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Report on engaging Gypsy and Traveller communities
The report is on the Home Office website at:ACPO Excellence in Policing Performance conference
The fourth ACPO Excellence in Policing Performance conference will be taking place on the 12th and 13th September 2005. The conference will address the question "How can we in the police service, together with our stakeholders and partners, deliver quality citizen focused policing, against the background of improving performance whilst delivering the new 3% efficiency gain regime?"
The conference is designed to support and inform those who are involved in
planning for, and managing, raised efficiency, improved quality and
increased effectiveness.
Please see the attached forms for more details and to book a place.
Conference programme (pdf 65kb)
Booking form (pdf 20kb)
Booking conditions (pdf 30kb)
Hazel Blears launches the Community Engagement Guide and Database at the Annual Association of Chief Police Officers Conference 2005
Hazel Blears, Minister of State for Crime Reduction, Policing, Community Safety and Counter-terrorism, launched the Community Engagement Guide and Database at the annual Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) conference on 18th May. Held at the Birmingham NEC, the conference ran from May 17th – 19th and was attended by 250 delegates.
The opening address by Chris Fox (ACPO) focused on rural affairs and workforce modernisation, while on day two, Hazel Blears delivered her speech on the theme of Neighbourhood Policing, including formally launching the Community Engagement Guide and Database – produced by the National Practitioner Panel for Community Engagement in Policing.
Hazel said:
“I am absolutely delighted to launch the Community Engagement Guide and Database – created by practitioners for practitioners – they contain a wealth of information and case studies and will provide an invaluable resource.”
In the exhibition hall there were over 150 exhibitors from across the field of policing and community safety. For more information, you can visit the conference website at www.acpo-expo.co.uk.
Click here to access the Community Engagement Guide and Database
Read the Home Secretary's speech (Word, 135kb)
Home Secretary's speech to the Police Federation
Charles Clarke spoke to Police Federation on 18 May 2005. His wide-ranging speech emphasised two key dimensions of policing policy - first, the Police-led policing family in every community; and second, the Police team with police officers at the core. See the full text of the speech (Word, 300kb)
Citizen focused policing conference
In January the first Home Office sponsored conference on Citizen Focused Policing was held in London. The conference, which focused on customer service issues and the victim and witness experience in particular, was attended by over 300 delegates from forces, authorities and key partner groups from around the country. See a summary report of the conference (pdf, 330kb)
Neighbourhood Policing booklet launched
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The Prime Minister and Home Secretary launched a short booklet on 9 March setting out how the Government will work with the police service to ensure that by 2008, every area in England and Wales benefits from dedicated neighbourhood policing teams. Neighbourhood Policing: your police; your community; our commitment is available at www.policereform.gov.uk/docs/neighbourhood_police.pdf, or hard copies may be ordered from homeoffice@prolog.uk.com
The Home Secretary Charles Clarke said:
"Neighbourhood policing is not a soft option - it is a hard edged strategy that recognises the importance of visible, accessible, responsive and intelligence-led policing to combat all crime, from nuisance neighbours to drug dealers."
The approach to neighbourhood policing set out in the booklet reflects what the public wants and what police forces, the leadership of the police workforce at all ranks and police authorities see as the way to do police business. Neighbourhood policing has the Government's full support - including funding - rising to £340m in 2007/08 for 24,000 community support officers on top of record officer numbers.
Police Reform White Paper
The White Paper, called Building Communities, Beating Crime - A better police service for the 21st Century, is the next stage in the programme of police reform. There are also two leaflets - one for police officers and one for the public - summarising what will change as a result of the new legislation.
See www.policereform.gov.uk/policypaper04.html
A service for the people
Customer service and improving the experiences of victims and witnesses were the key themes of the first national conference on Citizen Focused Policing, which was held in London on 12 January.
The event, organised by the Home Office Citizen Focus Team and Victims and Confidence Unit, attracted over 300 delegates representing police forces, police authorities, Local Criminal Justice Boards and key partners from Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships and local authorities from across the UK.
Delegates attended a wide range of workshops throughout the day, on topics such as call handling, the Victims Code of Practice, marketing and communications and effective change management. Of particular interest to delegates was the workshop on the National Quality of Service Commitment.
