Warwickshire’s three-year policing plan launched

Warwickshire Police Authority and Warwickshire Police have published their Policing Plan for 2010-2013.

The aim of the plan is to inform communities how the authority and the force continues to protect people from harm and deliver an acceptable, affordable and sustainable policing service within the resources available.

Every police authority and force in the country has a legal duty to publish a Policing Plan, setting out priorities for the coming years. Policing Plans give an insight into policing and are used to showcase some of the work that goes on behind the scenes to achieve priorities and protect communities from harm.

At the heart of the Warwickshire Police Authority and Warwickshire Police Policing Plan are three themes which underpin the ability to realise the vision of ‘Protecting our communities together’.

These themes are delivering protection, inspiring confidence and maximising value. These themes are aligned with supporting priorities to ensure performance and delivery.

Chair of Warwickshire Police Authority, Ian Francis, said: “By involving authority members and members of the Warwickshire Police workforce in the development of this plan we are confident that our priorities reflect the issues that matter most to people locally.

“The authority and force recognise that delivering increased levels of protection and confidence in 2010-11 will be challenging, but our vision, commitment and priorities remain unchanged.

“In real terms, the force will have less money to police the county of Warwickshire in the next three years than at present but, by reviewing our services and further refining the way we operate, we are confident that the very best levels of protection will be delivered within the resources available to us.

"We have set stretching targets to achieve more with less resources and we will work even more closely with partners and local communities to ensure we deliver the protection our communities require.”

Mr Francis added: “The most important part of this, as ever, is to ensure the public tell us how we can help deliver more protection in their communities. Therefore, I would ask that anyone with any feedback or comments on the Policing Plan gets in touch.”

Chief Constable Keith Bristow said: “Last year Warwickshire Police achieved some tremendous levels of protection for communities.

“For example, we achieved the biggest reduction in violent crime of any force in the country. Between April 2008 and March 2009 the force reduced the number of violent offences by 21 per cent and we reduced road deaths and serious injury by 12 per cent between January and December 2009 compared to January to December 2008.

“During 2010/11 it is our intention to deliver the best possible protection from harm with the resources available and continue to focus on those criminals who cause most harm and further increasing policing activity in parts of the county most affected by crime.”

To view the Warwickshire Policing Plan 2010-2013 click on the below links:

• To view online
• Download PDF copy of the document Polcing Plan 2010-2013 and Appendices

If anybody would like to feed back opinions and views on the Policing Plan they can do so on the Police Authority website via an online survey or by calling Warwickshire Police Authority on 01926 412322 or emailing policeauthority@warwickshire.gov.uk 

Warwickshire Police Priorities 2010/11

To reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured

• Reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured through road traffic collisions compared with last year by 2.5%
• Reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured as a result of violence compared with last year
• Detect 45% of crimes where someone is killed or seriously injured
• Increase the number of serious sexual offences we detect compared with last year or a baseline of 2008/09 whichever is greater
• Reduce the number of victims of robbery compared with last year
• Reduce the threat of organised crime groups on the communities of Warwickshire by 15%
• Detect 21% of crimes where someone is a victim of robbery.
• To reduce the number of homes burgled and vehicle crimes committed
• Reduce the number of homes burgled compared with last year
• Reduce vehicle crime compared with last year

To improve trust and confidence

• Local Safer Neighbourhood teams will deliver 100% of agreed policing activity that a) protects from harm, b), tackles anti-social behaviour c) builds confidence and support community priorities
• Increase the number of victims of serious sexual offences who report crimes to us compared to last year
• Ensure at least 85% of victims are satisfied with the overall experience they receive
• Ensure 53.3% of people agree that ‘the police and council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in this area’ based on December 2010 British Crime Survey results