1 Protecting Communities: Managing Harm 22 nd February 2016 Chief Constable Simon Cole QPM leics.police.uk

Leicestershire Police Chief Constable Simon Cole

leics.police.uk 3 1,853 police officers 1,017 police staff (plus 200 police staff employed on behalf of regional functions) 212 PCSOs 273 specials (52,038 hours of patrol) 250 volunteers (14, 400 hours) 182 Cadets Policing a population 1 million plus Policing an area of 2,500 square km Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

leics.police.uk 4 A typical day

leics.police.uk 5 5 Percentage who think Leicestershire Police do an excellent or good job 85.% Satisfaction remains consistent at 80% Crime 17% lower than 5 years ago Crime has fallen by 3% in the last year Saved more than £36 million since 2010 Frontline police officers have increased from 91% to 93% since 2010 Burglary from dwellings down by 26%, vehicle thefts down by 5%, robberies down by 29% Performance and success…

leics.police.uk 6 Strong performance. Delivering the best possible service with the funding available. Listening, consulting and engaging to help prioritise our services on what’s most important. An overview – The totality of policing today…

leics.police.uk 7 “The 1998 Crime and Disorder Act gave local authorities a key role in crime prevention …. But not with the effect of limiting the obligations on the police to fill gaps where partners did not play their role” Reform:The Policing Mission in the 21st Century

leics.police.uk 8 Evidence behind the management of risk in law enforcement MoRiLE - national tool to enable law enforcement agencies to understand their strategic risk Aims to standardise risk assessment across all 43 police forces Matrix divided into three sections: Harm to the victim Likelihood of the event happening Organisation Position – mitigation force has in place Matrix details which areas should be prioritised by the Force Process can be re run as often as necessary to account for newly identified risks

leics.police.uk 9 Cambridge Harm Index - Volume Vs Harm N09 – Latimer moves from 37 th for Volume to 10 th for Harm High Volume High Harm N16 - Spinney Hills NPT moves from 13 th for volume to 4 th for Harm

leics.police.uk 10 Safeguarding - Mental Health, Missing people, protecting children Protect Vulnerable Adults and children from exploitation

leics.police.uk 1398 sexual offences last year Signal team, working in partnership, dealt with 484 reports of rape domestic related incidents or crimes in Leicestershire last year – of which 10% were considered high risk Up to 950 referrals to the children’s desk a month 11 Protecting the vulnerable

leics.police.uk 12 Protecting the vulnerable 320 missing reports, conservatively costing £424,000 per month. 830 Registered Sex Offenders in the community. Each takes 18 months to assess from the time of release. 70,000 child sexual abuse investigations nationally Conviction rate of approximately 30% the numbers of offenders will continue to grow.

leics.police.uk 13 Emerging threats Up to 700 CSE referrals managed by neighbourhoods. NSPCC review identifying an increase in online grooming of almost 50%. 260% increase in CEOP referrals over the last year. This is an increase of 60% compared to monthly figures from Increase of 35% in high risk cases: 267 between Jan to Nov between Jan to Nov Registered Sex Offenders (RSO’s) in the community. Each takes 18 months to assess from the time of release.

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leics.police.uk 15 Strategic Policing Requirement Terrorism Serious & Organised Crime National Cyber Security Incident Threats to Public Order Civil Emergencies Child Sexual Abuse Child Sexual Exploitation related to Serious & Organised Crime

leics.police.uk Major Crime Serious Organised Crime Technical Surveillance Special Branch Learning and Development Shared Services Specialist Operations CJ Developing Strategic Alliance Cross Force Collaboration

leics.police.uk 17 From local to global 'The Golden Thread' Local Intelligence Local Community Engagement Local Response Local Protective Security effect Local Investigative Policing & CT Local Policing & PREVENT

leics.police.uk 18 Local Community Engagement Key to legitimacy of CT policing effort Key to securing confidence in the CT policing effort Local / Neighbourhood policing in a powerful position Invoke Peelian principles – 'public are the police‘ Structures in place from Neighbourhood – Local Authority – Regional Provide a 'route in' for more targeted / strategic engagement work Intersection with other priority areas – e.g. safeguarding, FGM Ever more important with threat of decentralisation of attack planning (investigation starts from local intelligence)

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leics.police.uk 20 Will be even handed with all candidates Welcome ongoing dialogue with potential candidates Look forward to working with you to do what is best for local people As the election draws nearer we: