Policing In The 21st Century Report Together With Formal Minutes

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Policing in the 21st Century: Report, together with formal minutes

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215524861

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Policing in the 21st Century: Report, together with formal minutes by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee Pdf

The 7th report (HCP 364-I, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215524867), from the Home Affairs Committee examines policing in the 21st century, with Volume 2, providing oral and written evidence, (ISBN 9780215524850). The Government aims to replace the top-down police targets with locally-set priorities and encourage greater use of officer discretion, backed by more effective supervision. At present, the Committee believes that public expectations of the police are not being met, with the public wanting the police to put a greater focus on minor crime and anti-social behaviour. Further, the police need to be more visible and responsive to the public and give greater consideration to the needs of the victim when investigating crime. Police resources have been put under greater pressure particularly where foreign nationals need to be processed. Whilst funding shortfalls have been exposed where rapid population change has occurred due to immigration.The Committee highlights a concern over the deployment of police for longer periods dealing with alcohol-related crime due to the changes in the licensing laws and are not convinced of the effectiveness of Alcohol Disorder Zones. Further, the Committee expresses concern about the large number of murder suspects released on bail, but do support amendments to the bail laws to take into account the capacity of the police forces to monitor offenders, and a presumption against bail in murder cases. There are also examples of effective police approaches in reducing gang-related knife and gun crime, combining diversionary activities and targeted intelligence-led campaigns against known offenders. The police need to find ways though to free up resources, and the Committee expresses disappointment at the lack of progress in reducing police bureaucracy. Centralisation of the development and purchase of technology through the National Policing Improvement should reduce costs and ensure systems are integrated and prevent duplication. More control should be given to local forces, with greater accountability of policing at a local level. The Committee also identifies a gap in provision for tackling serious and organised crime.

Police service strength

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215543505

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Police service strength by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

The Home Affairs Committee says that, faced with the prospect of funding cuts, the police service will have to fundamentally re-think the way in which it provides back-office functions in order to support the front-line. It says across the board the service needs more support from Government to allow the service to find new ways of maximising service levels and efficiency, such as involving the private sector, or exploring force mergers. Although figures show overall rises in both the number of police officers and the number of police staff employed across the service over the past five years this varied significantly across forces with 13 forces reporting a reduction over the same period. On the basis of provisional financial information from the Government, some forces are planning to cut officer numbers in the next financial year. The position after 2011 is unclear as the Government has given no indication of funding settlements after that, but all forces believe they will have to make significant spending cuts. The Committee believes it may be time to review the entire means by which money is allocated to forces, as the distribution of the police national grant is seen as a barrier to maximising resources. It has become clear to the Committee that voluntary mergers can enable forces to make substantial savings. And in the right circumstances, the private sector can provide the police with expertise they may lack, value for money in service delivery and a source of up-front investment.

New landscape of policing

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215561600

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New landscape of policing by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

In this report the Home Affairs Committee examines the Government's proposals for policing reform. Key findings: (i) it is unacceptable that, more than a year after the Government announced it was phasing out the National Policing Improvement Agency, it still has not announced any definite decisions about the future of the vast majority of the functions currently performed by the Agency - the phasing out of the Agency should be delayed until the end of 2012; (ii) after the Olympics, the Home Office should consider making counter-terrorism a separate command of the New National Crime Agency, rather than it being the responsibility of the Metropolitan Police; (iii) the Government must urgently appoint a head of the new National Crime Agency; (iv) a Professional Body for policing could ultimately become a useful part of the policing landscape; (v) the Home Office should be more active in encouraging and supporting forces to collaborate with one another; (vi) IT across the police service as a whole is not fit for purpose and the Home Office must make revolutionising police IT a top priority; (vii) the review of pay and conditions is having an inevitable impact on morale in the police service, but it is possible to do more to mitigate this; (viii) The Committee commends the work of Jan Berry, the former Reducing Bureaucracy in Policing Advocate, in emphasising that reducing bureaucracy in the police service is not simply about reducing paperwork but addressing the causes of that paperwork.

Police and the Media

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 021552571X

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Police and the Media by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee Pdf

Interaction between police forces and journalists has become more frequent and professional in recent years, and the relationship can be mutually beneficial. The Home Affairs Committee felt the less-positive aspects of the relationship, however, warranted investigation. This report looks in particular at: the practice of holding off-the-record briefings during on-doing police operations; instances where police have failed to release information to the media; and attempts by the police to control media reporting. The Committee found it difficult to establish the precise extent of off-the-record briefing, but examples cited by witnesses convinced it that it occurs too frequently, and can be particularly damaging during counter-terrorism operations. It is not acceptable for officers to identify individual suspects to the media before charge, as this has the potential to damage the investigation, any subsequent trial and the reputation of suspects released without charge. The leaking of information from police officers to journalist breaches police discipline regulations, but forces often find it difficult to identify the source of the leak. Forces should be more forthcoming in providing on-the-record information to journalists about individual crimes. This in the public interest and greater openness can contribute towards greater public trust in police data. Attempting to influence or control media approaches and programmes is not the role of the police and can be seen as attacking freedom of expression.

Policing Process of Home Office Leaks Inquiry

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0215529715

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Policing Process of Home Office Leaks Inquiry by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee Pdf

On 27 November 2008 a senior Member of Parliament and Opposition spokesman, Mr Damian Green, was arrested by police and his home and offices searched in connection with an investigation into the leak and publication of a number of government documents. Press reports indicated that Mr Green was believed to have received government documents from a Home Office official, Mr Christopher Galley, who had been arrested eight days earlier and who had subsequently admitted to having leaked some documents. This series of events, and particularly the fact that Mr Green's office at the House of Commons was searched without the police producing a warrant, caused considerable disquiet. The Committee's remit was to review the internal processes of the House administration for granting permission for such action (as police searches of Members' offices and seizure of their papers), and to make recommendations for the future. As a starting point, the reasons why the police were requested to investigate the suspected disclosure of government information and how many disclosures, the type of information that had been leaked, in particular, whether any of it was relevant to national security or was otherwise classified, and the efforts that had been made to discover the source of the leaks before the police were called in. Also the Committee wished to disentangle the roles of the Home Office and the Cabinet Office in the investigation process. The Committee concluded the Home Office appears to have followed best practice for investigating leaks, as set out in the Cabinet Office's Memorandum to the Committees' sister Committee. But there are concerns that growing frustration in both the Home Office and the Cabinet Office may have led officials to give an exaggerated impression of the damage done by the leaks that could reasonably be presumed to have emanated from the Home Office. The Committee thought it was unhelpful to give the police the impression that the Home Office leaker(s) had already caused considerable damage to national security. The Cabinet Office's guidance to departments says that it is appropriate to involve the police in leak investigations when they involve "a serious and damaging impact on the functioning of a Department and suspicion of leaking sensitive information". However, it is easy to imagine circumstances in which a leak of sensitive information could lead to a damaging impact on the functioning of a Department without falling within the categories laid down in statute. The Cabinet Office's guidance therefore seems to leave open the possibility of involving the police in an investigation without any suspicion let alone evidence that a criminal offence under the Act has taken place. The Committee recommend that the Cabinet Office revise its guidance to preclude this possibility.

Policing of the G20 Protests

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215532503

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Policing of the G20 Protests by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

The policing of the G20 Protests in April 2009 was a remarkably successful operation; more than 35,000 protesters demonstrated in the centre of London with a police presence of several thousand, yet there was a minimum of disruption. Aside from a few high-profile incidents, the policing of the G20 Protests passed without drama. However, these incidents and the tactics that led to them caused considerable adverse comment and have the potential to damage the public's faith in the police. The use of containment (detaining people in a confined area for a sustained period of time), and distraction tactics (the controlled use of force against those who appear hostile) while legitimate according to the police rule-book, shocked the public. Whether they should continue to be used must form the basis of a wide-ranging discussion on the future policing of public protests. Police communications with the media and the protesters must also improve. This would require the police, media and protesters to engage better with one another both before and during the protest. There are no circumstances in which it is acceptable for officers not to wear identification numbers and urgent action must be taken to ensure that officers have the resources to display identification at all times; those officers found to be consciously removing their identification numbers must face the strongest possible disciplinary measures. While the vast majority of officers on duty performed very well, the Committee is concerned that untrained and inexperienced officers were placed in such a highly combustible atmosphere. It cannot condone the use of untrained, inexperienced officers on the front-line of a public protest and feel that an element of luck must be attributed to the success of the operation.

The Work of the Independent Police Complaints Commission

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215553632

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The Work of the Independent Police Complaints Commission by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

Despite an ever-increasing workload the IPCC does little to prevent complaints against police behaviour in the first instance by improving forces' complaints procedures, and despite a budget of £35 million per annum the organisation lacks clear measures of success. Despite the IPCC possessing staff of around 400 people, the vast majority of complaints against police behaviour are investigated by the force concerned. Of the 30,000-plus complaints against police behaviour last year less than 250 were directly managed by the IPCC which represents less than 10 per cent of "serious" complaints. In 99 cases out of 100, and despite the existence of an independent, statutory body, complaints made against police behaviour will be investigated by the police. The Committee also raised concerns at the use of ex-police officers within the IPCC, these officers can often end up investigating possible ex-colleagues in their former force. The Home Affairs Committee is convinced that the police should be placing a much greater onus on resolving complaints in an open, transparent and satisfactory manner themselves and calls upon the IPCC to produce a detailed plan of how the Commission, working with bodies such as HMIC and NPIA, will improve police performance in this area.

Policing

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0215555449

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Policing by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee Pdf

This report examines the proposal contained in the consultation paper "Policing in the 21st century: reconnecting police and the people" (Cm 7925, ISBN 9780101792523) for the introduction in England and Wales of elected Police and Crime Commissioners and the creation of Police and Crime Panels in each force area to scrutinise the Commissioners. The Commissioners would replace Police Authorities, and be responsible for holding Chief Constables to account. The first elections are scheduled for May 2012. Members of the Committee held widely differing views about the principle of elected Commissioners, but this inquiry seeks to determine how these proposals can best be delivered. The Committee believes there should be a cooling-off period of four years if a former senior police officer decides to stand as a Police and Crime Commissioner in the same area in which they have served. This restriction is necessary because otherwise they could be in the position of scrutinising decisions they had made while still in office. Commissioners should be responsible for the budget, staff, estate and other assets in their force area. Also recommended is a need for greater clarity on what is meant by operational independence: there is currently no statutory definition of operational independence and it should be defined in a written memorandum of understanding between the Home Secretary, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners. The Police and Crime Panels should be comprised primarily of elected representatives from Councils in the force area, but also of a significantly smaller number of independent members.

Neighbourhood Policing

Carina O'Reilly
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Author : Carina O'Reilly
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447368090

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Neighbourhood Policing by Carina O'Reilly Pdf

Neighbourhood policing has been called the “cornerstone of British policing” but changing demand, pressures on funding and cyclical political support mean that this approach is under considerable pressure. The book investigates whether this UK model - intended to build confidence and legitimacy - has been successful and assesses its future.

Project CONTEST

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0215539737

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Project CONTEST by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

This is the ninth report of the Home Affairs Committee (HCP 212, session 2008-09, ISBN 9780215539731) and examines Project CONTEST, the Government's counter-terrorism strategy. Project CONTEST was first developed in 2003 as a response to the emerging terrorist threat in the aftermath of the attacks in New York and Washington DC, in September 2001. A revised version of CONTEST was published on 24th March 2009. CONTEST has four strands: Pursue, Prevent, Protect and Prepare, and responsibility for CONTEST lies with the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT), part of the Home Office. The Committee commends the dedication and professionalism of the staff and approves of the more open nature in explaining CONTEST to the public. The Committee believes though that the Government could go further by outlining more of the sucesses of the counter-terrorism operations. However, the Transport for London network remains vulnerable to terrorism, as well as the 2012 Olympics, with the Committee seeing a safe and secure Games as a litmus test for the Government's counter-terrorism strategy.

Managing migration

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215540646

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Managing migration by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

Managing Migration

Knife crime

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215530578

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Knife crime by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

The number of knife homicides increased by over a quarter between 2005/06 and 2006/07 and there also appeared to be a rise in other serious knife violence during this year. A 48 per cent increase in stab-related hospital admissions between 1997/98 and 2006/07 may indicate that knives are being used to inflict more serious wounds. The majority of knife victims and perpetrators are young men in their late teens and early twenties and the high levels of knife violence since 2006 appear to be the result of an increase in street violence between groups of young people who are sometimes referred to as 'gangs'. Knife violence is concentrated in the deprived parts of big cities. Most young people who carry knives say they do so for 'protection'; status and peer pressure are also factors. The Committee is convinced us of the need to target knife-carriers and violent offenders separately. For the former, it advocates education in schools about the realities of knife-carrying and measures to help young people feel safer, such as improving confidence in the police and better victim support, and it supports the use of stop and search, providing it is carried out in an appropriate manner. The use of custody as an appropriate sentence for the majority of knife-carriers and for violent offenders is offset by high re-offending rates that highlight its ineffectiveness as a long-term solution to violent crime. The report advocates the adoption of a long-term violence reduction strategy that focuses on prevention. Specific recommendations include early intervention with babies and toddlers born into dysfunctional families and a more strategic approach to providing diversionary activities and support for excluded young people.

Police and Crime Commissioners

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : Stationery Office
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 0215057627

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Police and Crime Commissioners by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

In this, the first register for PCCs, we find that there is a massive gap between Commissioners' costs and their other activities. A system of local scrutiny makes sense for PCCs, but the public cannot possibly judge whether their PCC is upholding the standards of the office and giving them a good deal unless they make a comparison with other PCCs. Some Commissioners have already failed to meet the deadline for publishing information online, but there is no one in Government keeping track. A national register is vital for local accountability. Police and Crime Panels must redouble their oversight of their PCCs. Already there has been a suspension of a chief constable without consultation in Lincolnshire, controversial personal and political appointments without scrutiny by the PCP in Kent and other areas, and PCCs with second, third and even fourth jobs. We need to guard against maverick decision-making. PCCs have national responsibilities as well as local. It is right that they should meet the same standards of disclosure as chief constables. In future, the Government must commission a full register from an independent national body, such as HMIC

The Trade in Human Beings

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215530225

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The Trade in Human Beings by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee Pdf

Incorporating HC 318-i-vi, session 2007-08

Proposed Restructuring of the Police Forces in Wales

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780215027566

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Proposed Restructuring of the Police Forces in Wales by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee Pdf

The Committees report examines the proposed restructuring of the four police forces in Wales, in light of the recommendations of the HMIC review ("Closing the gap: a review of the fitness for purpose of the current structure of policing in England and Wales" available at http://www.inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/inspect_reports1/thematic-inspections/closinggap05.pdf) published in September 2005. Issues discussed include: the timetable for restructuring and provision for consultation; strategic policing needs in Wales; funding aspects and the impact on neighbourhood policing; and governance issues. The reports findings include: criticism that the tight timescale established for the restructuring process limited the scope for debate within police forces and police authorities, and for public consultation; and concern that the Governments approach to police restructuring across England and Wales reflects a failure to take sufficient account of the unique political, geographic and cultural characteristics of Wales.