STRATEGIC POLICING REQUIREMENT

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1 STRATEGIC POLICING REQUIREMENT Briefing to the Police and Crime Panel Assistant Chief Constable James Vaughan

2 WHAT IS IT? Issued by Home Secretary as part of her statutory duty Outlines national threats and national policing capabilities required to counter them Focused on strategic policing needs to achieve this Structured in two parts Threats and Response Linked to National Policing Requirement (Police Owned)

3 PART A WHAT ARE THE THREATS? INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OTHER CIVIL EMERGENCIES ORGANISED CRIME PUBLIC ORDER CYBER CRIME

4 PART B RESPONSE TO THE THREAT CAPACITY & CONTRIBUTION - outcomes expected CAPABILITY achieving the outcomes CONSISTENCY - delivered across all forces & other blue light services and national agencies CONNECTIVITY - joined up policing

5 TERRORISM Dorset SB is local footprint of wider national CT network since 2005 CTIU and CTU ACPO Counter Terrorism Co-ordination Centre (ACTCC) National tasking and co-ordination processes.

6 CIVIL EMERGENCIES The Civil Contingencies Act Disaster Planning and Civil defence Now Broader Definition - War or attack by a foreign power - Terrorism which poses a threat of serious damage to the security of the United Kingdom - Events which threaten serious damage to human welfare in a place in the United Kingdom - Events which threaten serious damage to the environment of a place in the United Kingdom.

7 LOCAL RESILIENCE FORUM Constituted in each Police Force area Broadened number of local bodies Category 1 Responders - Core responders with duty to share info and cooperate. - Police, Ambulance, Fire and rescue, Local authorities etc Category 2 Responders - Cooperating Responders - Utilities, Network Rail etc Military not categorised

8 B`MTH, POOLE & DORSET LRF County wide LRF co-ordinator appointed Olympics key to raising standards CLIO - management system Tablet Computers for virtual SCG s The Future - Maintain impetus following Games - OPCD - Loss of skilled staff

9 ORGANISED CRIME Single team for Major and Organised Crime Similar tactics 6-8 murders a year 10 year 100% success rate for homicide Force punches above its weight tackling Organised Crime

10 ORGANISED CRIME National strategy introduced in 2011 Local to global: reducing the risk to organised crime Stem the opportunities for organised crime to take root Strengthen enforcement action against organised criminals Safeguard communities, businesses and the state

11 ORGANISED CRIME Organised Crime Group Mapping - National coordination - 21 OCGs in Dorset (4 Red, 9 Amber, 8 green) - 21 OCG members arrested April to June 2012 Integrated Operating Model - Co-ordinated response across agencies against all individuals & OCGs - Assigned lead for each individual / OCG, highlighting response - Applied at local, regional, single-agency and national levels - Minimise bureaucracy and be consistently applied to all agencies - Contribute to the integrated operational response, enabling action against all known organised criminals.

12 OTHER RESOURCES Regional Organised Crime Unit Zephyr National Crime Agency (4 Command Areas) - Organised Crime Command - Economic Crime Command - Border Command - CEOP - Central intelligence function for all

13 PUBLIC ORDER Regional and national requirements (London riots 2011, Dale Farm evictions etc) - 3 PSU s - Response times of 1st = 2 hrs / 2 nd = 4 hrs / 3 rd = 8 hrs trained officers in Force - All Volunteers - National fitness test yearly - 10 Public Order Vans required

14 PUBLIC ORDER - ISSUES Ability to meet mobilisation requirements? - Timeliness and backfilling abstractions NPIA assessment compliant to new modules 7 of 10 vans old and require replacing Future EPT role

15 CBRN [Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear] Police National CBRN Centre Ryton - Training programmes / National Standards - Overarching planning Force requirements - 3 CBRN PSU s 1 x Inspector, 3 x Sergeants and 21 x Constables (3 drivers) - 68 CBRN PSU volunteers - 8 CBRN search trained officers - 3 Crime Scene Investigator s - 14 Firearms trained CBRN officers - 2 Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) staff - All allocated personal issue kit

16 CYBER CRIME New description of criminal offences using technology Definition Actions by criminals, hacktivist, terrorist or state actors, or the discovery of vulnerabilities that could be exploited by such actors, within cyberspace that could result in damage (or the threat of damage) to information, infrastructure or services, or the theft of sensitive information, which would cause harm to organisations or individual

17 CYBER CRIME - Context Size and scale of the problem - Digital devices, internet Non geographic (who deals) - Availability of evidence from other countries Anonymity Speed of offending and transactions Technology advances No requirement on businesses to retain data

18 CYBER CRIME Force Response Hi Tech Crime Unit (HTCU) - 12 Week waiting list - 60% of workload ID & recovery of indecent images - 20% of workload Grooming & Other Sexual Offences - 10% of workload Drug related offences - 10% of workload Fraud & Other offences Telephony SPOC Unit - Telephony and internet retrieval of data Covert Internet Investigators - Regional capability

19 FIREARMS Firearms Strategic Threat and Risk Assessment Force requirement - 2 Double Crewed ARV s 24/7 365 days a year - On call Tactical Firearms Team Regional and National Mobilisation Plans - Double crewed Armed Response Vehicle (ARV) immediately - 6 Authorised Firearms Officers (AFO s) & Bronze Commander within 4 hours.

20 FIREARMS - Training 6 lane 50m indoor firing range Military ranges beyond 50m - Rifle officers No tactical training area - utilise military and council property Computerised judgemental training system (FATS).

21 FIREARMS - Future Rare to use high threat tactics (not used in SW region) Costly planning and training necessary? Regional response? Rifle Officers regional response Collaboration Force boundaries East and West Chief Inspector Post Greater responsibility

22 OPERATIONAL EXAMPLE - Operation POD July 2012 Murder Reece Menzies - London OCG Context - Olympics, 4 murders, 2 landslides, corporate manslaughter and 3 child deaths in 2 weeks Investigative Response - (9 A & S Officers) SW Region protocol CSI response - Wiltshire on standby Surveillance - 5 forces / agencies (Zephyr, CTIU) in addition to MetPol Specialist Covert Tactics - Wiltshire Firearms - Contingencies Hampshire and TVP for MAST