Awards
The Tilley Award Winners 2004
The Tilley Award, funded by the Home Office, was set up in 1999 to encourage and recognise excellence in crime reduction using problem-oriented principles. It is the 6th annual award for excellence in problem orientated policing and crime reduction. The 2004 awards for the highest scoring project entries have been announced.
Tilley Award 2004 winners
This year there were no separate categories of winner. Instead, prizes have
been awarded to the 3 best entries: entries could focus on any aspect of police
or partnership working as long as this was intended to support frontline
delivery of Problem Oriented Policing (POP).
The awards will be presented to the 3 winners by Hazel Blears MP, Minister of
State for Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety, on 7 September at the
Problem Oriented Partnerships Conference, Birmingham.
The winners receive financial help to attend the annual International Problem
Oriented Policing Conference in San Diego, where there is usually the
opportunity to present their project.
The 3 winners are:
FIRST PRIZE
Safe and Secure – Twenty Four Seven: Staffordshire Police
Contact: Sgt Andy Smith
This project aimed to reduce the high numbers of lorry load offences
experienced by Staffordshire Police during 2001. A number of agencies working in
partnership – the police, company architects, and the site management -
tackled a large service area, Nightowl, which suffered from a variety of lorry
crime problems. A strategy tackling thefts from and of vehicles, drive off
offences, anti-social behaviour, prostitution and personal thefts from lorry
drivers began in April 2002.
Compared to 2001, crime/incidents for 2003 fell by 62%. The site gained recognition for its achievements with a Secure Car Park Award in April 2003, the first paying lorry-park to achieve the award.
SECOND PRIZE
Operation Hercules: Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Contact: Inspector Chris Weigold
This project tackled escalating firework related disorder occurring annually
around Guy Fawkes' night in November each year in St Pauls, Bristol. Large
fireworks were being fired at passers by, police and firefighters as well as property.
Operation Hercules involved a multi-agency strategy working closely with residents. As a result of their efforts the anticipated disorder did not happen. They achieved this through pressing for legislative change through Bristol MPs (as a result the Fireworks Act 2003 was passed); through publicity to deter potential offenders and to raise the awareness of firework retailers regarding under age purchase of fireworks, and; through enforcement by targeting offenders. There were 16 arrests, over £6000 worth of fireworks seized, and a number of prosecutions of retailers for selling to juveniles.
THIRD PRIZE
Operation Cobra: Hampshire Constabulary
Contact: Chief Inspector Julie Earle
Contact: Alan Edmunds.
This project tackled vehicle crime in Portsmouth. During 2002/3 vehicle
crime increased by 16% while nationally it was decreasing. Operation Cobra was a
multi-agency initiative aimed at achieving a long term solution. This involved
targeting offenders, protecting victims and securing locations where
vehicle crime was most likely. There was a strong focus on preventing repeat
victimisation – targeting the people and places who have been victims and who are likely to become victims again.
In the first 9 months of Operation Cobra there was a significant reduction in targeted vehicle crimes, compared with the same time the previous year. Overall vehicle crime in Portsmouth fell by 31%.
Projects
Problem Orientated Policing (POP) applies scientific principles to community problems, focusing on problem analysis through understanding while creating responses intending to reduce them. These valuable processes can be linked to recent policing developments including the National intelligence model and community policing.
Scope of the award
Entries focused on any aspect of police or partnership work including for example:
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projects undertaken to reduce specific crime and disorder problems with approach evidence applied consistently to all calls of service.
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work supporting problem solving at operational level, freeing resources which result in an increase of problem solving activity or by demonstrating improvements to problem solving working practice.
Summary of entries
In addition to winners' details, you can also view summaries of all the projects submitted for the Awards.
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Last update: 7 September 2004