Transparency - Number 10

Home Office

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Introduce directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners and make police actions to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour more transparent

1.1 Make the police more accountable through oversight by a directly elected Police and Crime Commissioner, who will be subject to strict checks and balances through Police and Crime Panels formed by elected members of local authorities and independent members

Title	Start date achieved	End date achieved	Status	Notes
1.1.i Prepare for elections of Police and Crime Commissioners working with the Electoral Commission, including introduction of any secondary legislation required Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Nov 2012		Nov 2012	Complete
1.1.ii Hold elections of Police and Crime Commissioners Scheduled start date: Nov 2012, Scheduled end date: Nov 2012	Nov 2012	Nov 2012	Complete
1.1.iii Ensure devolution issues in London and Wales are properly taken account of ahead of the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Nov 2012		Nov 2012	Complete
1.1.iv Establish effective checks and balances for Police and Crime Commissioners through Police and Crime Panels and public transparency, including introduction of the secondary legislation required Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Nov 2012		Nov 2012	Complete
1.1.v Ensure an effective transition to Police and Crime Commissioners Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Dec 2012		Dec 2012	Complete

1.2 Make the actions of the police more transparent

Title	Start date achieved	End date achieved	Status	Notes
1.2.i Enhance the national crime mapping website, Police.uk, to show what happens after a crime has occurred and support additional ‘trailblazer’ areas to drive transparency even further locally Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Sep 2012		Sept 2012	Complete
1.2.ii Provide Police and Crime Commissioners with as much information as possible on crime levels, sentencing and rehabilitation of offenders, with the Ministry of Justice Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Sep 2012		Sept 2012	Complete

1.3 Empower local communities to take a more active role in their neighbourhoods, providing the incentives, training and encouragement for people from all walks of life to help to police their own communities to ensure early engagement with Police and Crime Commissioners is effective

Title	Start date achieved	End date achieved	Status	Notes
1.3.i Enable Partnerships to identify and disseminate effective practice and develop local peer support networks led by agencies best placed to identify and address the needs of their communities, working with national organisations, local government, local Partnerships and Community Safety Partnerships Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Mar 2013		Mar 2013	Complete
1.3.ii Fund innovative community safety initiatives to develop new approaches and support capacity building for civil society organisations to improve links between communities, civil society organisations and public sector agencies Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Mar 2013		Mar 2013	Complete
1.3.iii Encourage an increase in police and community safety volunteering, working with Association of Chief Police Officers to build community capacity and engagement with Police and Crime Commissioners, police and other community safety partners Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Mar 2013		Mar 2013	Complete

1.4 Incentivise new approaches to preventing crime, working with the public, partners and industry

Title	Start date achieved	End date achieved	Status	Notes
1.4.i Pilot a Community Trigger for persistent anti-social behaviour Scheduled start date: Jun 2012, Scheduled end date: Jun 2013	Jun 2012	May 2013	Complete
1.4.ii Make it easier for the public to protect themselves online and when using their mobile technology, working with key industry partners through the Home Office Forum for Innovation in Crime Prevention Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Dec 2012		Dec 2012	Complete
1.4.iii Increase prevention activity on economic crime through improved information sharing on emerging risks to individuals and the public and private sectors Scheduled start date: Started, Scheduled end date: Aug 2012		Aug 2012	Complete