Joint Information Management Unit Operational Headquarters Tower Street Winchester Hampshire SO23 8ZD Telephone 101 Geoffrey Bateman request-707144- [email protected] [email protected] 09 February 2021 Our ref: CM/PA/002593/20 Your ref: Dear Geoffrey Bateman FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST I write in response to the above referenced Freedom of Information request submitted on the 19/11/2020, Hampshire Constabulary has now considered this request, which has been repeated below and have responded accordingly. Request Response Between October and December 2019 Our general observations are that in HMICFRS visited seven Police forces in relation to the recommendations in this England andWales. The national report report Hampshire Constabulary and excluded Hampshire Constabulary but Thames Valley Police Joint Operations nevertheless it made 13 recommendations, Roads Policing Unit is in a positive 6 of which are specific to ALL Chief position and the recent effectiveness Constables, therefore Hampshire and efficiency review provided the Constabulary's Olivia Pinkney. These opportunity to ensure we had the were:• give clarity and guidance to the requisite resources to manage our police and other bodies about their demand. A more in depth review of collectiveresponsibilities;• improve forces’ Roads Policing service delivery against understanding of the risks faced by road the report recommendations is users in their areas;• make sure forces and underway in order we can continuously road safety partners work together learn and improve. effectively;• bring about compliance with national guidance on the use of speed and We have adopted and support the red-lightcameras; and• provide greater National Roads Policing Strategy, support and training to officers who performance is strong against all of our investigate road deathsPlease could you key performance indicators such as advise a) where communities can find the attendance at injury collisions and we formal public/media response made by the are very focussed on the ‘fatal 4’. We Chief Constable (or the Police and Crime are satisfied in terms of capacity and Commissioner) and b) given the reports capability that we have maintained title "Roads Policing: Not Optional" what excellent service levels to Roads commitment will the Chief Constable (or Policing taskings and support provided the Police and Crime Commissioner) make to Local Policing. to ensure these same 6 recommendations will be actioned by our Roads Traffic We have excellent partnership Teams across Hampshire Constabulary & engagement and strategies to improve Thames Valley Police Joint Operations road safety as well as detailed media Unit strategies to support our road safety campaigns. We are a key player in National Road safety campaigns, we have had and continue to have excellent influence in National direction regarding road safety initiatives such as Op Tutelage. Specific Roads Policing training courses are available for all our staff supported by Learning & Professional Development dept. We provide modules of training for new recruits to over their first year and these are based on the Roads Policing role profile with additional support for Serious Crash Investigation Unit accredited against the National Investigators Examination and the ICIDP (National PIP 2 investigators course). We have researchers in both forces who assess the risks and emerging threats on the Road network for both forces. A summary of that data is produced to support and inform the Roads Policing Tasking and Coordinating Group (TCG) every 2 months, where tasking priorities are agreed. Problem solving activity includes use of partnership involvement in areas such as Engineering solutions, Community Speed watch, Highways, Road Safety, Education and Media. We make excellent use of the information shared to us by partners and have information sharing agreements in place. At a National level we attend meetings and use the information provided by partners at NRPOI to support and inform our Working strategy with National Road Safety campaigns. We remain committed in supporting the National Campaign Calendar, At a force level we have developed excellent Road safety initiatives and partnerships such as the Older Drivers forum and developed new partnership initiatives such as use of the Mobile phone detection equipment to help educate drivers and improve road safety. Our Road safety team provide education to companies and deliver Safe Drive Say alive to over 24000 young adults each year as well as organising National and Force Road safety campaigns, ensuring we have good media engagement to highlight the campaign followed by focussed enforcement activity. Development of Community Speed watch and both force Pilots surrounding CSW.org. This supports cross border sharing of information to educate speeding motorists and further adds to our intelligence provision through the sharing of information to identify and manage high harm locations and offenders. This has the added benefit of engaging more volunteers as a result of the improvements CSW.org brings through efficient management, training, support and cost effectiveness. We continue to comply with the circular in relation to use of speed and red light cameras. Over the last year we have reviewed our data collection criteria to further improve our deployment of both fixed and mobile speed cameras. We are in the process of a digital camera upgrade, virtually complete in TVP, ongoing in Hants – all fully compliant with DFT circular 1/2007. COMPLAINT RIGHTS If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision made by Hampshire Constabulary, you can lodge a complaint with the force to have the decision reviewed within 2 months of the date of this response. Complaints should be made in writing to the Public Access office at the address at the top of this letter. If, after lodging a complaint with Hampshire Constabulary, you are still unhappy with the outcome, you may make application to the Information Commissioner at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, via telephone on 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745 or at the website www.ico.org.uk Yours sincerely Mark Farrow Public Access Joint Information Management Unit .