Reforming Policing

Wednesday 7th July 2010, Guoman Charing Cross Hotel - London, 09:30 - 16:15

Reforming Police Services: Improving Capability and Efficiency

Overview

Over the coming years, authorities and forces will need to meet the twin challenges of increased financial pressures and continued expectation from the public for high levels of service. Police authorities and forces need to use the coming months to identify areas for spending reductions in order to deliver savings of at least £545million by 2014.

Jan Berry was appointed as the Independent Reducing Bureaucracy Advocate in 2008, her role is to drive the recommendations set out in Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s Review of Policing, to challenge the police service to remove unnecessary bureaucracy; and to assist in tackling pervasive risk aversion. On 2 December 2009, Jan Berry published her first report “Reducing Bureaucracy in Policing,” and of her recommendations 13 were accepted by the former government.

‘The Coalition: Our Programme for Government’ policy paper sets out the government’s ongoing priorities for policing services. The paper contains pledges to reduce bureaucracy, introduce greater use of technology and to hand greater powers to individual forces. The paper also set out plans to introduce ‘beat meetings’ in communities and to conduct a review of the terms and conditions for police officer employment.

In May 2010, the coalition government introduced the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill in Parliament. Areas of proposed legislation include the direct election of individuals to oversee local policing priorities, the amendment of health and safety laws and legislation to enhance the power of police officers to deal with alcohol related violence.

Agenda

This forum will offer delegates the opportunity to discuss and examine how they can deliver better value for money and achieve greater frontline delivery through improving business processes, cutting bureaucracy and securing better deployment of the workforce.

09:30	Coffee and Registration
09:40	Chair’s Welcome Address Roger King, Visiting Fellow, OPM (CONFIRMED)
09:55	A Long-term Change: Reducing Bureaucracy Addressing the root causes of bureaucracy An update from the Reducing Bureaucracy Practitioners Group Reducing Bureaucracy in Policing: The recommendations Empowering officers to apply common sense principles Rebuilding trust and confidence in the police force Jan Berry, Independent Reducing Bureaucracy Advocate (CONFIRMED)
10:15	Delivering Services Through Partnership What steps should be taken to increase collaboration between police services? The role of CDRPs and the third sector in reducing low level crime The future for police amalgamations Streamlined Processes: Reducing wasteful activity and improving timeliness Engaging with communities about policing services - the potential for directly elected police officials Chief Superintendent Irene Curtis, Vice President, Police Superintendents' Association Of England & Wales (CONFIRMED)
10:35	Questions and Answers Session
10:55	Coffee and Networking
11:25	How Thin Can the Blue Line Get? Can you cut, reform and deliver all at once? Addressing the current political demands Reforming police structures and targets Big society and policing How to cut and deliver Mark Oaten, former Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary (CONFIRMED)
11:45	Case Study: London Borough of Tower Hamlets Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership The role of local authorities in helping to deliver a first class policing service The impact of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships on local policing Providing a forum for sharing information ‘Better Tower Hamlets’ and ‘The Robbery Taskforce’ – working in partnership Clear governance – responding to local needs Emily Fieran-Reed, Partnership Manager, Community Safety Service, London Borough of Tower Hamlets (CONFIRMED)
12:05	New Systems of Managing and Sharing Information Architecture and Convergence – A new national infrastructure for police IT The Information Systems Improvement Strategy – Reducing procurement costs and timescales The projected savings by 2014 - £200 million The IMPACT programme – What is the rationale? MoPI – Meeting common standards for police information sharing IMPACT Nominal Index INI – Establishes whether one force holds information on a person of interest Police National Database – A single access point for information sharing Chief Constable Sean Price, Cleveland Constabulary and Chair, ISIS Business Design Authority (CONFIRMED)
12:25	Questions and Answers Session
12:45	Lunch and Networking
13:45	Developing Skills, Reducing Bureaucracy Reducing current levels of bureaucracy and associated costs Training needs analysis, delivery and evaluation Meeting team and individual needs Clear progress pathways Creating partnerships across higher education/further education/independent training organisations to the benefit of the service Adrian Jackson, Employer Services Director, Skills for Justice (CONFIRMED)
14:05	Police Spending and Public Service Reform Income streams - past and present Financial drivers of spending The cost of the new workforce Structures for assessing spending Public value and priority planning 'in a cold climate' Dr Roger Grimshaw, Research Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, King’s College London (CONFIRMED)
14:25	Questions and Answers Session
14:40	Coffee and Networking
15:05	Case Study: The Role of Police Authorities Delivering a service that is streamlined, effective, value for money and secures the confidence of the communities it serves Improved liaison through the police Witness Care Unit and CPS: Better services for victims and witnesses The role of police authorities in setting local policing priorities Integrated Prosecution Teams Project: Reducing duplication, increasing efficiency Bob Atkins, Treasurer, Metropolitan Police Authority (CONFIRMED)
15:25	Cutting Red Tape: Delivering a more Effective and Efficient Frontline How can the police service meet financial savings targets? The police reform agenda Neighbourhood policing – listening to local communities The role of the Police Reform and Resources Directorate What are the challenges ahead? Increasing policing powers – summary charges Directly elected police officials – the relationship between policing and politics Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair, Home Affairs Select Committee (CONFIRMED)
15:45	Questions and Answers
16:00	Chair's Closing Remarks
16:05	Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

Delegates attending this forum will include police authorities, constabulary, local authorities, central government, chief constables, deputy chief constables, chief superintendents, metropolitan police, commanders, forensics officers, community safety officers, anti-social behaviour co-ordinators, area commanders, chief inspectors, detective chief inspectors, district commanders, district chief inspectors, superintendents, chairmen of police authorities, heads of fingerprint analysis, senior analysts, and crime scene investigators.