers, support victims and witnesses and provide communities in Nottinghamshire, via the traditional facilities for detention and interviewing of suspects. media (newspapers, tv and radio), social and digital The department is the main point of contact for our media (website, Twitter, etc) and through direct public colleagues across the criminal justice service including engagement activity (posters, leaflets, events, etc). It the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Probation Service, manages the communications surrounding critical both the Crown and Magistrates Courts and the Local and major incidents, works in partnership with other Criminal Justice Board (LCJB). agencies on joint initiatives and campaigns, and helps manage internal communications within the organisation. Demand Management

The budgetary pressure and our determination to Human Resources further reduce crime makes it imperative that all our resources are used to optimum effect. To achieve this, Our biggest and most valuable resource is our the Demand Management department is focused people: police officers, police staff, PCSOs, the on making sure that the right people are at the right and our volunteers. In order for places at the right times. Nottinghamshire to be successful it is imperative that we take care of, and pride in, each and every one of The Control Room answers and deals with all them and through training and effective management emergency (999) and non-emergency (101) calls to enable them to operate to the best of their abilities. Nottinghamshire Police which last year totalled almost one million. Control Room managers and operators It is important that we put managers and supervisors direct and control the deployment of officers, staff, at the centre of people management by giving them vehicles and other appropriate resources to incidents control of simplified and streamlined people processes, across the force area with the aim of ensuring that we providing easy access to Human Resources data, respond efficiently and effectively to calls for assistance. ensuring that our processes are embedded within the departmental management structures and by giving a The Demand Management department also runs the professional and confidential service which is corporate front counter services at police stations where Enquiry and consistent in its approach. Officers and volunteers help members of the public face-to-face, providing advice and access to a wide range of services.

Front counter services are available at the following police stations: City Division: Central Police Station; Radford Road; ; Broxtowe; St Ann’s; Meadows; Clifton and Oxclose Lane; County Division: Worksop; Newark; Mansfield; Sutton-in-Ashfield; Beeston; Carlton; ; Retford; ; and Eastwood.

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Procurement Information Services

Buying goods, services and works for a multi-million Information Services delivers a broad range of pound organisation like a police force is a specialist information and communication related services across function. The Procurement Department is responsible the force ranging from the planning, design, transition for the entire process, from the moment a need for a and operation of all areas of information services to the product is identified through to the end of its useful life continual service improvement of services based upon and its disposal. the industry standard ITIL framework. The strategy is to maximise collaboration opportunities with Derbyshire The economic climate means that it is no longer Constabulary and to align with regional and national sensible nor financially viable for all 43 forces to buy ICT initiatives. supplies and services separately and the department therefore works closely with colleagues in other regional forces and collaborates on contracts wherever Professional Standards possible. Public confidence in the police is crucial and depends on police officers and staff demonstrating the highest Business and Finance level of personal and professional standards of behaviour and living the Force’s values. The Business and Finance team provides a range of corporate development functions such as Business The function of the Professional Standards Directorate Planning, Information Management, Geographical (PSD) is to ensure that we are able to effectively deliver Information Systems (GIS) and Business Marketing, our statutory and professional obligations regarding Business Partnering, Financial Control, Organisational the standards of service delivered to our communities. Development and Performance & Insight. Its role in We are committed to ensuring that, where mistakes ensuring the Force achieves the budget reductions are made or improvements to service identified, that required whilst driving up performance is critical to these are addressed in an effective and timely manner the success of the police in achieving its vision and – with public confidence, organisational learning and strategic priorities. continual improvement central to our performance strategy. Estates and Facilities Management

The Estates team is responsible for ensuring the most effective and cost efficient use is made of our buildings throughout the force area in a way that supports front line policing.

The Facilities team is responsible for day-to-day maintenance of buildings and grounds, ensuring all aspects of buildings and offices are well maintained to create an optimal, safe and cost effective environment for staff, officers and visitors.

Work is underway to develop a new estates strategy to support the future needs of policing and a four-year capital buildings programme.

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Our performance

Crime in Nottinghamshire is now at its As crime has continued to fall in Nottinghamshire, public satisfaction has continued to rise. More lowest recorded level since 1977. and more people across the city and county are increasingly satisfied with the service they receive from The latest performance figures, provided for Police Nottinghamshire Police. The force is now ranked 7th Authority scrutiny, cover the year ending 31st March nationally out of 42 police forces, up from 27th last year, 2012 and illustrate the continuing downward trend for overall customer satisfaction. That is a testament to across all crime categories. our determination to remain focused on those issues The total number of offences recorded fell from 84,263 which most impact on the lives of local people and in 2010-11 to 77,421 in 2011-12, representing an annual is an achievement upon which we are determined to reduction of -8.1% (6,842 fewer offences). build in the coming years.

During the last year, many categories of crime saw offences plummet by more than 20% including domestic burglaries, which fell by 24.1%, robbery by 21.9% and drug offences by 21.1%.

Complete performance figures for the year will be validated by the Home Office before wider publication. However, current, localised, crime trends across the force area can be seen by logging on to http://www.police.uk/.

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Financial Landscape

The Comprehensive Spending Tranche 2 restructure Review period to 2014-15 requires Consultation about those departments and functions Nottinghamshire Police Authority to in the second tranche of restructure began in July 2011 make savings of approximately £42m with anticipated financial savings of £3.7m. per annum, which represents a 20% The areas being restructured in Tranche 2 comprise: reduction in the overall budget for yyInformation Services policing. yyCrime and Justice To achieve this challenging reduction in expenditure yyOperational Support Department the Force began work in July 2010 on a major yyDemand Management transformational change programme, structured over four years, to reshape each area of operational and yyEstates Strategy functional service. yyThe restructure of Communities and Partnership teams The programme includes the following: yyPerformance Analysts Local Policing restructure Other savings will be driven through regional In 2011-12 the Force restructured local policing delivery collaboration, police officers reduction through from a four division model to two, with the new retirement and natural wastage, procurement and geographic divisional boundaries co-terminus with city other opportunities which will deliver an estimated and county local authority delivery structures, with the £6.5m. intention of maximising both partnership and multi- agency operating efficiencies. The structures within the two policing divisions have been further revised to Reductions in external funding reflect local policing needs and to develop operational There is a risk that a number of external funding efficiencies. As part of this, a model for savings of senior streams worth £0.679m may also be reduced this year. management and supervisory costs at divisional level Work is underway to review how best the Force can has been put in place. mitigate against this risk and avoid the negative impact Tranche 1 restructure such reductions would have on service delivery.

The first tranche of the Force restructure was Investment completed in May 2011 following a three month consultation period with staff and staff associations. Despite facing above average grant cuts from Included in this phase were the Business and Finance Government as a result of the Comprehensive and Human Resources functions and delivered savings Spending Review in 2010, the Force and Authority of £1.9m by March 2012. have been determined to enhance policing services and increase performance in Nottinghamshire whilst Reviews of the Force vehicle fleet and estate were also delivering significant savings in the overall budget. undertaken and led to the disposal of 100 cars and an agreed reduction in the estate leading to savings of To this end, the Authority decided to increase the £0.32m by 31 March 2012. policing precept this year to help fund a recruitment campaign to maintain and enhance front line policing. In addition, the Force and Authority have agreed to a new suite of goals, namely to:

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yyAttend 100% of all reported crimes yy“Resolve” crimes and offences to meet the victims’ needs yyFollow up all incidents yyBring the majority of rape and violent offenders to justice yyProvide first class care and support for every victim of domestic violence yySuppress serious crime and bring gangs under control yyHelp make our communities safe and thriving yyEngender the pride of our communities in Nottinghamshire Police To achieve these additional goals as well as meeting the stretching crime reduction targets, investment of £1.6m has been approved to strengthen front line services. This step has been backed by both the public and local partners and is calculated to ensure that Nottinghamshire Police continues to have the resources and resilience to meet future threats and to provide the PCC with the best possible framework within which to deliver local policing in the future.

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Working in collaboration

The five Police Forces and Police Additionally, we have now entered into a collaborative arrangement regionally in how we provide legal Authorities across the services and learning and development, and a new – Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, regional model for how we undertake forensic Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and investigation has been implemented. Collaborative opportunities are also being explored in relation to Northamptonshire – have been procurement and information services. exploring opportunities for fiscal and These initiatives are not just deigned to help save operational efficiencies via collaboration valuable funds; they have transformed for the better for more than a decade. how we deliver key functions in a number of areas, so providing the public with an improved and more In the last two years, and in the light of budget cuts, effective service. significant strides have been taken to accelerate our collaborative work programme. A regional major A total of 34 projects exploring the potential crime unit has been developed, with detectives, for regional and collaborative enterprises are Family Liaison Officers and other key staff forming currently being pursued by the East Midlands Police one regional team, with the resilience and expertise Collaboration Programme (EMPCP) which is led to investigate and combat some of the most serious by Deputy Chief Constable for the East Midlands, crimes committed in the region. Peter Goodman. A regional collaboration briefing document has been prepared and is available on the Nottinghamshire PCC microsite www.notts-pcc.org

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Working in partnership

Positive working relationships between The Safer Nottinghamshire Board the Police and the Police Authority The Safer Nottinghamshire Board (SNB) is a countywide with organisations throughout the strategic group that is required under Crime and county of Nottinghamshire and the Disorder Regulations 2007 to ensure the delivery of shared priorities and a community safety agreement. city of Nottingham have consolidated successful working practices and It supports local Community Safety Partnerships which were set up as statutory bodies under sections removed unnecessary duplication. of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act and aims to bring together agencies and communities to tackle crime Our key partners include local authorities and and antisocial behaviour. Community Safety Partnerships, the Local Criminal Justice Board, Victim Support, Adult and Children The SNB was established in 2008 and has fulfilled Safeguarding Boards, County and City Health and Well- the requirement for a county strategy group in being Boards, other emergency services and specific Nottinghamshire since that time. groups which address particular subjects, for example the gangs and guns issue in the city. Community Safety Partnerships The PCC will be expected to build on these existing partnerships and be in a position to identify ways to The three county Community Safety Partnerships drive and co-ordinate action across Nottinghamshire. – Mansfield and Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Newark and PCCs will need to work with other local leaders to Sherwood, and South Notts – report into the Safer achieve shared outcomes for the community and will Nottinghamshire Board. The City CDP reports to the need to collaborate with partners to ensure that local One Nottingham Partnership. resources are used effectively and efficiently. More about the work of the CSPs can be found on their Set out below are a few of the many statutory and non- individual websites: statutory partnerships with which the PCC will want www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/communitysafety/ to engage to ensure that all agencies involved in the criminal justice sector work together to help victims, www.sncsp.gov.uk prosecute offenders and enhance the well-being and safety of our communities. Further information on www.mansfield.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2251 partners and information from them which may be useful for candidates can be found on the partners www.saferashfield.co.uk section of www.notts-pcc.org www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/community_and_living/ community_safety/community_safety_partnership. aspx

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Nottingham Crime and Drugs Offender Management Partnership Several partnerships operate to look specifically at www.nottinghamcdp.com certain issues and types of offending, including MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements) and Nottingham Crime and Drugs Partnership (CDP) MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference). covers the City Council area. It is a multi-agency collaborative partnership committed to reducing crime, One such partnership approach, the Integrated substance misuse and antisocial behaviour. Partners Offender Management programme, targets those who include a number of statutory and non-statutory do most harm to communities through their actions agencies such as Nottingham City Council, the Crown in a bid to reduce the problem that causes the crime. Prosecution Service, the Fire and Rescue Service, the Reoffending has a significant impact on crime rates and Probation Service, the NHS, the Drug and Alcohol public safety, and this holistic approach has achieved Action Team, the city’s two universities, Nottingham extremely positive results over recent years in reducing City Homes, the Business Community and voluntary re-offending rates. sector organisations such as Victim Support and Neighbourhood Watch. The work of the programme is led jointly by the Police and Probation service and includes support from those By 2020 the CDP aims to make Nottingham: in the health and local authority sectors and from drugs workers. A significantly safer city with lower crime, fear of crime and antisocial behaviour Victim Support

More effective at tackling substance misuse and drug The PCC will become the “victims’ champion” and work dealing in local communities is currently under way within the Ministry of Justice More effective at tackling the causes of crime and to develop a Victims’ and Witnesses’ Strategy. It is intervening earlier in the lives of those at risk intended that this will provide for a more flexible and tailored system of support for victims of crime, with the decisions about service requirements taken locally One Nottingham Board by the PCC. The consultation paper “Getting it right for victims and witnesses” can be found at One Nottingham is the strategic partnership for the www.justice.gov.uk. city, bringing together public, private, voluntary and community sector organisations to champion a long term vision for Nottingham and to tackle disadvantage. Its Nottingham Plan 2020 sets out a vision for what the city will look like in eight years time and highlights those areas upon which partners will focus, including investment, children, health and well-being, housing and environmental issues.

Further details about One Nottingham can be found at www.onenottingham.org.uk.

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Independent viewpoint

Like every Police Force in England Independent Volunteers and Wales, Nottinghamshire Police is A valued cohort of volunteers provides impartial advice subject to regular, rigorous independent and opinion into the working practices of the force. assessments, audits and inspections. Members of the Independent Advisory Group give insight from different and diverse backgrounds, while Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) is Independent Custody Visitors and Independent Animal independent of both the police and the Government. Welfare Visitors check on the conditions of those in It assesses the work of Police Forces in different areas custody, and the way in which police horses and dogs of business, including neighbourhood policing, serious are cared for, respectively. and organised crime and tackling major threats such as terrorism. Audits and Inspections

If you would like to view HMIC’s information relating to The most recent audits and inspections of Nottinghamshire Police please click here Nottinghamshire Police include: www.hmic.gov.uk/nottinghamshire/. yyPolice Crime and Incident Data The Audit Commission regularly reviews the way in which our resources are used to provide an yyJoint Inspection of Custody independent opinion on whether or not the force is yyThematic Review: Treatment of Young Victims and efficient and effective, following which it produces the Witnesses Annual Governance Report and the Annual Governance Statement. There is also a rigorous schedule of yyValuing the Police Part 1& 2 inspection by the internal auditors – RSM Tenon. yyPreparedness Olympic Preparedness yyAntisocial behaviour 2010, & 2012 follow up inspection yyIT Health check yyProceeds of Crime Act yyLocal Policing yyHR Transformation. Stage 2 Recruitment yyKey Financial Controls 2011 and follow up 2012 yyPerformance Management

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The Police and Crime Plan 2013-2014

The Police Reform and Social Shadow Strategic Policing Responsibility Act requires the PCC to Requirement publish a five year Police and Crime Plan In developing the Police and Crime Plan for for Nottinghamshire as soon as practical Nottinghamshire, the newly-elected PCC will also need to take account of the ‘Shadow Strategic Policing after taking office. Consultation with Requirement’ (Shadow SPR) which was published in the Police and Crime Panel (PCP) needs November 2011 by the Home Secretary.

to take place by 21 December and a This document sets out the national threats that draft of this plan, together with the draft the minister feels the police must address and the budget for 2013-14, will be considered appropriate national policing capabilities required to counter those threats. It is a statement of the collective by the PCP in January 2013. Clearly the capabilities that police forces across England and Wales timescale is extremely challenging given will be expected to have in place in order to protect the public from cross-boundary threats such as terrorism, that the PCC will not take office until the civil emergencies, public disorder and organised crime. end of November. Nottinghamshire’s PCC will have to take account of the The Police and Crime Plan is legally required to define SPR in terms of planning and resource allocation when the PCC’s priorities for funding and which organisations setting the local Police and Crime Plan and will have to will be awarded a grant. It must also set out the Chief hold chief officers to account for their compliance with Constable’s accountability framework. it when exercising their functions.

Inevitably, the plan will reflect the mandate given to The Shadow SPR does not currently have statutory the PCC by the electorate. It is likely that the PCC will effect, but policing partners have been strongly want the plan to explain how they will deliver their encouraged to have regard to it when exercising their manifesto commitments and to deliver the outcomes responsibilities and to use this as an opportunity to test on which they were elected. The plan will set out the and learn from it before the statutory SPR is issued this policing that Nottinghamshire will receive from 2013- summer. 2018 and encompass the wider community safety and criminal justice responsibilities of the PCC. Key drivers which support delivery against the SPR will be the national counter terrorism strategy “CONTEST”, the organised crime strategy and National Integrated Joint Strategic Assessment Resilience Planning Assumptions in line with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. As well as considering safeguarding issues and promoting the welfare of children, the plan will You can download the Shadow Strategic Policing need to take account of, and by influenced by, an Requirement here: Integrated Joint Strategic Assessment 2012-14 which is currently being developed with key partners across www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/police/pcc/ the community safety landscape including Community shadow-spr?view=Binary Safety Partnerships and the Local Criminal Justice Board. Key priorities for discussion with these partners and the community will emerge during the summer and a costed draft plan will be ready for presentation to the PCC once they take office.

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From now until November 2012

Nottinghamshire Police Authority has A period of Purdah will need to be observed in the run up to the election. Information regarding Purdah pledged to maintain its scrutiny of the is available on the Authority’s website, but further force and will continue to challenge for clarification will be sought from the Police Area further improvement until the day it Returning Officer in conjunction with the Electoral Commission if required. hands over to the PCC. Both the Authority and the Force are determined to A full list of the Authority’s committee meetings, position Nottinghamshire as the best performing including the final meeting of the full Police Authority force in England and Wales and we are confident that on 14 November, is available on its website. Candidates the work done over the last two years has laid the are welcome to observe the proceedings at any time. foundations for this ambition.

This document is intended to give a strategic overview In November we will see the first PCC elected by of policing in Nottinghamshire. To provide those Nottinghamshire people, for Nottinghamshire people. who are interested in becoming the PCC with greater insight and more in-depth information, the Force The incoming PCC is assured of the full support of and the Authority, in conjunction with partners when those who work for and with Nottinghamshire Police appropriate, will be hosting formal briefing sessions for and we look forward to welcoming the successful interested parties, giving the opportunity to see, and candidate. We pledge to work with them in delivering question, the wider picture. The dates of these sessions first class policing for the people of Nottinghamshire. will be publicised well in advance on the Authority’s PCC microsite.

It is imperative that any communication between the Authority and/or Force with declared candidates is undertaken with complete impartiality. To this end, a protocol has been prepared providing full guidance to candidates (including Police Authority members) and officers and staff.

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Key Contacts

The Senior Responsible Officers for the transition from Nottinghamshire Police Authority to the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner, Nottinghamshire, are:

Chief Executive, Nottinghamshire Police Authority

Kevin Dennis

0115 9670999 Ext 801 2000 [email protected]

Acting Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire Police

Chris Eyre

0115 9670999 Ext 800 2006 [email protected]

Further information is available from:

Authority Transition Communications

Sallie Blair on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police Authority

01283 821012 / 07702 541401 [email protected]

Police Area Returning Officer

Allen Graham

Chief Executive, Rushcliffe Borough Council Creative: www.parkhouse-evans.co.uk 12_0180 0115 9148349 [email protected]

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