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Police Professional Body A Home Office Update

Support the fight against crime by ensuring professionalism in policing, set national standards, share best practices, and foster collaboration among police forces for effective crime reduction.

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Police Professional Body A Home Office Update

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  1. Police Professional BodyA Home Office Update ACPO Conference 22 May 2012 Stephen RimmerDirector General, Crime and Policing GroupHome OfficeStephen.Rimmer@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

  2. Policing Landscape by 2013 The public Home Secretary Hold to account Police Professional Body Organised Crime Indicators National Crime Agency Police ICT NewCo Tasking & Coordination (OC, borders) HMIC (information for the public) Multi-force collaborations Strategic Policing Requirement Cut crime Chief Officers Crime Maps Set priorities & hold to account Local authorities/CJS Local partnerships Police and Crime Panels (scrutiny of PCC) Police and Crime Commissioners Elect / hold to account The public

  3. PPB Responsiblities Support the fight against crime and safeguard the public by ensuring professionalism in policing The PPB has the responsibility to: It will therefore: protect the public interest set and enhance first-class national standards of professionalism to ensure excellence in operational policing identify evidence of what works in policing and share best practice support the education and professional development of police officers and staff enable and motivate staff and partners to work together to achieve a shared purpose

  4. Support the fight against crime and safeguard the public by ensuring professionalism in policing Protect the public interest Set and enhance first-class national standards of professionalism to ensure excellence in operational policing Identify evidence of what works in policing and share best practice Support the education and professional development of police officers and staff Enable and motivate staff and partners to work together to achieve a shared purpose Promote the values of effective policing Learn from and support improvement in policing Ensure that this work continues to evolve Maintain ethics and values. Develop a set of nationally agreed standards for officers and staff to attain. Provide the frameworks for these standards to be tested and for achievement to be rewarded. Support a national business area infrastructure. Develop and maintain the national policing curriculum and supporting assessment and accreditation frameworks Deliver leadership and specialist training. Accredit and quality assure training providers Develop the future leaders and future expertise through effective talent management. Work with partners to make the best use of specialist knowledge Support desired behaviour and actions that embody the service’s values Work with partners to enhance interoperability with other sectors Share best practice nationally and internationally Provide access to a body of knowledge informed by evidence based research to allow the service to keep up to date with the latest thinking on policing Be at the forefront of understanding the evolving threats to public safety and enable the service to retain the capabilities needed.

  5. Capabilities In order to fulfil these objectives the body will have a capability to: • shape and implement policy initiatives • shape operational requirements • take a role in 'market making' to ensure that the police has the best possible choice for training delivery. There will be a distinction between activities which are: a) setting, maintaining and upholding standards, and b) training delivery • retain adelivery capability - for specific groups which need to come together for specialist learning • assure the quality of training delivery.

  6. Governance Board - equal balance of members who are from the police service and those who are not. The Chair will be independent of the police service A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), appointed by the PPB Board; police Chief A Professional Committee that will be chaired by the CEO and include senior policing leads across core and specific policing business area The Chief Constables’ Council will work with the PPB. Consultation with the Chiefs’ Council will form a key part of national commissioning by or of the PPB.

  7. Some Key Issues • What happens to ACPO? • Resources for PPB • Extent of engagement from Staff associations • External input • Home Office letting go ……..

  8. Next Steps Summer Recruitment of Chair and CEO Final decisions on governance and role of the Board PPB blueprint finalised Substantial engagement with ACPO business areas NPIA staff consultation Autumn Transfer of capabilities, assets and liabilities December Operational PPB 2013 Determine best legislative option ………

  9. Why is this such a big deal? Freeing the police from dead hand of Whitehall bureaucrats Opening up professional development to serious independent and academic engagement Providing a genuine basis for skilling up the profession and bringing it together Emphasising professional discretion “It is time that we collectively lifted our sights and saw the huge and positive opportunity which creating an inclusive, professional policing body would bring to the whole service, including rank and file officers and staff.” Nick Herbert, Speech to Police Foundation, 28 September 2011

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