CELEBRATING SUCCESS:SHARING LEARNING SEMINAR THE GO PERSPECTIVE

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• CELEBRATING SUCCESSSHARING LEARNING SEMINAR -
  THE GO PERSPECTIVE
• Roger King
• Home Office Regional Deputy Director for London

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WHAT HAS 44 FOCUS DONE FOR US?

• Raised profile of PSA 1
• Shown contribution individual CDRPs make
• Prompted a rigorous review of performance across
  all CDRPs
• Helped replicate innovative practice
• Highlighted role of GOs
• Reminded us of many influences on performance
  HMIC, CPA etc
• Ministerial visits

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A MULTI FACETED APPROACH

• Priority crimes
• Weeks of Action
• Decoy cars
• Safer Neighbourhoods
• PPO Review
• Robbery Action Planning
• DIP
• Other agencies YOTs,TfL, Fire
• NOMs

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KEY LEARNING POINTS

• Helpful to have clear focus on a few
• CDRPs
• Centrality of problem solving interagency
  analysis and tasking
• Refreshing when LA not police lead
• Importance of targeting low hanging fruit
• Key role of local leadership
• Weeks of Action give focus
• Common reporting framework brings consistency

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LEARNING POINTS

• Greater initial clarity about the focus
• More engagement with LAAs
• Earlier drafting of guidance
• Getting all players on board
• Celebrating early success

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KEEPING THE POT BOILING

• Different crime trends in summer holidays
• Impact of smoking ban?
• In metropolitan areas guns, gangs, knives issues
• Robbery spike in September
• Follow up of weeks of action
• What lessons from SNEN/101?
• Can the high flying CDRPs break all
• records for a period of crime reduction?

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MAINSTREAMING

• How to embed in the new LAAs and Comprehensive
  Area Assessments
• JIPA and APACs
• New PSA1
• CDRP Reform strategic assessments and rolling 3
  year plans- local scrutiny
• Up to the minute monitoring NW Tracker,
  Fortnightly Met figures in GOL
• Echo events to sustain impact

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GOs and CDRPs MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

• If you focus hard on a place it changes!
• Local leadership gives hope for future after new
  LAAs, LG White Paper etc.
• Local people and politicians care about this but
  need the tools for the job
• Must ensure when we take our eye off it doesnt
  go back
• Most encouraging programme I have been involved
  in!

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QUESTIONS?

• Roger.King_at_gol.gsi.gov.uk