Police & Crime Reduction Plan 2016 -2021 Police & Crime Reduction Plan 2016 -2021 n Contents Contents Annexes 1 Welcome 33 Annex 1: The Commissioner’s Role – Underlying Principles and a Vision for 2 Achievements South Wales 4 The Journey of South Wales Police 43 Annex 2: Early Intervention; Prompt and Positive Action – A South Wales 5 Policing South Wales Perspective 8 Our Operating Model for the Future 48 Annex 3: Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 12 Policing 13 Demand 2015 15 What our partners are telling us 16 What the public are telling us 17 Over-arching Values and Principles 18 Priorities 28 What does success look like? 29 Finance and Other Resources 31 Governance and Accountability Police & Crime Reduction Plan 2016 -2021 n Welcome Welcome I’m confident in the leadership, integrity and As the Chief Constable for South Wales Police I close engagement with our communities which am responsible for the operational delivery of are at the heart of the character of South Wales the force, working closely with the Police and Police in 2015. It’s crucial to maintain those Crime Commissioner to achieve our mission of characteristics as the Force, which has already Keeping South Wales Safe. The Commissioner had to manage 21% cut in Central Police Grant, and I are immensely proud of the service that copes with the same scale of cuts over the next South Wales Police provides to its communities, few years. To do so, we have to marry something which is increasingly reflected at a operational policing to intensive work with national level both through independent partners to reduce crime, harm and demand. inspections and our consistent high standards of That is why I have worked with Chief Constable delivery. We work to a common set of principles Peter Vaughan to make sure that this Police & and we are increasing our emphasis on early Crime Plan – which I am required by law to intervention to reduce both harm and demand. produce – is based on values and aspirations In South Wales we have centred our policing on that we share (see page 17). We will not follow the principles of listening, understanding and some Forces down the road of withdrawing from responding to what matters most to our neighbourhood policing but will work ever more communities, a focus that remains at the heart closely with every community and with local of our mission as we adapt to new and councillors, the NHS, schools, colleges, Voluntary emerging challenges. Through this approach, Organisations and the wider Criminal Justice the South Wales area remains one of the safest System to “shrink together, not shrink apart”. regions in the United Kingdom to live, work and I thank Leaders in those organisations for visit, somewhere that people can confidently be working with us to reduce both harm and without fear or concern for themselves, their demand. Nevertheless, the officers who serve us family or friends. Our achievements to date have in South Wales are under intense daily pressure – created a strong foundation on which to build and it’s greatly to their credit that they remain but we acknowledge that we must always strive committed, professional and enthusiastic as they to improve our service and respond effectively cope with myriad calls for help, which go far to new demands; the Police & Crime Reduction beyond crime and disorder. That’s why the value Plan is the basis for our response and will ensure placed on our officers and PCSOs by that we continue to deliver excellence to the communities and councillors has never been communities of South Wales. higher. I thank Welsh Government Ministers for money to employ an additional 205 PCSOs and for working with us on a range of issues. This Peter Vaughan QPM refreshed plan seeks to support operational Chief Constable, South Wales Police policing while accelerating our work to prevent crime, reduce harm and intervene early before things start to go wrong. We’re determined to keep South Wales Safe even in tough times. Rt Hon Alun Michael JP Police & Crime Commissioner for South Wales 1 DELIVERING TOGETHER TO KEEP SOUTH WALES SAFE WE HAVE DONE MUCH OF WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO IN THE FIRST POLICE & CRIME REDUCTION PLAN, PLACING US IN A STRONG POSITION TO FACE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE IS A GREAT DISTANCE STILL TO TRAVEL. These are just a few of the achievements the Commissioner and Chief Constable have delivered together with their teams and with partners so far: C Keeping a focus on victims of crime Tackling violence against women and girls We’ve moved from being one of the worst performing forces for victim satisfaction to one of the top forces Identifying domestic abuse at the earliest in England & Wales. This is a direct result of listening opportunity is key to keeping people safe. to people who’ve experienced crime, placing victims We’ve successfully worked with health and other at the heart of all we do. We’ve changed the way we partners to improve information sharing and to record crime to reect this and we’ll be delivering train professionals to know what to look for and W further improvements to services for victims. how to respond so victims get the services they need. We’ve developed ground-breaking new training for police ocers, GPs and Universities, drawing on the experiences of survivors to inform Protecting vulnerable people our work. We’ve reviewed the on-going work in South Wales to address child sexual exploitation, resulting in a Using technology in the ght against crime partnership action plan to help keep all our children safe from online grooming and other forms of We’re revolutionising abuse. We are supporting victims of crimes targeted policing through technology. because of their race, gender or sexual orientation. Programme Fusion is a We are helping collaborative venture older people between South Wales and to feel safe by Gwent Police, helping both tackling the forces cut crime, reduce growing issue of costs, and provide an scams, including eective, ecient police online crime service by ensuring our by embedding ocers are using the latest advice from Get technology, giving them Safe Online on the information they need, our website. when they need it. 2 Delivering a more representative workforce We’ve changed the way we do things to make sure that our future workforce will be more representative of the communities we serve. We provide support for people from BME backgrounds who are interested in a career with us including events to promote the range of roles within the police service to young people from dierent backgrounds who may not otherwise have an opportunity to learn about the police. We will actively champion women in the workplace. Delivering a more ecient Criminal Justice System Working to reduce violent crime We’ve worked with partners to merge Public Health Wales and other partners worked with us the boards which provide the strategic to improve information sharing to target resources where direction for the Criminal Justice System they’re needed most. We’ve delivered the Swansea Help in South Wales, making things more Point and the Know the Score: #DrinkLessEnjoyMore ecient. The Commissioner has also campaign to make our city centres even safer at night. established a scrutiny panel to enable We take a zero-tolerance approach to sexual predators and Criminal Justice partners, including we’re training door sta and others to spot perpetrators and magistrates’ representatives, to assess those at risk from them. whether out of court disposal orders are being used correctly and eectively. Supporting young people Our Police Youth Volunteer Programme is being Tackling anti-social behaviour rolled out to young people in Community First Victims can now have a say in the types of punishment areas of South Wales. We’ve extended the pilot of their perpetrators face - we’ve asked people what the custody triage scheme in Cardi to support remedies they think should be available and we’re 18 to 25 year olds and to divert young people using the principles behind restorative approaches. away from the Criminal Justice System. We have Victims can easily instigate a review of their case via funded schemes which support a reduction in the Community Trigger oending behaviour by if they are unhappy young people by oering with the response alternatives to crime. they’ve had. We’ve worked with local authorities and social housing providers to make sure the process is easy to use and consistent across the force. 3 CHIEF CONSTABLE QPM PETER VAUGHAN andrespected. known are today policing forwhichourocers the modernstyleofcommunity in resulted experiences have These events. and international local policingmany to through during theMiners’strike policingourcommunities from intheUK, one ofthebestforces becoming victim satisfactionto for forces one oftheworst beinglabelled from the road; challengesalong faced many has Our organisation Police. formSouthWales to merged constabularies ve In 1969 POLICE SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSIONER S MICHAELALUN R OUTH WALES POLICEAND OUTH WALES T. HON.T. 1984 Joined South Wales Police MP for Cardi 1987 as a PC in Ton Pentre South and Penarth Policing Minister & 1997 Deputy Home Secretary 2003 Appointed Assistant Chief Constable Wiltshire 1998 Introduced Crime and Disorder Act 1998 Secretary of State for Wales 2007 Appointed Deputy Chief Constable South Wales Police First Minister 1999 for Wales Drafting the 2004 Appointed Chief Constable 2010 Hunting Act of South Wales Police 2005 Drafted the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act