Alan Charles The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire
Mary Creagh MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defra
Detective Inspector Nevin Hunter National Wildlife Crime Unit Wildlife crime partnership working and intelligence gathering
Presentation - covering • UK Wildlife crime partnership as a model to consider • The role of NWCU • PIER – intelligence focus • Serious and Organised Crime – can we ignore the rural threat?
PAW History • Founded in mid- 1990’s • Coordinated by DEFRA PAW Secretariat • Brought together governmental, non- governmental and law enforcement agencies with either a responsibility for or interest in tackling wildlife crime • Led by the PAW Steering Group
PAW Mission Statement ”Working in partnership to reduce wildlife crime through effective and targeted enforcement, better regulation and improved awareness”
NWCU – About us • Police unit – cover England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland • Funded until April 2014 by DEFRA, Home Office, Police service, Scottish Government and DOE Northern Ireland • 11 members of staff • Based near Edinburgh • A FREE resource to support the Police service
NWCU - Role • AIM TO ADD VALUE TO POLICING!! • Cooperation - Provide intelligence, analysis and operational support to deliver the UK Wildlife Crime Priorities •
UK Wildlife Crime Priorities 2011-2013 1. Poaching: Deer, Fish and Game 2. Badger Persecution 3. Bird of Prey Persecution 4. Bat Persecution 5. Illegal trade in endangered species 6. Freshwater Pearl Mussels
NWCU - Role • AIM TO ADD VALUE TO POLICING!! • Cooperation - Provide intelligence, analysis and operational support to deliver the UK Wildlife Crime Priorities • Coordination -At local, regional, national & international level •
INTERPOL Environmental Crime Programme
NWCU - Role • AIM TO ADD VALUE TO POLICING!! • Cooperation - Provide intelligence, analysis and operational support to deliver the UK Wildlife Crime Priorities • Coordination -At local, regional, national & international level • Communication - Direct link for all UK Law Enforcement Agencies, e.g. Border Force, UKBA, SOCA (and NCA as it develops) and Police forces supporting Police Wildlife Crime Officers
The NWCU is a Police Unit and a FREE RESOURCE!
PARTNERSHIP PIER APPROACH • P REVENTION • I NTELLIGENCE • E NFORCEMENT • R EASSURANCE
PREVENTION • Focus upon – raising awareness internally and externally
Project TRESPASS A national anti- poaching operation
PREVENTION • Focus upon – raising awareness internally and externally • Identified seasonality of key poaching types – deer, fish and game across England and Wales • Support preventive work – e.g. Voluntary Bailiff Service to protect fish stocks • Provided supportive information to Police Wildlife Crime Officers to disseminate via POLKA
INTELLIGENCE Lifeblood for effective enforcement?
INTELLIGENCE • Raise awareness of need for intelligence among NGO community • Encourage the submission of intelligence via PWCO’s • Raise awareness for need for intelligence within the Police service
ENFORCEMENT • Operational planning and execution • Partnership support to PWCO’s, e.g. expert evidence • NWCU support to PWCO’s through from cradle to grave with investigations • Support to Crown Prosecution Service and Courts
REASSURANCE • Help publicise cases, e.g. how poaching is a rural crime - CLA and BASC recent member magasine articles, member websites • PCC’s - raise awareness of the wildlife crime e.g. How poaching impacts on rural communities
Project TRESPASS A national anti- poaching operation
INTELLIGENCE Lifeblood for effective enforcement?
National Intelligence Model 5x5x5 Intelligence handling • Source evaluation 5x • Intelligence evaluation 5x • Handling code 5
CURRENT PICTURE Intelligence submitted to the NWCU across England and Wales NORTH YORKSHIRE 01/06/12 - 30/11/12 22 Intelligence Logs CUMBRIA 99 Intelligence Logs LINCONSHIRE 10 Intelligence Logs NORTH WALES 2 Intelligence Logs NORFOLK 35 Intelligence Logs ESSEX 16 Intelligence Logs METROPOLITIAN 159 Intelligence Logs KEY AVON & SOMERSET 4 Intelligence Logs 0 - 10 Intelligence logs submitted DEVON & CORNWALL 70 Intelligence Logs SUSSEX 11-40 intelligence logs 29 Intelligence Logs HAMPSHIRE 12 Intelligence Logs Over 40 intelligence logs
CURRENT PICTURE DURHAM 27 Intelligence Logs Intelligence submitted to the NORTH YORKSHIRE NWCU across England and 53 Intelligence Logs Wales CUMBRIA 01/12/12 - 31/05/13 70 Intelligence Logs LINCOLNSHIRE 14 Intelligence Logs NORTH WALES NORFOLK 14 Intelligence Logs 66 Intelligence Logs Essex 11 Intelligence Logs KEY AVON & SOMERSET METROPOLITAN 16 Intelligence Logs 123 Intelligence Logs 0 - 10 Intelligence logs submitted DEVON & CORNWALL 11-40 intelligence logs 70 Intelligence Logs SUSSEX 27 Intelligence Logs HAMPSHIRE 11 Intelligence Logs Over 40 intelligence logs
Serious and Organised Wildlife Crime can we ignore the rural threat?
Palm civet - Paguma larvata
Threats
So what?
Illegal import of diseased exotic animals?
Serious and Organised Wildlife Crime can we ignore the rural threat?
DI Nevin Hunter Head of Unit nevin.hunter@nwcu.pnn.police.uk 07919 690 392 www.nwcu.police.uk
Nick Payne Rural Services Network Establishment of a rural and wildlife crime network
Derbyshire Rural & Wildlife Crime Conference 2013 25 September 2013 Nick Payne
RURAL SERVICES NETWORK • Representing the case for a better deal for rural service provision • Exchanging useful and relevant information • Developing and sharing best practice
Why do we need a Rural Crime Network? • Fighting rural crime effectively requires:- • building effective partnerships across sectors • better sharing of information & best practice • new mechanisms for engaging rural communities • building resilience within rural communities to improve deterrence and prevention • a strategy beyond just farm and wildlife crime • applied in an appropriate local context RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
What objectives would it have? • Act as a think tank on rural crime strategy • Facilitate region by region comparison of operational techniques in rural areas, to seek out and share best practice • Develop and target good publicity to encourage a stronger local response from the rural public RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
Objectives contd. • Facilitate a national discussion between relevant rural partners and national organisations/watch groups • Act as a forum to consider effective Community Safety initiatives across rural areas. RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
Who might be our partners? • Network needs to be multi sectoral and multi agency • Strategic group with strong links to top policy and decision makers • Committed partners with P&CCs and RSN: • Countryside Alliance • Farmers Weekly magazine • National Community Safety Network • NFU Mutual RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
Who else might be involved? • Association of PCCs and ACPO • Country Landowners Association/NFU • Fire and Rescue Services • National Association of Local Councils • National reps of Watch organisations/Crimestoppers • Local Government Association • National Federation of Small Businesses • Action with Communities in Rural England - (ACRE) etc. RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
What are the benefits? • A forum which sits outside of but remains complimentary to the objectives of PCCs and their Association/ACPO • Enables confidential information/intelligence sharing to continue across police personnel/ACPO without risk of compromise • RSN already has strong established links/credibility with many rural organisations & partners – early momentum assured. RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
Benefits Contd. • Potential commercial sponsorship – low cost, low risk for many benefits accruing • Opportunity to engage across web based knowledge hub as well as through meetings • Powerful alliance of rural stakeholders and interests through which policy/practice can be refined, honed & shared by practitioners/professionals • Direct link to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Services – annually? RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
What might it look like? Rural Police Crime Forces Network PCCs RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
Potential Issues • Relationship with wider function of the APCCs & ACPO? – not a deal breaker • Funding concerns for rural policing – analysis/lobbying for resources - where does this role best sit? • Rural crime is not a key issue for every P&CC • Resourcing the Network to make it sustainable RURAL SERVICES NETWORK
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