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Policing with POCA in a Recession. tristram.hicks@npia.pnn.police.uk. Who?. Trains and accredits all financial investigators FI Support System Joint Asset Recovery Database. Payback Index 2002 to 2008. Pre-POCA quality. Confiscation order enforcement poor
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Policing with POCA in a Recession tristram.hicks@npia.pnn.police.uk
Who? • Trains and accredits all financial investigators • FI Support System • Joint Asset Recovery Database www.npia.police.uk
Payback Index 2002 to 2008 www.npia.police.uk
Pre-POCA quality • Confiscation order enforcement poor • Restraint only available after charge • Restraint has £250,000 starting threshold • ‘PACE’ cash seizures rare & dependent on CJ result www.npia.police.uk
Milestones • 2003 POCA enabled • 2005 1st police target • 2005 incentive money arrives • 2006 incentive money to frontline • 2009 MORI poll - 86% public approval • 2009 Police league tables published www.npia.police.uk
London 2009 • 40 Payback Teams • 40 Payback Superintendents • Implementation Team • JARD & Payback Index www.npia.police.uk
Strategies www.npia.police.uk
Strategies www.npia.police.uk
SARS • 2000 paper-based, 12 month backlog • 2009 ELMER & Panther, nil backlog • Feedback: 5000 people, £21m • Reason for suspicion please www.npia.police.uk
Recession & crime • Youth crime (volume & violent) • Illegal money lending • Increased second-hand market • Resilient drugs market • Immigration changes www.npia.police.uk
Recession & police • POCA efficiency & effectiveness • Cash seizure: £46m, 85% success rate • Each ‘lifestyle’ arrest & conviction relates to dozens even hundreds of crimes • More restraint orders • Saferlondonfoundation.org • More with less - partnership www.npia.police.uk
Arthur C Clarke on reactions to revolutionary ideas • It’s impossible • It’s possible but it’s not worth doing • I said it was a good idea all along www.npia.police.uk
Policing with POCA in a Recession tristram.hicks@npia.pnn.police.uk