Targeted Policing Initiative
'At Any Time' Projects
The following projects have been funded under the 'At any time' round of the Targeted Policing Initiative.
The Fens Project: Tackling rural crime - £600k
Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Constabulary
The Fens Project covers adjoining rural parts of the Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire Constabulary areas, focusing on repeat victimisation and cross-border crime, and deploying an increased rate of crime scene attendance and evidence-gathering. The forces are working with the local Community Safety Partnerships.
The project includes deployment of a mobile community safety office to provide a policing presence, exhibition space, and community surgeries on a cyclical basis to offer advice and reassurance to rural communities. This facility can also be used to get across a specific crime prevention message where necessary, for example, in seaside towns or in the wake of incidents.
Contact: Chief Superintendent Michael J. McCormackArea Commander Western Area Norfolk Constabulary King's Lynn Police Station St James's Road King's Lynn PE30 5DE
The Pathfinder Project – Application of enhanced DNA techniques and other evidence gathering to volume crime - £1.009m
The Forensic Science Service with Greater Manchester and Lancashire Police
The purpose of the Pathfinder Project is to contribute to reducing crime, tackling attrition and increasing public confidence in the Criminal Justice System by assessing the effectiveness of applying enhanced forensic science techniques - particularly Low Copy Number (Super-sensitive) DNA - more widely to burglary and vehicle crime, and of obtaining DNA samples from all persons arrested for recordable offences.
Contact: Joy CurwenForensic Science Service Washington Hall Euxton Chorley PR7 6HJ Tel. 01257 265666
The National Intelligence Model - £1.01m
National Criminal Intelligence Service
The National Intelligence Model promotes effective intelligence-led policing on a national level, through a programme to standardise intelligence-related structures, processes and practices across all forces. It aims to improve the use and flow of intelligence between the local, cross-border and international levels. An important part of the project is its emphasis on integrating intelligence responsibilities throughout a force.
This project is piloting the roll-out of the model with three forces. The lessons learnt will help inform the subsequent roll-out to other forces.
Contact: Brian FloodCorporate Development Branch National Criminal Intelligence Service PO Box 8000 Spring Gardens London SE11 5EN Tel. 020 7238 8095
Problem-solving Training - £145.1k
National Operations Faculty, Bramshill Police Training College
Problem solving is accepted as good practice and is a feature of the work of the Crime and Disorder Partnerships. The National Operations Faculty has created a dedicated problem-solving team to develop and deliver training to officers at middle-management level on deploying a problem-solving approach. This team is also responsible for undertaking research and for maintaining a 'good practice' database.
Contact: Geoffrey GibbsNational Operations Faculty National Police Training Bramshill Hook Hampshire RG27 0JW Tel. 01256 602297
Development Resources for the Police National Computer - £750k
Police Information Technology Organisation
Employment of additional systems analysts, designers and programmers to tackle the backlog of developments to the PNC required by Ministers, ACPO and the wider criminal justice community. Some of the developments are aimed specifically at vehicle crime and offences against the person, but much of the work being undertaken is directed at all crime.
Contact: John LadleyPolice National Computer PITO Hendon Data Centre Aerodrome Road Colindale Hendon LONDON NW9 5LN Tel. 020 8358 5223
'Stop and Search' Research - £119k
Commissioned by Policing and Reducing Crime Unit
Research into the racial profile of people stopped and searched compared to the population available to be searched. The report, Profiling Populations Available for Stops and Searches (which can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/policerspubs1.html), was published in September 2000. Although it found that the police were not biased against blacks and Asians in using their stop-and-search powers, the report recommended better supervision and recording of stop-and-search operations, and training for the police in approaching the public and ensuring that people understand their rights.
Contact: Policing and Reducing Crime UnitResearch Development Statistics Clive House Petty France London SW1H 9HD Tel. 01256-602160
Saliva Drug Screening – £160k
Forensic Science Service
Modification and testing of the RapiScan saliva testing device to determine its suitability for screening arrestees on-site (rather than in the laboratory) to establish whether they have used opiates or cocaine, and development of a miniature printer to provide operators with hard-copy screening results. The project is testing 2000 samples.
Contact: Dr David OsseltonForensic Science Service Suite C Loddon Vale House Hurricane Way Woodley Reading RG5 4UX Tel. 01189 440391
CrimeStoppers – £90k
Contribution to Crimestoppers UK, a national scheme for collecting information to help the police solve crime, to enable restructuring of the organisation to provide a more efficient service and to enhance fundraising capacity.
The Crimestoppers UK website contains a history of the scheme, statistics, press releases and other items of interest, as well as contact points.
Last update: 15 September 2003