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Herefordshire Divisional Policing Plan 2007/08

I am delighted once more to be planning for the year ahead building on the policing strengths in Herefordshire - combining effective response, investigation and community policing. None of this is possible without the support of the community and the close involvement with partner agencies. We wholeheartedly support and seek to engage with the Herefordshire Partnership, the Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership and many excellent local initiatives and organisations. I am confident that, with this support, and relying upon the continuing commitment and professionalism of staff and officers across Herefordshire Division, we can rise to meet the many challenges ahead.

Mark Turner, Chief Superintendent

 

The Herefordshire Community Policing Board is composed of many county organisations and it represents the community with ages from cradle to elderly. We meet regularly and it is the people of Herefordshire we work for. The board is held in high regard by partners and it implements the Policing Plan with compassion and commitment.

Bernard Hunt, Chair of Community Policing Board

 

 

 

The Herefordshire Partnership

The Herefordshire Partnership is a non-statutory, voluntary partnership that consists of representation from key local and regional organisations. Through joint working, they are committed to focussing their efforts on those things that are important to people who live in, work in and visit the county. The aspirations for the county and how they might be achieved are set out in the Community Strategy for Herefordshire, divided into four key service areas, (1) Children and Young People, (2) Economic Development and Enterprise, (3) Healthier Communities and Older People, and (4) Safer and Stronger Communities.

Local Area Agreement

Herefordshire is now one of a number of local areas across the country with a Local Area Agreement (LAA) which sets out the priorities for improving the quality of life of local people by delivering improvements to local services. The current LAA started in April 2006 and runs until March 2009. The LAA strengthens and complements the Community Strategy by drawing its outcomes and indicators from that strategy. Duplication is avoided through agreement that the Herefordshire Partnership Board is also the LAA Board. This Divisional Policing Plan largely summarises how the police will contribute to delivering its contribution, specifically around the key service area of Safer and Stronger Communities, by tackling crime, promoting community safety, working to improve satisfaction and confidence, and by protecting the public.

Community Safety and Drugs Partnership

The Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership (HCSDP) is a statutory multi-agency partnership, and a key group within the wider Herefordshire Partnership, working to contribute particularly to the Safer and Stronger Communities area of the Community Strategy by ensuring that the various initiatives are co-ordinated. The current HCSDP strategy runs until 2008 and aims to build upon the valuable work that has taken place over a number of years. Whilst Herefordshire continues to be low crime area, and a safe place in which to live, work and visit, there are always challenges to be met. The Partnership aims to secure sustainable reductions in crime and the fear of crime in local communities, focusing on education, prevention and enforcement. The focus remains on providing people in Herefordshire with tangible improvements to their quality of life.

For further details of the Herefordshire Partnership click on www.herefordshirepartnership.com

Tackling Crime

Improving Satisfaction and Confidence

Police Priorities

  • Utilise the National Intelligence Model to good effect in order to direct response to crime problems in local communities
  • Reduce crime by targeting those who offend most
  • Tackle all areas of drug related crime, in particular those who supply drugs.
  • When appropriate use pre-court sanction detection disposals to ensure a quick response to community concerns
  • Provide all officers with the skills to ensure thorough investigations in every case

Police Priorities

  • Implement a response to address key problems making full use of Local Policing Teams (Local Police Officers/Community Support Officers/Special Constables).
  • Maintain an appropriate 24 hour, 7 days a week response to all areas of the county.
  • Provide a citizen focused service to the public of Herefordshire by improving information provided to witnesses and victims about the progress of their case.
  • Aim to improve customer satisfaction.

Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Priorities

  • Work with our partners across the county in particular HCSDP to further deliver reductions in crime.
  • Robustly support victims of domestic violence through enforcement, and with out partner agencies improve education and prevention.

Promoting Community Safety

Protecting the Public

Police Priorities

  • Continue our commitment to Local Policing by providing a consistent presence of dedicated local police teams who are visible, accessible and known to the community, and to achieve roll out of the policing programme by December 2007.
  • Implement strategies to ensure that migrant workers are effectively integrated in the community in Herefordshire
  • Make effective use of volunteers from the community who can participate in delivering policing services and contribute to safety in the communities, building trust and confidence, encouraging an open and honest exchange of information.
  • Support victims of hate crime and bring offenders to justice in accordance with victims’ wishes

Police Priorities

  • Target illegal activities of extremists focusing on those who would seek to intimidate those involved in legitimate animal research and testing and ancillary services.
  • Use technology and intelligence to tackle those criminals who use the roads of Herefordshire.


Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Priorities

  • Develop the way we engage with communities to listen and deal positively with their concerns / issues through the Partners and Communities together (PACT) process.
  • Work with partner agencies to ensure the safe enjoyment of Herefordshire night time economy to all
  • Seek to prevent crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour caused by alcohol misuse by working with partners to help support proactive approaches and early interventions

Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Priorities

  • Continue to work with our partners to reduce serious injuries on Herefordshire’s roads deploying divisional, force and other resources appropriately
  • Work with force and partner agencies to pursue road safety enforcement and education
  • Maintain the safety of our community by working with partners to support high-risk victims of domestic violence and to effectively manage the risk presented by potentially dangerous offenders.


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