Police and crime commissioners – implications for RACE EQUALITY

1. Police and crime commissioners – implications for RACE EQUALITY Mark Blake – BTEG NeenaSamota

2. Agenda • Introduction • Aims and objectives • Exploring the context • Criminal justice and commissioning

3. Introduction • About BTEG • BAME CJS Network • Safer Future Communities Programme • Implications for the BAME VCSE and Criminal Justice landscape

4. SFC - National Partners

5. What is the SFC Programme? The local SFC Networks • engage with PCCs and other local community safety commissioners to promote the role of the VCSE sector in local community safety activities; • highlight the community safety concerns of VCSE organisations and the people they work with • influence the decisions and agendas set by the PCCs to ensure they are reflective of local needs.

6. SFC – Local Networks • Co-ordinate and manage a diverse network • Gather information and evidence around local priorities and influence strategic plans • Build links between the network and other strategic partners • Identify training and support needs of network partners • Provide evidence of the success and impact of the network and of lessons for policy makers and practitioners • Ensure excluded groups and the vulnerable are heard and represented.

7. Relevance of race equality Why it matters What needs to be done

8. The election of police and crime commissioners • Policing in the 21st century • The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 shifts power away from Whitehall bureaucrats and, through Police and Crime Commissioners, into the hands of the public • It is the biggest shake-up to policing in 50 years… • This will introduce democratic accountability • Give public greater say over policing, increased visibility and strengthened accountability

10. However…

11. Police and crime commissioners • Appoint the Chief Constable (CC) and hold them to account for the running of their force • Set out a 5 year Police and Crime Plan (in consultation with the CC) determining local policing priorities. • Set the annual local precept and annual force budget • Make community safety grants to a range of organisations

12. Role of the PCC

13. Police and Crime Plans PCCs must set out their 5 year police and crime plan by March 2013

14. Police and crime panels • Will be established in each force area to provide regular, public scrutiny of the PCC. • Will be locally determined. • Under a duty to support, as well as challenge, the PCC. • They do not replace the police authority. These will cease to exist once PCCs are elected. • They are not a super-partnership. Although strong local partnership working will be vital.

15. Composition of police and crime panels • The Panel will include at least one representative from each local authority in the force area. • Where there is a directly elected mayor they will have the option of sitting on the panel. • Minimum of 10 Councillors and 2 independents. • Option to co-opt further members, on approval of Home Secretary, up to a maximum panel size of 20. • Balanced, as far as is practicable, to represent all parts and the political make up of the police force area. • Members must have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience.

16. Key Role and Powers of Police and Crime Panels Role Enabling Powers Powers of veto Reviewing the draft Police and Crime Plan Can require the PCC to attend a public hearing Appointment of Chief Constable Can invite the CC to attend with the PCC (cannot require) Setting of the precept Reviewing the PCCs Annual Report Must hold confirmation hearings for CEO, CFO and Deputy Can ask HMIC for a professional view on CC dismissals Overseeing all complaints against the PCC, informally resolving non-criminal Have access to papers (except those that are operationally sensitive)

17. Legislative framework PCP oversight

18. Opportunities for collective leadership • Need to maximise collective leadership between PCC, community safety, justice, health and other partners, to ensure the needs of the public are met • Freedom to commission services from other bodies • Opportunities for broader collaboration on joint priorities, across reform agendas e.g. health reforms and troubled families work • PCC will take a strategic overview across local partnerships, seeking ways to drive and coordinate action across their area

19. Legislative framework – duties to co-operate • Legislation provides a flexible framework for co-operation • Intention is to enable collective local leadership on crime and justice • Deliberately broad and flexible, to allow local flexibility and innovation Police Probation

20. Joint Commissioning

22. North west – Regions and Local authorities • Cheshire = 8 • Cumbria = 6 • G.Manchester = 10 • Lancashire = 14 • Merseyside = 5 • Total of 43 local authorities • Total BME population 7.8% for the NW includes 11.64% for Manchester and 7.58% for Lancashire

23. Cheshire pcc candidates

24. Cumbria pcc candidates

25. Greater manchesterpcc candidates

26. Merseyside pcc candidates

27. Lancashire pcc candidates

28. Pcc candidate profile • 24 candidates • 4 independent • 6 women • 1 BAME

29. challenges • Financial cost • Public engagement/awareness/understanding • Preparation – national and local responsibility • Forging relationships • Community safety, local and national priorities

30. What about equality • Negotiating different needs • Geography and demographics • Children and young people • Women • Ethnic minority groups • Provision of information • Ring-fenced funding • Voter Turnout • Independent candidates

31. Policing and stop and search • A total of 1,205495 stop and searches were conducted in 2010/11 • 6 police forces carried out 60% of all stops and searches • 43% of all stops and searches were carried out by London Met • 1 in 10 stop and searches leads to an arrest. More than 90% of stop and searches do not result in arrest • Asians are stopped and searched at twice the rate of white people • Black people are stopped and searches at 7 time the rate of white people • If white people experienced the same level of stop and search as black people there would be an additional 4.4 million stop and searches per year. Source: Stopwatch www.stop-watch.org/get-informed/

32. Source: Stopwatch www.stop-watch.org/get-informed/

33. Source: Stopwatch www.stop-watch.org/get-informed/

34. Source: Stopwatch www.stop-watch.org/get-informed/

35. Arrests - Cheshire

37. Arrests - Cumbria

39. Arrests – greater manchester

40. Arrests - lancashire

41. Arrests - merseyside

42. Racist incidents

43. Cheshire hate crime – cps data 2010/11

44. cumbriahate crime – cps data 2010/11

45. Greater manchesterhate crime – cps data 2010/11

46. Lancashire hate crime – cps data 2010/11

47. Merseyside hate crime – cps data 2010/11

48. North west prisons • HMP ALTCOURSE Liverpool - Male Local • HMP BUCKLEY HALL Lancashire - Male Cat. C • HMP-YOI FOREST BANK Manchester - Male Cat. B and YOI • HMP GARTH Preston - Male Cat. B • HMP HAVERIGG Cumbria - Male Cat. C • HMYOI HINDLEY Wigan - Juvenile (under 18) • ISLE of MAN PRISON Isle of Man - Local • HMP KENNET Liverpool Merseyside - Male Cat. D • HMP KIRKHAM Preston Lancs - Male Cat. D • HMYOI LANCASTER FARMS Lancaster - Male YOI • HMP LANCASTER CASTLE - Male Cat. C • HMP LIVERPOOL Liverpool - Male Local • HMP MANCHESTER Manchester - High Security • HMP PRESTON Preston Lancashire - Male Local • HMP RISLEY Warrington Cheshire - Male Cat. C • HMP STYAL Wilmslow Cheshire - Female Closed Training • HMYOI THORN CROSS Warrington Cheshire - Male YOI • HMP WYMOTT Preston - Male Cat. C

49. Opportunities • Securing local priorities that are evidence based • Influence/lobby PCC candidates • Post-election engagement with PCC • New way of doing things – challenge status quo • Cross boundary co-operation • Collaboration on shared agendas such as community budgets (whole-place and neighbourhood-level), health and social care and safeguarding

50. Influence and participation