Practice bank

A video detailing the experiences of a fourteen year old schoolgirl who was sexually assaulted at school by a teacher, to educate police officers about a child’s journey as a victim and encourage victims of sexual assault to report the crime to the police. 

Supporting young people in custody and helping steer them away from reoffending.

Integration of the Code of Ethics within the public order training of Hampshire Constabulary. 

Bringing together strategies for burglary prevention and positive outcomes through governance structures. 

Using police support volunteers to protect sites where unlicensed music events are held and improve community feelings of safety.

An initiative to encourage education around responsible dog ownership to reduce the number of serious dog attacks within a small community estate.

Creation of the special measures advisor, a role which identifies relevant cases, discusses options with victims, and submits quality applications for special measures prior to the first court hearing.

Using an app to gather detailed information when dealing with abnormal loads at the roadside, during both encounter and police escort.

Increasing understanding of body-worn cameras (BWCs) for police and staff.

Obtaining, monitoring and proactive enforcement of serious crime prevention orders (SCPOs) for the management of offenders post release from prison

Jointly delivered NHS and police presentation to increase confidence in the police and encourage reporting of hate crime.

Providing support to patients who enter accident and emergency with a violence-related injury.

Training social care sector staff to give anti-fraud advice to vulnerable elderly people.

Delivering an early intervention and prevention programme to primary school children, identified by their teachers as having adverse childhood experiences.

Reducing street lighting to reduce anti-social behaviour in a residential area.

An exhibition by artists suffering substance addiction to increase engagement and referrals to drug recovery services within the hostel community.

Using voice of the child initiative enhances multi-agency child safeguarding response.

A virtual online passport to enhance awareness and safeguarding of individuals with autism, by integrating records into NICHE (a record management system).

Embracing new technologies to solve the problem of text redaction.

Automating defence solicitors initial contact with police custody through an online portal that transfers their contact details and comments directly onto the custody record.

Resources, initiatives, and policy updates to improve support in the workplace for individuals who have experienced pregnancy loss.

Begging guide supports officers to understand, respond and record incidents of begging.

Focuses on humanising officers and educating the public around the diversity of roles that exist in the Metropolitan Police Service.

A targeted intervention to coordinate, prevent and detect business crime, supporting retailers with prominent levels of theft.

Bespoke training for drivers to tackle Violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the night-time economy (NTE).

The implementation of a training package in call handling delivered to police officers, to tackle challenges in a decrease of public contact police staff.

A web-based subscription service, which provides immediate access to information from several databases around vehicles registered to the Republic of Ireland, a current capability gap for Police National Computer (PNC).

Sharing CCTV images of suspects with business community groups to increase identifications and facilitate new lines of enquiry.

Increasing capability in recognising and recording incidents of child neglect.

Enabling victims to track updates on crimes they have reported via an online system.

Using subject matter expects (SMEs) to identify and prepare civil order applications against people posing a sexual risk.

Framework for bringing serious and organised crime group threats into neighbourhood policing.

Framework for bringing serious and organised crime group threats into neighbourhood policing.

Durham Constabulary has an internal working group and implementation plan in place to ensure timely and controlled deadlines are met following the update on the Code of Ethics.   

Using cooking to engage and motivate young people and young adults to deter them from committing serious violent crimes.

Using a PowerApp solution and a Power BI dashboard to record and evaluate community engagement. 

An opportunity for community leaders to talk about their communities and help identify how the police can work to build trust and confidence. 

Combining data and feedback to target police activity and improve relationships with local communities.

Empowering change and giving a voice to individuals affected by significant life events.

Introducing a centralised community safety partnership platform, to improve supervision and influence the performance of operational teams.

Collaborating with Community Speedwatch UK, to provide support for schemes aimed at improving road safety.

Dedicated role to support victims and applicants with anti-social behaviour case reviews (community triggers), manage anti-social behaviour cases and share best practice among partners.

Using a robotic automated system to reduce time and human resources spent on receiving contact from the public. 

Ensuring optimal deployment of appropriate resources during operational activities while maintaining compliance with corporate standards.

Introducing a new telephone platform to improve performance around managing and meeting 999 and 101 demand. 

A service providing statutory and voluntary drug testing, assessment and referrals in a custody setting.

An application that directs officers to geographical locations with high concentrations of serious violence.

Setting force expectations for prioritising and managing crime.

A programme created by Devon and Cornwall Police that leads to an inclusive leadership intervention.

Involving data subjects in data project scrutiny to improve legitimacy.

A single point of contact for non-urgent digital advice for police officers and staff, which seeks to resolve all digital investigative enquiries through a network of subject matter expects.

Using digital processing software to increase the speed and efficiency of stalking and stalking-related investigations.

Police use of a free digital resource to help children and schools navigate safeguarding risks.

Targeting perpetrators in the night-time economy by spotting and disrupting predatory behaviour.

Introducing distraction items for those detained in custody and risk assessed as suitable.

A handbook to enable investigators and supervisors to have access to the current and relevant information for support and guidance in dealing with domestic abuse cases. 

A collaboration between West Midlands schools officers and a performing arts course at a sixth form college, resulting in an educational live performance addressing the dangers of criminality.

A new process for offenders found in possession of a controlled drug for personal use, where they are offered a community resolution as an alternative to prosecution.

Identifying lower risk domestic abuse (DA) stalking perpetrators and referring them to a diversionary programme with trained psychologists.

Prioritising safeguarding of children through early referrals to children's social care (CSC).

Using a platform to capture and analyse large volumes of customer feedback, gathered through conversational SMS and a bespoke website.

Commissioning an annual performance report for each financial year to record the details and percentage reductions in reoffending and crime severity scores relating to the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) cohort.

Community engagement and outreach following serious disorder in central Bristol, to communicate about the ongoing policing approaches to protest.

Creating a space to engage and problem solve with stakeholders and community representatives.

Using a checklist to support officers on approaching the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for an evidence-led prosecution (ELP). 

A multi-agency framework to support vulnerable people in the community and individuals suffering mental health crisis.

Providing information and support to the families of suspects arrested for indecent images of children.

A dedicated team of officers and police staff investigating all firearm discharges and recoveries. 

Helping women and girls to feel safer by allowing users to anonymously report incidents.

Developing of 12 district prevention hubs with a centralised co-ordination function enabling a structured approach to implementation and delivery of problem-solving and prevention activities.

A board overseeing all elements of vulnerability in one governance structure, reflecting all National Police Chiefs’ Council's (NPCC) national plans. 

Forensic marking to deter perpetrators from repeat offending using forensic marking of moveable items and doorways, panic alarms, and forensic sprays or greases.

Delivering a workshop about domestic violence and misogynistic attitudes to students.

A focused and proactive role working with a multi-agency approach to tackle fraud and reduce the number of fraud victims

Combines police crime and intelligence data with known risk factors associated with serious violence, to identify individuals most at risk of current or future involvement in knife crime.

Targeting multi-agency interventions to divert individuals from current or future involvement in knife crime.

An integrated risk management service for cases of stalking and other potentially dangerous persons.

Refuge points where anyone who feels in danger can activate an alert button and receive immediate support from a local control room.

A safeguarding app to protect victims of domestic abuse (DA) and stalking.

A debrief process for homicides or ‘near miss’ incidents, completed as soon as appropriate after the offence to capture early learning and good practice.

ID scanning technology for late-night licensed premises pubs and clubs, linking information about banned people and night-time economy venues.

Structured analysis of police contacts in the control room to identify vulnerable repeat callers and signpost them to relevant agencies.

Based on an FBI model that has been piloted for police call handlers to improve call management, and the application of THRIVE (threat, harm, risk, investigation, vulnerability and engagement).

Incident Management team has been created to improve compliance with National Crime Recording Standards by reviewing incidents to ensure all crimes are recorded in accordance with Home Office Counting Rules.

A community scrutiny panel which examines data of searches, the percentage resulting in police action, the percentage of drug-related searches, reasons for searches, locations, ethnicity data and disproportionality ratios. 

Focuses on improving the service delivered to victims, in particular the quality and consistency of information and updates, as well as ensuring all victim needs are assessed and addressed.

Bespoke training on the voice of the child, Victims' Code of Practice videos, forensic specialist child interviews and an intranet site around learning and tools.

Information pack for distribution to the immediate family of a suspect arrested in relation to child sexual offences.

Using in-person training on handcuffing for all officers to ensure a consistent approach.

Creating a search tool to support call handlers in risk assessments. 

Applying the IOM framework to reduce reoffending and address repeat domestic abuse perpetrators.

Improving community engagement through advice, training, support and coordination for police and partners.

Interest free loan scheme to enable colleagues to improve their financial resilience with integral welfare support.

Monitoring officer’s welfare of new joiners to the Internet Child Exploitation Team (ICET).

Face-to-face conversations with sergeants in all districts explaining force priorities and the impact of changes, to improve trust, confidence and motivation.

Training for newly promoted sergeants focusing on using the investigative mindset when attending and supervising crime scenes.

A marketing initiative to provide key messaging about having a safer night-time economy (NTE) to women and girls.

Predicting the most likely locations and total number of knife crimes over a four-week period. 

An online self-assessment tool for licensed premises, focusing on legal requirements and good practice to reduce impact at the venue and public spaces.

Implementation of a Summertime Policing Plan (STPP) in Lincolnshire coastal towns to prevent crime and protect people from harm.

To provide a safe environment for women and girls from seldom heard groups to talk about their lived experiences.

Problem-solving hubs embracing joint working with partner agencies to resolve incidents of repeat crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour.

Proactive approach involving use of civil orders, dedicated violence against women and girls (VAWG) officers and perpetrator data proactive referrals.

A multi-agency group to coordinate actions around homicide and serious violence prevention where there are mental health indicators.

Working with staff from mental health charity MIND to support callers. 

A mental health package for staff to provide essential information and practice advice when dealing with a mental health related incident.

Solving missing person cases by creating a coordinated team to deliver a consistent approach.

Norfolk Constabulary’s multi-agency child exploitation (MACE) team helps put young people at the centre of serious violence prevention.

A multi-agency response to supporting vulnerable rough sleepers in Derbyshire.

A multi-agency approach to reduce and prevent future incidents of domestic abuse.

Reducing re-offending by identifying perpetrators of domestic abuse and offering intervention.

Implementation of a multi-agency problem-solving approach to reduce vehicle related anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Wolstanton retail car park.

An app for neighbourhood policing teams (NPTs) hosting key information such as engagement activities, patrol activities and abstractions.

Working with local council partners to provide a more strategic approach for delivering a safer night-time economy (NTE). 

A campaign which provides materials to empower those with influence in the lives of children and young people to engage, educate, refer, and ultimately save lives. 

Providing real-time insights via community feedback panel during a policing operation.

A targeted nudge leaflet designed to reduce residential burglary, delivered by the local neighbourhood police team at postcodes of repeat burglaries. 

Working in partnership to deliver interventions that address the behaviour of domestic abuse perpetrators.

An online platform to record, monitor, evaluate and share good practice and lessons learnt across the organisation.

Increasing positive outcomes and victim satisfaction in shoplifting offences.

Targeting vehicle-related offences by strategically deploying police officers to small geographic areas with high incidence of thefts from motor vehicles (TFMV). 

Disrupting firearms criminality using cease and disrupt process.

A collaboration with medical contractors to improve the evidential quality when examining victims of domestic abuse (DA) or assault.

Using technology to speed up the process of obtaining digital evidence from victims of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) and domestic abuse (DA).  

Reporting parking offences online in response to a key community priority.

Operation Provide is a multi-agency programme and joint collaboration developed to improve the response to victims of domestic abuse.

Operation Rasure is the Thames Valley Police response to tackling serious violence.

Identifying vehicles involved in targeting vulnerable people in the night-time economy.

Encouraging pride and neighbourliness within communities.

Implementing monthly multi-agency meetings with local secondary schools to reduce anti-social behaviour among students and improve attendance. 

Using a problem-solving approach to work with partnership agencies to address embedded criminality.

Using a prevention activity to reduce anti-social behaviour (ASB) and violence by youths at or associated with Peterborough United football fixtures.

Identifying and managing repeat rape and sexual offences suspects to reduce reoffending.

A tool to assist officers in deciding whether an out of court disposal (OOCD) is a suitable outcome for the investigation.

Testing the efficacy of new, innovative, audio-recording panic alarms within the household.

Using a community engagement initiative to encourage engagement and empowerment within communities. 

Using the children's picture book 'Police Constable (PC) Ben' to introduce children to the varied role of the police while focusing on themes of kindness, community and commitment.

A community led project to provide support services to the local community with an emphasis on minoritised ethnicities, after the murder of a young man in the area.

Using signalling camera equipment to interrupt offending patterns at sites of interest, allowing time for the crime prevention team to help the victim improve their own security arrangements.

A toolkit for use by community scrutiny panels when assessing body worn videos to establish if the correct level of force was used, then provide officers with consistent and constructive feedback.

Lesson resources for schools, to teach children and young people about the law, policing and safeguarding.

Workshops to support staff and officers from underrepresented groups with promotion or assessment processes.

Working with businesses to put preventative measures in place to reduce card processing machine fraud.

The Prevention First strategy embeds prevention in the force’s approach to reducing all crime types, including homicide and serious violence.

A whole-system approach that aims to train officers and staff in preventative approaches, and promote problem-solving and evidence-based policing.

A trauma-responsive and collaborative intervention to identify and offer support services for young people engaged in repeat offending.

Team providing expert advice and support in the application of all criminal and civil orders.

Targeted programme for underrepresented workforce groups to improve retention and support personal development.

Making details of orders more accessible to prevent domestic abuse perpetrators moving to another part of the country and targeting new victims.

Project Vigilant aims to prevent sexual violence by targeting predatory behaviour in the night-time economy. 

An intensive community order that replaces a burglary defendant’s custodial sentence.

Identifying good practice and areas for improvement to support investigation standards.

A technological call-back system that allows 101 callers to hang up the phone and keep their place in the queue for the police.

 

A mobile app to address violence and intimidation against women and girls on the rail network.

Combines tools to support safer travel across Transport for London (TfL) and the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales.

Structured phone interviews with victims to improve police and partners’ understanding of their experiences of investigations.

Essex Police operates a rapid debrief process for incidents of homicide and serious violence that could have resulted in homicide.

An immediate and optional video frontline response service for domestic abuse calls for service, rather than emergency response.
 

Working with an external recruitment agency and implementing an internal referral process to tackle challenges in the recruitment and retention of police staff in public contact roles, to increase staffing.

A problem-solving plan for catalytic converter thefts across Surrey (Operation Blink). 

An initiative to encourage garages and tyre retailers to sign up to a scheme using SmartWater (smart tagging) to mark and trace tyres found in fly-tips.

A semi-automated process to send a text message reminder the day before a first hearing to all defendants with the aim to reduce demand in frontline policing and the wider criminal justice process.

Hertfordshire Constabulary's Positive Action Department organised a community engagement event at a black Afro-Caribbean barbershop, promoting police transparency, trust-building and inclusivity, with minimal costs and diverse representation.

An approach developed by Humberside Police to ensure people who call the police get the best support and service.

Collating Department for Transport (DfT) data to understand road harm collision hotspots and guide the work of road safety partnerships.

A road safety campaign displaying roadside posters with 'watching eyes' in key locations, based on insights from behavioural sciences.

Improving the data handling of digital crime reports submitted to the Metropolitan Police Service through an online data management system.

A joint approach that focuses resources into a designated location to reduce business-related crime.

Providing individuals investigated for online offences involving children with details of the support which can be accessed to help them address the criminal justice system.

A help point for vulnerable people, parked in the heart of Northampton's night-time economy every Friday and Saturday night.

An initiative aimed at Exeter organisations to encourage prioritising the safety of women and create a sense of joint responsibility, accountability and community

Exploring how a secondary response by neighbourhood police officers improved experiences and reduced attrition for victims of hate crime. 

Improving young people's life skills and their ability to regulate their own behaviour and challenge others, to reduce risk of harm.

Utilising Microsoft Power BI to transform the provision of performance and demand data, into self-serve dashboards. This enables a consistent approach in understanding, visualising, and analysing data to drive evidence-based local and strategic decision-making across the force.

Responding to domestic abuse cases involving police as perpetrators, suspects or victims.

Understanding place-based harm from serious and organised crime (SOC) and the impact of police and partner activity.

Using a multi-agency child exploitation (MACE) team to support vulnerable young people in relation to serious violence prevention and identify children at risk of exploitation.

A campaign to prevent sexual harassment by encouraging active bystander responses.

Humberside Police invite seldom heard communities to share their lived experiences of the police to aid officer and staff understanding.

Using training, an everyday sexism recording tool and a resource toolkit to increase reporting of sexual harassment-related concerns and to address them consistently.

A training package called 'Train the Trainer' focusing on misogyny in the night-time economy (NTE), delivered to teachers to enable them to run workshops with male students.

Using education and advocacy to collaboratively address disproportionate use of stop and search on people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and the negative impact this has on public engagement with the police.

Protecting victims from further abuse, intimidation and coercive behaviour from perpetrators in prison by blocking communication channels.

Changing approaches to wellbeing at work for student officers using the Cambridge Crime Harm Index (CCHI).

A partnership operation to reduce suicides and improve responses to attempts on motorway bridges.

Engaging with survivors of sexual and domestic violence through an independent advisor coordinator, to learn about their lived experience and promote change in the criminal justice system.

Conducting a suspect-centric investigation which focused on one perpetrator who was using online social media profiles to groom, meet and sexually abuse multiple victims.

Improving safety of speeding personal watercraft (PWC) along the Essex coastline, known as Operation Wave Breaker.

Using social media in micro hot spots to reduce serious crime and engage with the public, particularly those under the age of 25.

Using 4P (pursue, prevent, protect, prepare) plans to prevent repeat sexual offenders from reoffending.

Use of socio-demographic data to enrich fraud-reporting data to target hotspots of romance fraud across England and Wales, leading to a reduction in monetary losses to victims of fraud.

Using teachable moments theory to respond to violent incidents in West Yorkshire.

Measuring the effectiveness of neighbourhood teams.

A scenario-based activity to provide children, young people and vulnerable adults with the skills and knowledge to make informed decisions in everyday situations.

Providing a specialist response to stalking through a multi-disciplinary team hub.

Supporting officers to recognise sexualised predatory behaviours early and empowering them to engage with offenders to prevent escalation.

A dedicated police team based in London's major trauma centre hospital to assist with evidence and investigations related to victims of violent crime attending hospital.

A collaboration role between the Police, Fire and Health services, focusing on prevention, early intervention and reducing vulnerability. 

Using street outreach youth workers to conduct hot spot policing in areas of violent crime.

A collaboration between the University of Law and the British Transport Police (BTP), to independently review BTP's stop and search practice.

Statements that highlight the wider impact of knife crime on local communities and can be used as evidence to support prosecutions.

Using a free and open-source cross-platform, to analyse harm hotspots, officer compliance and inform patrol strategies and briefings.

Using visual models to plan how to respond to different demand, resourcing and process scenarios in policing.

Communicating key messages to different age demographics with the aim to reduce anti-social behaviour (ASB).

Working with the University of Northampton to develop a community safety package that teaches students to stay safe on a night out.

Involving people affected by crime and anti-social behaviour in engagement activities to scrutinise and influence service provision to victims.

Bringing together Essex Police, the force’s commissioned victim services, and victims themselves to a force-wide platform, to capture the victim’s voice for organisational learning and help shape service delivery improvements.

Providing support to consequential victims of indecent images of children offences.

Developing an online learning development platform to support the continued professional development (CPD) of officers and staff.

An online engagement platform to increase the number and diversity of volunteers who assist the police.
 

An opportunity to become uniformed volunteer police cadets, deployed every month with neighbourhood policing teams to support communities through engagement

A mobile device app allowing officers to access advice and information relating to legislation, investigative processes and forms linked to vulnerability.

Police worked with a local charity and volunteer Somalian community leaders to visit Somalian children and young people in public places. They discussed issues important to the young people, aiming to improve police engagement.
 

Enabling staff members who work in high-risk policing areas to request a pause from their role.

Introducing a quarterly magazine focusing on South Yorkshire Police related wellbeing stories, advice and learning. 

Leicestershire Police is using a whole-system approach to prevent homicide by tackling serious violence.

Introducing a a week of work experience for at-risk groups of school students, to cultivate positive perceptions towards the police. 

Optimisation products to understand current demand and forecast future demand – matching resources to demand in the most efficient way possible.

Responding to domestic abuse cases involving police as perpetrators, suspects or victims.

Providing a community feedback platform that feeds back directly to chief officers and leaders to support the development of policies and practice.

Following difficulties attracting young people to independent stop and search body worn video review panels, Essex Police approached a local university to invite students to the panel.