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The HAC, however, emphasises the need for greater cooperation with, and reliance on the tech giants and other private sector operators. Taking their lead from counter-terrorism policing and the GCHQ, the HAC proposes the establishment of a National Digital Exploitation Centre for serious crime, including online fraud and online sexual child abuse.
It envisages that such a body would be better able to attract and retain talent and would have the purchasing power to invest in innovative methods of digital forensics and analysis from which all forces could benefit.
Surprisingly, perhaps, the HAC does not advert to the implications of this for the mainstreaming and normalisation of counter-terrorism policing, or the civil liberties and accountability challenges that it would inevitably pose. Inter-agency cooperation is now a standard and essential aspect of policing in the community, especially for promoting community safety, safeguarding and neighbourhood policing generally.
Nevertheless, the HAC found that its potential is being seriously hampered by fragmentation, duplication and a practice of relying on the police as an emergency social service. It recommends that the government should undertake a review of models that enable the police to pool resources with other public agencies to deliver a more joined-up, effective and cost-efficient response to the safety and safeguarding issues.
No mention is made of the knock-on consequences for a blurring of the police role and the associated implications for transparency, democratic scrutiny and accountability. The most radical aspect of the HAC report is its vision for tackling the structural and operational weaknesses presented by the fragmentation of police technology and data systems across the 43 forces in England and Wales.
The HAC stops short of advocating the merger of police forces or the development of a national force.
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However, it does propose a fundamental reallocation of responsibilities at local, regional and national levels. Local policing should focus on community relations, and local crime and safeguarding issues.
At national and regional levels, forces need to pool resources and capabilities, especially in response to cybercrime and cross-border crimes such as organised crime, county lines and modern slavery. Once again, it identifies the current structure for counter-terrorism policing as a model that could serve other areas of policing. Critically, the HAC signals a switch from the current policy of devolving responsibility to local, directly elected, Police and Crime Commissioners, to a greater concentration of power and responsibility in the hands of central government which must demonstrate clear ownership of policing policy and funding.
The Home Office, in particular, must step up to the plate and take a much stronger lead in policing policy to deal with the threats of the 21 st century. In addition, the government should establish a National Policing Council, chaired by the Home Secretary, to formulate reform proposals on key policy areas which would be put to a National Police Assembly for adoption as binding on all forces.
UK policing is under the microscope. A rise in serious violence and falling detection rates in some parts of the country have brought political focus onto the resilience of a model of policing that has long been the envy of the world. Rising demand and budget restraints have forced UK Police forces to evolve but questions remain as to whether policing has yet fully adapted to address the profound and continuing shifts in patterns of crime, society, policy and technology.
Deciding the Future of Policing in the UK explores the challenges facing policing today and the powerful trends and forces that will influence crime and policing over the coming decades.
The report is informed by commentary on the policing sector, analysis of UK and international police data and interviews with chief officers from UK police forces, leaders of national policing organisations and leading academics. Rapid developments in technology, spending reductions and profound shifts in society and patterns of crime have contributed to changes in police structures, recruitment approaches, ways of engaging the public, investigative methods, approaches to preventing crime, supporting victims and protecting the vulnerable.
Two successful programmes in Ireland Restorative Justice in the Community in Nenagh and Restorative Justice Services in Tallaght recommended the use of restorative justice on a national basis. The report is informed by commentary on the policing sector, analysis of UK and international police data and interviews with chief officers from UK police forces, leaders of national policing organisations and leading academics. Deciding the future Read the chapter. Surveys are powered by Survey Software. More accountability and support for garda wellbeing:
Politicians and policing leaders — nationally and locally — have some big choices to make about their role, priorities, and policing philosophy. The report provides a new framework for thinking about key policing choices and a set of ideas and case studies of success to support decision making whilst sharing a vision for the future of policing. He started his career at Surrey Police, where he was Head of Performance, before moving in In this role Richard oversees all of our transformation support to the Police Service — at local and national levels.