Shropshire Division Divisional Policing Plan 2007/08
I am pleased to be able to report that during last year crime fell again in Shropshire by a further 4%. This is continuing good news but it does not mean that we will be complacent in the year ahead. In the coming year we will continue to work with our partners in the community to reduce all crime and further improve the sanctioned detection rates. Last year we received over 500 ‘thank you' notes from members of the community and we will be aiming to further improve public satisfaction in the coming year. This divisional policing plan sets out many of the areas we will be working on to help make Shropshire an even safer place.
Guy Rutter, Chief Superintendent
This past year has been challenging, but working together, the use of technology and clear strategic thinking has seen a continued reduction in crime, improved sanction detection rates and the launching of several Police and Communities Together action groups. The 2007/2008 Policing Plan is ambitious and promising for Shropshire and worthy of study.
Miles Kenny, Chair of the Community Policing Board
Safer Shropshire Partnership
The Safer Shropshire Partnership continues to co-ordinate the five CDRPs across the county. Through working together the partnership aims to achieve a 14% reduction in BCS crime by April 2008 as well as tackling the fear of crime and anti social behaviour within our county towns. The main focus for the next three years is to ensure that initiatives are linked together and provide people in Shropshire with tangible improvements to their quality of life. As one of the key groups, the Safer Shropshire Partnership has an emphasis on focussing on priorities, targeting offenders, hotspot locations and victims. By working together with other individuals, organisations and agencies within the county, the Safer Shropshire Partnership forms a key element in focussing on those things that are important to people who live, work and visit the county and, more importantly, doing something about them.
Local Area Agreement
Shropshire is currently working on a Local Area Agreement (LAA) and is one of a small number of authorities with the "single pot" approach, which involves pooling different funding streams. Negotiations led to implementation in April 2006.
In effect, the LAA in Shropshire is an agreement drawn up between the local authorities and its partners on one hand and central government on the other. It is an excellent opportunity for both local and central government to improve service delivery and bring about greater efficiencies. More importantly, there is a greater focus on priorities, and increased capacity arising from the LAA will greatly benefit communities in the county and help to bring about further improvements in the issues that affect people's everyday lives.
The LAA will outline local priorities and targets for four key blocks (1) Children and young people (2) Healthier communities and older people (3) Economic development and (4) Safer and stronger communities.
Tackling Crime | Improving Satisfaction and Confidence |
| Police Priorities - Focusing on the persistent offenders who are responsible for much of our crime.
- Reduction in domestic violence offences and repeat victimisation and increasing the number of detections.
- Working to increase the number of successful offences brought to justice, incorporating full file quality and timeliness.
- Maximising every opportunity to detect crime.
- Supporting partners such as Victim Support in their efforts to encourage victims to come forward.
- Making even better use of the intelligence led approach of policing to reduce crime.
- Making best use of our Forensic Services to assist in delivering offences brought to justice.
- Improving the investigative and evidence gathering abilities of police officers and all police staff.
- Using stop/search powers to greater effect.
- Continuing to work within new licensing framework to reduce the incidents of alcohol related crime.
| Police Priorities - Getting news to the public to bolster community confidence
- Ensuring accurate and consistent publication of crime performance figures in the local areas.
- Continuing to develop our understanding of ‘citizen focus’ for Shropshire.
- Providing feedback to both victims and witnesses.
- Providing greater links to minority groups and other vulnerable groups throughout Shropshire.
- Continuing to deploy police officers, Community Support Officers and Special Constables to reassure the public.
- Improving our services and responding to feedback from customer surveys.
- Increasing the reporting of Hate Crime.
- Increasing the reporting of domestic violence.
- Targeting the work of all police staff and volunteers towards the 4 Better Outcomes.
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| Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership - Continuing to work with partner agencies to reduce overall crime levels by 14% by 2008 (from 1st April 2005 - 31st March 2008).
- Focussing on drug and alcohol misuse, burglary of homes, commercial and agricultural premises, violent crime, and theft of and from motor vehicles
- Working with all agencies to maximise the positive impact of the five Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships and other countywide partnerships such as the Drug and Alcohol Action Team and the Safer Shropshire Partnership in reducing crime and improving community safety.
- Pursuing a vigorous arrest and charge policy in incidents of domestic violence.
- Increasing use of multi agency operations.
- Targeting our most prolific offenders.
| Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership - Working with partners to increase, in hotspot areas, the % of residents and young people surveyed who say they feel ‘fairly safe’ or ‘very safe’ during the day and after dark within their local area.
- Working with our partners to develop and introduce the CADDIE information sharing system for public access to information.
- Promoting the use of Watch Schemes
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Promoting Community Safety | Protecting the Public |
| Police Priorities - Targeting hotspots and repeat incidents through the use of an intelligence led approach.
- Continuing to provide specialist support in tackling crime in the areas of Public Protection (PPU) including hate crime and domestic violence.
- Exploring further communication strategies to promote community safety eg (CNN, Cop Cards).
- Using alternative funding streams to develop Partnership District Tasking.
- Involving Local police officers in community solutions to anti-social behaviour.
- Continued use of appropriate legislation e.g. Section 30 order.
- Continuing to roll out Local Policing.
- Developing a County Council and CDRP meetings chart template to show the interactions of meetings.
| Police Priorities - Working in partnership with Safety Camera Partnership to address problem hot spot sites to reduce the number of casualties and collisions.
- Working in partnership with other agencies and emergency services to develop and improve our joint responses to local events and incidents.
- Building on our strong partnership with Shropshire County Council to further develop engineering solutions to collision cluster sites.
- Using targeting and enforcement campaigns focused on road safety
- Continuing to work in partnership to target improved road safety in order to achieve or exceed the Governments target to reduce by 40% (based on the 1994-1998 average) the number of people killed or seriously injured by 2010.
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| Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership - Working with partners to develop a co-ordinated, multi-agency approach to tackling anti-social behaviour in Shropshire
- Working with partners from county to ward level to promote solutions that work. These will include Acceptable Behaviour Contracts, Anti Social Behaviour Orders, static and mobile CCTV, and targeted and visible patrols.
- Working with partner agencies to implement and monitor the new licensing legislation, and contribute to the Shropshire Safer Nightlife Initiative.
- Working with partners to increase community involvement in community safety
- Continuing to develop the role of the Hate Crime Officer to build confidence with our minority ethnic and other hard to reach communities.
- Continuing with the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences to tackle domestic violence.
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