Strategic Group
The strategic group considers the direction of the partnership, what its priorities
will be for further research and the allocation of resources. Its purpose is to set
up or amend the strategy and having set the priorities to make the necessary resource
commitments.
The work of the strategic group is done on the basis of the picture of the problems
and issues identified by the strategic assessment, which having been considered in
the light of national and local objectives is used to set the priorities for further
intelligence work, preventative measures and the the proactive work of the partners
to combat crime and disorder.
Strategic Tasking and co-ordination
The strategic group considers the strategic assessment. This will provide decision
makers with the required focus to set priorities and commit resources.
Purpose: To consider the strategic picture affecting the crime
and disorder partnership and set the strategic priorities for the partnership, allocate
resources and set the strategic intelligence requirement, collectively called the
‘control strategy’.
How: By the key partnership members meeting together to consider the strategic
assessment.
Who: Given the nature of the meeting the members of the strategic group should
be those within the partner agencies who can influence resourcing decisions at a strategic
level. They would also have the necessary authority to make decisions of priority
and allocation, typically this would be at BCU commander/ local authority chief executive
level.
When: The frequency of the meeting should
be determined by the volume of business and the potential impacts on the strategy.
Suggested frequency is quarterly.
Outcomes: The identification of the focus areas and/or themes
which have the highest priority. This group also sets the intelligence requirement
for the partner agencies. The intelligence requirement states where future resources
for intelligence gathering should be focused, for example the type and quantity of
data available or on whom the intelligence is required
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