Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk

Stephen Bett

Reducing Crime by Reducing Crisis

The health and well-being impact on crime and anti-social behaviour

20 March 2013

Health and links to crime

• Cost of drug related crime nationally - £14 billion

• Alcohol a factor in half of violent crimes• Violent crime costs the NHS £2.9 billion

Public Health Reforms, what they mean for Drug and Alcohol Services

DrugScope 2013.

Bett’s 10-Point Pledge

• KEEP Norfolk one of the lowest crime counties in the country• FIGHT serious and organised crime• SUPPORT victims of crime, vulnerable and elderly people• PROTECT the frontline in the face of cuts• PROTECT local policing from privatisation• USE targeting and prevention to reduce demand on police• WORK with young people to stay clear of crime• LISTEN carefully to the community, reaching out to minority communities

and the disengaged to ensure policing is fair and equitable• REJECT party politics and work with other Independents to provide a

national voice• USE Restorative Justice to achieve long-lasting solutions

PCC draft Crime & Disorder Reduction Objectives

• Reduce priority crime, anti-social behaviour and reoffending

• Reduce vulnerability, promote equality and support victims

• Reduce the need for service, through preventative and restorative approaches  and more joined up working with partners; protecting the availability of front line resources

Pathways out of offending

• Accommodation• Education• Health• Drugs & alcohol• Finance• Children & families• Attitudes, thinking and behaviour

Why wait until someone offends?

We need to ensure interventions are made at the earliest opportunity which will impact positively on:

• Those vulnerable to being victims of crime• Those vulnerable to offending• Locations vulnerable to crime and ASB

So what are the Pathways out of vulnerability?

Successful zero based commissioning

Will enable us to work together to reduce vulnerability.

Understand – hearing the views of public, victims and stakeholders

Plan – deciding with partners how our objectives can be achieved

Do – influencing and commissioning

Review – assessing impact and feeding back to the public.

Commissioning Cycle

Understand

Plan

Do

Review CommmunitiesWe serve

Our approach to Commissioning

• Integrated• Focused on delivering the PCC Crime and

Disorder Objectives• Against clear, measurable outcomes• Transparent bidding process• Cost effective mechanism

Norfolk PCC 2013/16 Commissioning Timeline

2013

2016

Produce commissioning criteria

June ‘13Announce areas to be commissioned

Select successful servicesOctober ‘13

Services commenceApril ‘14

October ‘15

Formal evaluation

Questions?

Thank you for listening!

Stephen Bett

PCC for Norfolk.

opccn@norfolk.pnn.police.uk