Public and private sector partnership working – the way forward Richard Barron Chief Executive The Association of Business Crime Partnerships

What is business crime? Proposed definition of business crime: Business crime is any criminal offence that is committed against a person or property that is motivated by the connection of that person or property to a business. Who does business crime affect? Issues of perception of a town as being safe Crime levels

Joseph Rowntree Foundation 2010 ‘Practically and economically, the retail sector lies at the heart of successful and prosperous communities’.

Business Crime Reduction Partnerships Set up to reduce acquisitive and violent crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour against businesses, their premises, staff and customers ABCP has129 BCRPs 8 Regions Work to a national standard of accreditation: the Safer Business Award

Partnership structure Board of Management Steering Group Paid full/part time manager plus support Secure accommodation Radio link including police, local businesses and CCTV Exclusion Notice Scheme Offender target files for members Incident reporting Access to police and other photographs Safer Business Award accredited

Safer Business Award Provides a legal framework for sharing sensitive personal data under the DPA Enhances professionalism Encourages strong and effective local partnerships Motivates businesses with a stake in the commercial success of town, city or shopping centres Reassures customers and staff Recognises and rewards success

Members submit intelligence reports Crime Trends and Target Offenders Identified -Intelligence Shared -Targets Excluded -Police Photos passed to Partners Raised target profile via police intelligence system Relevant information passed to local partnerships Liaison with drugs/ youth/alcohol/asbo teams Evidence produced for police and CJS. Liaison with CPS and courts Results relayed back to partners Newsletters Partnership Intelligence Model

Partnership links Prolific offenders Wanted on Warrant Probation/Drugs/Alc ohol/Youth/ ASBO Teams PNC Markers CCTV / Radio links Information and photo sharing Exclusion notice scheme Town Centre Management Licensed premises Bus and railway stations Taxis Car parks Forecourts Hotels Truancy Street sellers Begging Street drinking Drug users Police Local Authority CJS

BCRPs – crime and community focus Examples of BCRPs responding to local crime and community needs and delivering added value –Hemel Hempstead BCRP – safer neighbourhoods –Reading BCRP – protecting vulnerable people –Exeter BCRP – city evacuation plan –Brighton BCRP – first time young offenders –Somerset West BCRP – rural crime –Southampton BCRP - school children –Maidstone BCRP – Community bus –Tunbridge Wells BCRP – prevent & deter strategy

The need to change... 22% reduction in number of high street shops by 2018 Significant job losses Online retail sales to increase from 12.7% to 21.5% by major/medium sized companies going into administration High Street consumer spending likely to reduce from 50% (2000) to 40% in UK town centres will need to shrink to survive Need to develop the problem towns This will present a range of social, economic and community safety challenges

3 questions 1. How can two way involvement and investment between public and private sector partnership working be mutuallybeneficial? 2.What are the barriers to effective partnership working? 3.How do we move forward from this forum to developing the relationship and delivering mutually beneficial partnership working?

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