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Objectives of our Strategy 1. Strengthen neighbourhood policing to respond to local need and increase public confidence The Strategy for Policing in 2. Develop our partnerships to reduce crime and disorder 3. Improve the service provided to victims, witnesses and the Thames Valley: 2008-11 public 4. Protect communities from the threat of terrorism and organised crime Chief Constable Sara Thornton QPM 5. Use information and intelligence to be more effective Bracknell Forest 6. Develop our people to give the best service 23 September 2009 7. Improve the use of our resources Neighbourhood Policing Neighbourhood Policing in Bracknell Forest • Neighbourhood priorities for police and partner action • 263 Neighbourhoods across Thames Valley � Speeding (12) • 782 priorities � Parking (10) • 26 priority themes � Environmental issues (7) � Litter (3) � Anti-social behaviour (2) 14 neighbourhoods � Lighting (2) each with up to 3 priorities � Youth issues (2) � Police visibility (1) � Substance misuse (1) � Road layout changes (1) Crime Reduction: Serious Acquisitive Crime* Crime Reduction: Serious Acquisitive Crime (change between 01.04.08 – 15.09.08 and 01.04.09 - 15.09.09) 2009/10 year to date compared with same period in 2008/09 Total SAC 2009/10 LPA YTD Wycombe 955 -34.0% % change from Slough 1646 -30.7% 01.04.08 – 01.04.09 – Reading 1955 previous -20.0% Vale of White Bracknell Forest 15.09.08 15.09.09 Change year -18.4% Horse 270 South -17.0% Buckinghamshire 704 -11.8% Theft from Vehicle 253 324 71 28.1% Oxford 1087 -10.7% Thames Valley 15245 -8.6% Chiltern 413 Burglary Dwelling 151 165 14 9.3% -8.6% Cherwell 512 -4.1% South Oxfordshire 534 Windsor and -1.4% Theft of Vehicle 129 94 - 35 - 27.1% Maidenhead 1605 0.7% Wokingham 807 Robbery of Personal 1.2% West Oxfordshire 259 Property 23 23 0 0.0% 4.4% Milton Keynes 1998 8.2% Bracknell Forest 607 Robbery of Business 11.5% Aylesbury Vale 796 Property 5 1 - 4 - 80.0% 15.2% West Berkshire 1097 Total Serious Acquisitive -40.0% -30.0% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% Crime 561 607 46 8.2% *PSA 23 - Priority Action Two: To reduce the level of Serious Acquisitive Crime (domestic burglary, theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle and robbery) in Thames Valley by 2% compared to 2008/09. 1

Crime Reduction: Assault with Less Serious Injury Victims & Witnesses (change between 01.04.08 – 15.09.08 and 01.04.09 and 15.09.09) LPA 2009/10 -27.3% Thames Valley Police Confidence and Satisfaction levels Vale of White Horse 136 -15.7% South Buckinghamshire 113 -11.0% Aylesbury Vale 259 -9.4% 90 Reading 519 -7.8% West Oxfordshire 141 -6.5% 80 Cherwell 288 -3.8% Wokingham 178 70 0.0% Wycombe 333 0.6% 60 Oxford 465 1.6% South Oxfordshire 187 50 1.9% Thames Valley 5043 % 5.2% 40 Milton Keynes 773 Confidence in the Police - Thames Valley Satisfaction with Overall Experience - Thames Valley 10.4% Bracknell Forest 296 30 12.0% West Berkshire 355 16.2% Chiltern 136 20 Windsor and 22.3% Maidenhead 379 10 23.1% Slough 485 0 -30.0% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% March June Sept 2005 Dec 2005 March June Sept 2006 Dec 2006 March June Sept 2007 Dec 2007 March June Sept 2008 Dec 2008 March 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 * This is a proxy measure for National Indicator 20 (Assault with Injury crime rate). The TVP performance target is to reduce the level of Assault with Less Serious Injury (assault resulting in actual bodily harm, excluding domestic abuse cases) by 3% compared to 2008/09 Protect Communities from Victims & Witnesses - confidence Terrorism and Organised Crime Public Confidence Targets “The police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in this area.” • Refine the mapping and disruption of Organised Crime Groups (OCGs) Baseline Target Home Office 46.1 per cent 59.2 per cent (by 2012) • Continue to make extended use of the Proceeds confidence target for TVP* of Crime Act (POCA) • Develop the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) to TVPA annual target** 61.4 per cent 64 per cent (by 2010) provide support to the South East region Bracknell LAA target 26.1 per cent 32.2 per cent (by 2011) (NI 21)*** • Develop the capability within Thames Valley Police to assist partners to deliver the * Monitored through British Crime Survey Preventing Violent Extremism Action Plan ** Measured by TVP Neighbourhood Surveys *** Measured by Place survey People Information and Intelligence Mobile Data Terminals TVP staffing levels as at 31/08/09 4,263 Police Officers • £729K from Home Office Mobile Information Project 5000 • 1100 Neighbourhood Policing 4000 Officers have Blackberrys 3000 • Access to internet and intranet 2000 • Prisoner photos, missing persons 2,743 Support Staff 1000 • Maps 0 • 28 per cent increase in officers 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Current spending > 6 hours out of the Blackberrys issued to over 900 station on shift additional staff including Special 321 Special Constables and ‘Force roamers’. • Users have commented that they 521 PCSOs Constables have made more arrests and car seizures that they would have made without the BlackBerry 2

Resources Resources 2007/8 budget per 1,000 population 400 TVP PRODUCTIVITY PLAN 350 £7.78 million saved during 2008 300 • Population is ONS 2007 mid-year estimate as on iQuanta • £1m through introduction of new duty management system • 2007/8 budget as published in PPAF Assessments 250 • £2m through Zero Based Budgeting reviews of key Depts • £100,000 saved in reduced postage with no detriment to service 200 150 Many non-cashable benefits also delivered: 100 • Improved sickness management 50 • Mobile data terminals (Blackberrys) enabling neighbourhood 0 Met & COL Greater Manchester Northumbria Cumbria Durham Humberside Nottinghamshire Northamptonshire Hampshire Cambridgeshire Merseyside Cleveland West Midlands Gwent South Wales South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Lancashire Dyfed-Powys Gloucestershire Surrey North Wales North Yorkshire Hertfordshire Staffordshire Leicestershire Avon & Somerset Thames Valley Cheshire Kent Norfolk West Mercia Devon & Cornwall Sussex Bedfordshire Derbyshire Dorset Warwickshire Wiltshire Suffolk Essex Lincolnshire teams to spend more time patrolling and in communities The Strategy for Policing in Thames Valley: 2008 -11 Chief Constable Sara Thornton QPM Bracknell Forest 23 September 2009 3