Practice bank

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

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

Providing support to patients with a violence-related injury after discharge from hospital, referring them to charities and support networks.

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

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.

Multi-agency behaviour change service supporting participants identified as having problematic or unhealthy attitudes and behaviour towards family members.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Using planting to make properties less attractive for burglars and reduce victimisation in target areas.

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

Transforms the digital scene capability focusing on both training and environment. It also strives to understand the digital demand workflow in Bedfordshire Police and how best to meet this demand.

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

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.

Providing early advice in rape and serious sexual offence investigations, to ensure a proportionate approach is taken to the examination of devices for suspects and victims.

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

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). 

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

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

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.

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 rapid 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.

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

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).

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.

Employees taking time out to have supported conversations about diversity, equality and inclusion topics for learning.

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.

Independent sexual violence advisors jointly attending initial visits to potential victims of non-recent child sexual abuse.

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

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.

Community events held to proactively engage with local black communities.

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

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 approach to reduce and prevent future incidents of domestic abuse.

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. 

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

Internal police team to scrutinise stop searches and uses of force.

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.

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

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.

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

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

 

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

A three-part strategy for rape and serious sexual assault investigation, known as Project Eleos.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Measuring the effectiveness of neighbourhood teams.

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.

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

Reducing online child victimisation using a team of cyber volunteers to deliver online safety awareness messaging.

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

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

Engaging with victims of crime by listening and acting upon their feedback.

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

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.