Future Proofing : Policing in the 21st Century

The paper is structured around a number of recommendations covering:

• Improving the connection between the public and the police
• Reducing bureaucracy and developing technology
• Defining roles and leadership in the police service
• Focussing on development and deployment
• Co-ordinating change in policing and reinforcing collaboration between forces
• Improving performance in policing

These recommendations pose challenges and opportunities for both the police forces, and Police Authorities. Key amongst these is the importance of driving up public confidence: an area in which, despite huge reductions in crime, forces have struggled in the past. With the proposal to directly elect to Police Authorities now removed from the proposals it is inevitable that Governments will look to these Authorities to provide a greater challenge to police performance and demonstrate that they can bring about improvements.

Responding to this challenge will require many Authorities to re visit the way in which they operate strategically and how members and officers perform both individually and collectively. With extensive public sector experience in strategy and performance development of teams and individuals, Agencia Consulting are well placed to provide support in many of the areas the Green paper touches on.

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