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Tayside Police Primary Inspection 2002
6. Results
6.1 In the 2001-2002 Policing Plan Tayside Police set five overarching objectives,
reflecting the Force's main purpose of 'enhancing the quality of life for all
who live in the Force area'. Under each objective are a number of aims and methods,
all intended to contribute to Force performance in these five areas.
6.2 Performance against aims and objectives is typically assessed by performance
indicators. Those applied by Tayside Police are primarily the Statutory Performance
Indicators for Scottish forces, as laid out in the Scottish Police Service Performance
Manual. Targets have been set in accordance with national requirements where
these are established or have been locally derived from past performance of
the force.
6.3 Progress towards these targets is reported in the Force's
Performance Profile booklet which is published monthly. At the time of the inspection,
a five-grade 'traffic light' system of data presentation allows any reader to
assess this easily.
Figure 18: Performance 'Traffic Light'
System
6.4 Percentage deviation from targets is used to categorise performance
within the traffic light system. HMIC notes that any performance statistic that
falls between +/- 10% of the target is defined as being on 'target'. Whilst
there is statistical validity in such an approach, used here it can undermine
the logic of the target that has been set and may send out unhelpful signals.
For example for 2001-02 the target clear up rate for All Crime was 40.6% while
actual performance was 36.6% - using the above definition end of year performance
at the 36.6% level was categorised as on 'target' whereas at end of year the
force actually failed to meet the set target.
6.5 As part of the continuing development of this booklet, the force quickly
responded to this point and considered change to the format. HMIC would hold
the view that the benefit of the traffic light system is that it should provide
absolute clarity to the reader on progress towards attaining the set target.
6.6 Performance is presented not only for the force as a whole but also
in terms of Divisional achievements. As yet though, no separate indicators or
targets are derived for each of the three Divisions which would take account
of the different policing priorities within each. The Force's Performance Team
acknowledges that this is an area for further development.
6.7 The booklet also contains other statistical information voluntarily
provided by those departments in whose domain the Statutory PIs fall e.g. Occupational
Health & Welfare, CID. No targets have been ascribed to these though and
nowhere are they linked to any of the force's aims and objectives. Nor have
any direct links been made between the Statutory PIs and targets and the force's
aims and objectives. Because the Indicators applied have been guided by statutory
requirements it is difficult to gauge the Force's performance in relation to
its aims and objectives per se. Where a linkage has been made - under
Force Objective 2 - here again no targets have been set. Thus in the following
Table of Results we have made our own assumptions in terms of where indicators
might best apply.
The Force Performance Profile
6.8 The force met or exceeded its targets in eight instances. In a further
three cases - clear up rate for car crime and sickness absence for both police
officers and support staff - the performance of the force in the latest year
nevertheless shows improvement on the previous year.
Other points of note:
- The Force has exceeded its local target of achieving a rate per 1,000 population
of racist incidents of less than 0.7 - interpretation of performance on this
Indicator is not straightforward as a higher rate might also imply greater
victim confidence in reporting such incidents to the police.
- No targets were set for reducing Vandalism and Disturbance etc. but combined
these have risen by nearly 8%.
- Because targets are derived from an average of performance over previous
years this can lead to targets being set at a level below that recorded for
the previous year e.g. Serious Assault and Robbery & Assault with intent
to Rob.
- Nationally agreed targets for e.g. Road Casualty Rates are for long-term
reductions e.g. by 2010 with annual milestones leading up to this date. Because
of this it may be that these shorter-term annual targets already have been
met.
Table of Results
Force Objective 1: To reduce crime and respond to the needs of victims
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Aims:
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By:
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- Prevent crime
- Identify and arrest active criminals
- Disrupt identified patterns of crime
- Support victims
- Adopt a problem solving approach
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- Improving the quality and quantity of crime intelligence
- Being innovative in the use of initiatives to prevent crime and catch
offenders
- Improving communication with victims
- Reducing the fear of crime
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Assumed Indicators
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Performance
last year
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Force Targe
t 2001-02
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Performance
2001-02
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Target
Achieved
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% crimes cleared up:
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Groups 1-5
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40.2
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40.63
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36.6
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x
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Violent crime
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97.9
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98.0
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101.7
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Rape/Assault w.i. to rape
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101.4
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96.0
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92.5
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x
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Sexual Assault
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90.1
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91.0
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94.0
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Serious Assault
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81.3
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80.0
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78.2
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x
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Robbery/Assault w.i. to rob
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55.5
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54.0
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47.9
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x
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Car Crime
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17.2
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19.0
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17.6
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x
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Housebreaking (domestic)
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17.1
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20.0
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16.9
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x
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No. H'breaking (domestic)
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1,537
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2,062
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1,749
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Crimes per 1,000 pop.
(all offences)
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93.79
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No Target
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99.53
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Incidents per 1,000 pop.
(all offences)
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463
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No Target
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485
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Police Forensic Lab.
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Biology cases in
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Biology cases out
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no data
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No Target
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3,155
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Productions in
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'
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'
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2,324
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Productions out
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'
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'
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10,355
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7,634
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Chemistry cases in
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Chemistry cases out
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no data
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No Target
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1,712
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Productions in
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'
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'
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1,599
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Productions out
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'
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'
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5,263
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5,167
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DNA Database
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CJ swabs in
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no data
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No Target
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26,591
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CJ swabs processed
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'
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'
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22,835
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Hits
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944
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Force Objective 2: To tackle nuisance, disorder and vandalism in our
communities
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Aims:
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By:
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- Vigorously tackle anti-social behaviour
- Provide a responsive service to vulnerable sections of the community
- Provide reassurance through publicity, information and direct contact
- Adopt a problem solving approach
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- Making effective use of foot and mobile patrols to ensure a visible
uniformed police presence
- Focusing on intelligence-led policing to address anti-social behaviour
- Making the best use of CCTV
- Responding in a positive manner to incidents of domestic abuse
- Acting positively on the recommendations of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
Report
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Assumed
Indicators
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Performance
last year
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Force Target
2001-02
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Performance
2001-02
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Target
Achieved
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No. racist incidents per 1,000 population
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0.79
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0.70
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0.65
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Detection rate
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73.7%
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No target
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65.8%
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x
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Force Objective 2
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Vandalism
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8192
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No Target
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8850
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Disturbance
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8219
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8308
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Annoyance/Nuisance
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35973
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39339
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Force Objective 3: To reduce road casualties and increase safety on our
roads
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Aims:
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By:
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- Reduce road casualties
- Vigorously enforce legislation which impacts on safety
- Work with planning authorities to improve road design
- Inform the public through education and publicity
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- Introducing visible patrol activity based on intelligence
- Working towards the national strategy by planned campaigns to detect:
speeding, dangerous vehicles, non-use of seat belts, drink driving or
driving under the influence of drugs
- Making use of technology to identify collision hot spots and vehicle
crime hot spots
- Promoting national and local road safety campaigns
- Making effective use of media campaigns
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Assumed Indicators
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Performance
last year
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Force Target
2001-02
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Performance
2001-02
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Target
Achieved
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No. persons killed/seriously injured as a result of RTA
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395
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489
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419
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No. childen killed/seriously injured as a result of RTA
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No data
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No target
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83
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No. of slight casualties
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1,219
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1,250
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1,337
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x
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Force Objective 4: To tackle the illegal use of drugs
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Aims:
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By:
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- Identify and arrest people who deal in illegal drugs
- Provide effective education aimed at highlighting risks and reducing
demand
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- Making use of intelligence to target known users/dealers
- Improving mechanisms for joint working with local drugs forums and
local authority
- Continuing to work with young people to raise awareness of the dangers
associated with illegal drug use
- Working with the media to provide advice and information to the public
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Assumed Indicators
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Performance last year
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Force Target 2001-02
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Performance 2001-02
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Target Achieved
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Drug seizures1
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1,191
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1,335
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No data
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?
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Offences relating to supply and possession
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568
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575
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706
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1Data not available at time of publication
Force Objective 5: To provide leadership, training and support to colleagues
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Aims:
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By:
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- Provide leadership and direction
- Keep staff informed and listen to feedback
- Insist upon high standards of conduct and professionalism at all times
- Provide appropriate training and development to staff
- Recognise achievement
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- Demonstrating high standards of behaviour
- Communicating openly and effectively with all members of staff
- Maximising training opportunities for all staff
- Proactively managing people who are off sick
- Treating people as individuals
- Using appropriate channels of communication to promote individual
and group achievements
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Assumed
Indicators
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Performance
last year
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Force Target
2001-02
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Performance
2001-02
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Target
Achieved
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Sickness absence - police
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6.79%
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5.3%
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6.0%
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x
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Sickness absence - support staff
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6.77%
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5.1%
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6.2%
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x
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Training - no. abstraction days
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6018
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Wastage:
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Police + support staff
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89
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Male
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54
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Female
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35
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Minority Ethnic
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0
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Recruitment
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Police + support staff
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133
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Male
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68
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Female
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65
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Minority Ethnic
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0
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Occupational Health
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Referrals - police
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90
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Referrals - support
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44
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Staff Welfare Service
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Referrals - police
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33
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Referrals - support
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30
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Other Statutory Indicators and Targets Reported which do not link readily
with Force Objectives for 2001-02
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Assumed Indicators
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Performance last year
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Force Target 2001-02
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Performance 2001-02
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Target Achieved
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% 999 calls answered within 10 seconds2
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No data
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86%
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90%
(March '02 only)
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x
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Complaints per 100 officers3
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13.14
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45
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30.7
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Overall Public Satisfaction (quarterly data)
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81.1%
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87%
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79.7%
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x
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2 Does not take into account responses with no time recorded.
3 Includes complaints against police offers only (i.e. does not include complaints
against other members of the force) and service delivery complaints against
the force.
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