B&NES Police Night Time Economy Strategy PS Deryck Rees

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B&NES Police

Night Time Economy Strategy

PS Deryck Rees

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The Challenge

• 1/3 of all violent crime is connected to the NTE

• 1/4 of all Robberies

• 1/3 of all Criminal Damage

• Alcohol related Anti-Social Behaviour

• One in five violent incidents take place in or around pubs and clubs - 13,000 incidents each week

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Drinks Industry

• Drinks Industry - unparalleled Growth

• £23 Billion Turnover

• 2002 Govt £44,000 - Responsible drinking

• Drinks Industry £22 million - Advertising

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The Vision

• To make the communities of Avon and Somerset feel safe and be safe

• To ensure the Night Time economy within B&NES is a safe and diverse place to visit, live and socialise.

• To reduce local disorder and ASB, in particular alcohol related violence

• To increase community confidence, contact and visibility with our communities

• To bring offenders to justice

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Demand

• Hot Spots

• Demand Movement

• Calls

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Key Areas

• Working With partners• Encourage Responsible Trading• Change behaviours - sensible drinking• Reassuring Presence• Getting people home safely• Tackling Street Fouling• Reducing litter, noise, fly posting and commercial

waste

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Working with Partners

• CCTV• Taxi Marshals / Street Marshals• Bath Bar Safe• Bath Bar Charter Group• Test Purchasing• Protocol - Multi Agency Licensing Visits• CDRP Alcohol Strategy / Health Strategy• Triage Centre

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Encourage Responsible Trading

• Proof of Age Scheme / Test purchasing• SIA visits / training• Licensing visits• Training to licensees• Discounted Drinks Protocol

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Change Behaviours

• 3 Strikes - Alcohol Referral• School Beat Manager• Binge Drinking - Media• Responsible Drinking• Health Strategy

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Reassuring Presence• Community Safety Patrol (Shift Pattern)• Op Exuberant• Op Relentless• FPNs• SIA Accreditation - door staff• Community Wardens• PCSOs• Marshalls• Specials

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Getting People Home Safely

• Night Buses• Planning• Taxi - Livery

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Tackling Street Fouling

• FPNs• Uniform enforcement• Provision of late night toilets• Provision of late night street cleansing

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Reducing Litter, Noise

• Graffiti partnership• Community Wardens• Enforcement• Environmental Health• Local Authority

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New Licensing Act - Threat / Opportunity?

Greater Demand Profile

Increased Alcohol Disorder / ASB

Drinking Banning Orders

Alcohol Disorder Zones

Closure

3 Strikes Programme

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Partners

• Local Authority• Licensing• Trading Standards• Environmental Health• Health - PCT• Ambulance Service• CDRP• Stakeholders

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A&E

• The hidden figure of alcohol related crime - +16%?• Data Sharing• Assaults on Staff• Demand - Targets• Police Time• Ambulance Response Times

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A Case Study - CardiffAlcohol related injuries

• Ambulances sucked into city centre• Targets / Response times not met• Police baby sitting / transporting casualties• A&E Capacity• Assaults on Staff• Other Demand

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Response

• Mobile MPV (Paramedic) - Police Radio (not go to hospital)

• St Johns Ambulance - Non-emergency casualty transport

• City Centre Demand• Triage Service• Developed to Stadium (NHS Staff - DRs

/ Nurses / Admin)

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Results Trial 10/12/04 2200 - 0400

• 15 999 Calls

• 4 Needed Ambulance

• 11 Calls no ambulance - St Johns Vehicle

• Reached target 100% for first time 75% within 8 minutes

• Police Investigate / record crime

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Results Ongoing

• 228 999 Calls• To A&E 27 Times - less demand / less assaults etc• 71 treated at Triage Centre (St Johns / Ambulance /

Admin / Hospital staff - Doctors / Nurses)• 219 Alcohol related• 160 Incidents involving males• 86 Involving Females• 90 assaults• Patterns of behaviour - data sharing

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The Strength of Partnership Working

The Strength of Joined Strategy

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Questions?