Making our diverse community safer Police and Crime Plan 2017-2021 Lord Willy Bach Police and Crime Commissioner For Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Making our diverse community safer Foreword This Police and Crime Plan meets that challenge I am immensely privileged to have been elected Police and I want to acknowledge the contributions and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire of the trade unions and sta associations. and Rutland. It is an honour as well as a pleasure to work closely with our excellent Chief Constable and The underlying theme throughout this document is Police Force. However, an even greater privilege is ‘prevention’. If we can prevent crime taking place, if we to listen to the views of the million plus citizens who can prevent young people committing oences, and live in our area, and to be able to act on their behalf if we can prevent oenders re-oending, then we not so that we can together ght the battle against crime only avoid the harm and pain that crime brings, we and make our wonderfully diverse community safer. can also make better use of precious resources to deal more eectively with crime and its causes. By doing In recent times our police force has suered a this we can improve public condence in the police. massive cut in its resources. Central government has made a conscious decision to reduce funding The ve “V”s that constitute the main themes of to the extent that Leicester, Leicestershire and this Plan address all of the crucial areas that the Rutland has lost 20% of both of its Police ocers Chief Constable and I have to deal with. I trust and the Police Sta who do so much for all of us. you will support this approach. The greatest thing That represents a funding cut of almost one third. about British Policing is the connection that exists between the public and the police. “The police Against this dicult backdrop, the challenge for are the public and the public are the police”. the Force and myself is how to provide an excellent and improving service for a growing population. Long may it continue. I would like to provide more in this Police and Crime Plan, but my duty is to be realistic. Nonetheless, I Lord Willy Bach am condent that my proposals represent the most Police and Crime ambitious and practical approach we can take. Commissioner 2 The Police and Crime Plan – 2017 - 2021 Introduction Under the terms of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, my duties are: The year 2017 marks the ftieth anniversary of • Setting, reviewing and updating this plan. the amalgamation of Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary with Leicester City Police to form the • Appointing, holding to account, Leicestershire Constabulary which evolved into its challenging, working with and, if necessary, current incarnation as Leicestershire Police in 2012. dismissing the Chief Constable. • Financially: I am proud to say that as the elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Leicester, i. Determining the Council Tax Precept for Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) in this anniversary policing. year it is my duty to produce this ‘Police and Crime ii. Setting the Police Force budget. Plan’ for the area during my term of oce. • Regularly engaging and seeking to This plan is also owned by all of the diverse understand concerns and priorities with: communities throughout LLR. i. Communities. Everyone should be aware that in ii. Victims of crime for whom I have the duty to carrying out my legal mandate: commission services in support. • ‘Operational Policing’ is the job of the • Promoting and facilitating partnership Chief Constable working arrangements. • I do not therefore get involved in operational • Commissioning the service of partner agencies decisions such as arresting or seeking to deliver a joined-up approach to: to prosecute alleged oenders. i. Tackling crime and delivering ‘Community Safety Services’. ii. Distributing grants and other funding from Central Government. The Police and Crime Plan – 2017 - 2021 3 Our values These values provide a foundation and a common vision for good policing in The creation of the oce of the Police and Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland: Crime Commissioner provided a means for local people to have a direct say over the way • respect • value of money in which our communities are policed. Today, • absence of bias • exibility you have a directly elected commissioner who can determine what crimes are prioritised and • integrity • accountability how tax-payers’ money is spent on policing. • openness • equality Willy Bach’s values are pivotal to the development • diversity of this Police and Crime Plan. They form the Good policing in the complex area that is LLR, basis of his relationship with the Police Force particularly at a time of severe government spending and other key stakeholders, including the constraint, demands a high degree of imagination and elected leaders in the city and counties, district exibility. Because of this, the Oce of the Police and councils and local community organisations. Crime Commissioner will be open-minded, adaptable and tolerant to the needs and expectations of a community that is one of the most diverse in the UK. The oce will embrace diversity, value all opinions and consciously acknowledge the views of others in its work. The Commissioner and his team believe in honesty and fairness; they will strive to act with integrity and without bias at all times. Shortly after his election, Willy Bach made the following statement: “We will demonstrate the moral courage to do the right thing for our communities and I expect everyone in my team to do likewise. Sometimes we may not get it right. Nonetheless. We will always be accountable for our actions, and we welcome public scrutiny. These are the values that I will uphold and expect of my sta, our partners and collaborators. They will set the tone for my term in oce”. Kirk Master Deputy Police and The Oce of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Crime Commissioner entire team is determined to follow Willy’s inspirational lead. 4 The Police and Crime Plan – 2017 - 2021 Background This document, the blueprint for the future strategic direction of policing and community safety in LLR to 2021, has been shaped by: • Public feedback during my election campaign and since the election. • Consultation work undertaken in 2016 when respondents were supportive of a potential 1.99% increase in the precept. Beat Walk • Where we are now on all fronts. • Challenges in the future. Aim The Police Eciency Eectiveness and Legitimacy My overall aim with this plan, is to ensure that Report (PEEL) (November 2016) by Her Majesty’s policing across the LLR area is ecient, eective Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) listed our and above all meets our needs and expectations. Police force as one of the 33 forces in UK graded as ‘GOOD’ (Note: eight forces were graded as ‘Requiring The plan set by my predecessor focused on: Improvement’ and only two as ‘Outstanding’). • Reducing oending and re-oending. This inspection covered how well forces: • Supporting victims and witnesses. • Are ecient at keeping people • Making communities and neighbourhoods safer. safe and reducing crime. • Protecting the vulnerable. • Understood their current and future demands. These important themes remain in my plan • Are managing those resources but I wish to see more emphasis on: to meet current demand. • Crime Prevention. • Are planning to meet future demands. • A simplication of my Commissioning Framework. It is therefore reassuring that: To these ends, after establishing the current • We already have a sound police force operationally ‘Background’, I wish to concentrate on ve and nancially to promote further improvement. “V”s, namely: My background as a barrister ensured I • Viable Partnerships. witnessed the real impact of crime: • Visible Policing. • The misery and destruction of drug • Victim Services. and substance addiction. • Vulnerability Protection. • The desolation caused by burglary. • Value for Money. • The impact of domestic abuse on victims and their families. Finally, before my conclusions, I will examine the Strategic Policing Requirement • Those who are damaged by the and Collaboration to meet the Statutory results of all kinds of crime. Requirement of the Home Secretary. The Police and Crime Plan – 2017 - 2021 5 It therefore follows that if crime is reduced: The police, particularly with ‘Neighbourhood Policing’ teams and ‘Criminal Investigation Safeguarding • We also reduce the number of victims, Departments’, play a vital role in existing and new blighted lives and the demand on partnerships. However they alone cannot address police and all other public services. the complex social factors that often result in • We will see happier, inclusive and cohesive oending behaviour. The police cannot deliver communities who trust the police to help viable prevention alternatives in isolation. them, support them and keep them safe. To ensure that I am better informed about The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners the work of partners and more able to and the National Police Chief Council’s Policing support partnership working I will ensure Vision 2025 sets out the national plan for policing that I am represented properly within existing over the next ten years. The plan acknowledges partnership structures and appropriate fora. that reducing crime and protecting the vulnerable I intend to allocate funds which will recognise the are core priorities for the police service and that to value of Local Authority and Community Safety achieve this, the service must increase partnerships Partnerships. Where possible and if the level of Central within the community and with other service Government Funding allows, I will include longer providers, protect the rights of victims and engage term funding arrangements. I will consider supporting in community led policing to reduce demand.