nationalCommunitySafetyPlan200811 - Staffordshire County Council

38 NATIONAL COMMUNITY SAFETY PLAN 2008–11
– use local data to identify areas of
disproportionality and use diagnostic tools to
analyse and understand the reasons for any
identifi ed race disproportionality; and
– identify local priorities for action, and implement
robust and measurable strategies.
■ Reduce the harm caused by crime by increasing the
quantity of criminal assets recovered, in line with
agreed annual recovery targets and delivery plans.
SPP4
Work jointly to ensure that adequate capability and
capacity exists across England and Wales to deliver
effective policing to tackle serious and organised crime
and to provide other protective services.
Police authorities and chief constables may wish to
consider the following key actions, depending on the
profi le of local problems:
■ Conduct robust, local, risk-based assessments of the
levels of threat, capability and capacity to identify
improvements needed in the protective services set
out by the Home Offi ce in the Minister of State for
Security, Counter-terrorism, Crime and Policing’s
letter of 14 February 2007.
■ Work with HMIC, the Home Offi ce and other
agencies involved in developing and delivering
improvement plans to ensure that those plans
generate signifi cant improvements in high-need
areas by 2009 and, throughout England and Wales,
meet the ACPO Threshold Standards for Protective
Services by 2011.
■ Implement the improvement plans, including
collaborative arrangements where appropriate, in
a manner that ensures that there is appropriate
provision of protective services, in particular to
address serious and organised crime, at a local,
regional and national level, as well as providing the
necessary support to regional and national initiatives,
including criminal asset recovery.
■ Take account of advice from ACPO, APA, the
Home Offi ce and their partners on best practice
for joint working, in particular the reports from the
evaluation of protective service demonstrator sites.
■ Develop further opportunities for joint working to
improve the delivery of protective services.
SPP5
In respect of counter-terrorism and violent extremism
in line with CONTEST and the counter-terrorism
PSA, work with and through local communities as
appropriate to disrupt terrorists and their operations;
protect key sites and people going about their daily
lives; deter those who facilitate terrorism; stop people
from becoming or supporting terrorists or violent
extremists; and be prepared to respond to a terrorist
attack and its consequences.
Police authorities and chief constables may wish to
consider the following key actions, depending on the
profi le of local problems:
■ Work with national and local partners and the
community to stop people from becoming or
supporting terrorists or violent extremists.
■ Increase capability in all forces, but particularly in
high-priority areas, to enable engagement in the
full range of counter-terrorism policing activities
– from intelligence and investigation through to
intervention – by disruption and prosecution.
■ Strengthen border security, policing the transport
infrastructure to maximise safety for passengers
and staff, and enhance protective security advice
in relation to crowded places, iconic sites and
hazardous sites in the UK and abroad.
■ Develop, maintain and evaluate resilience through
effective counter-terrorism training and exercising
at local, regional and national levels – including
fulfi lling UK chemical, biological, radiological and
nuclear requirements.
■ Target the illegal activities of extremists who
intimidate those involved in legitimate animal
research and testing.
SPP6
The tougher fi nancial settlement for the CSR period
requires both police authorities and forces to make the
best use of resources, with a continuing commitment
to achieving signifi cant cashable improvements in
effi ciency and productivity. The Police Service should
see resource management as a core responsibility of
delivering sustainable improvement.
Police authorities and chief constables may wish to
consider the following key actions, depending on the
profi le of local problems: