Understanding The Crime Understanding The Crime Reduction ProgramReduction Program

Assistant Commissioner

Gary Bass

Officer In Charge

Criminal Operations British Columbia

Crime Reduction

Cabinet

Provincial CriminalJustice Board

Criminal JusticeReform Office

Regional CriminalJustice Board

Regional CriminalJustice Board

Regional CriminalJustice Board

Delivery by formal local partnerships: Police, Crown, Corrections, Probation, Health, Children & Families, Municipalities

Communitypartners

N E G O T I A T E D C J S P E R F O R M A N C E T A R G E T S

Ministry/agency regional level representation

Integrated Criminal Justice in British Columbia: proposed governance architecture

Communitypartners

BC First Nationsorganizations

Education and Children & Family

Development

Regional Healthauthorities

Municipalities

Corrections &Probation

Crownprosecutors

Policingservices

IntegratedCriminalJustice

Engage with support Real consequences

Integrated Criminal Justice and Crime Reduction in British Columbia: Key Partners

Managedchoice

Offender management

Shared performance targets Shared performance targets

Integrated Criminal Justice and Crime Reduction in British Columbia: Key Contributions

Focus on prolificand priority offenders;

evidence-led operations

Appropriate sentencesmatched to offenders

Active monitoringof parole, probation

conditions; coordinatedrelease strategy

Support inchanneling at-riskpopulations awayfrom further crime

Timely assistanceto drug-dependent

offenders

Police

Courts

Custody

Health

Community

Benefits of integrated CJS:

Fairer sentencing, meaningful drug treatment, strategic concentration of scarce CJS resources, acceptance of shared responsibility across agencies

Risks of continued status quo:

Information silos, fragmented ownership = no ownership, policies at cross purposes, low accountability

Formal partnerships with shared

performance targets

The Evidence-Based The Evidence-Based ApproachApproach

Lessons learned.

Background in British Columbia.

The ICURS MOU.

Deciding On “What Works”

Crime Reduction in the United

Kingdom

Lessons from the U.K.

• The “Top Down approach.• The “Bottom Up approach.• The Program Evaluations.• Conclusions.

ICURS

RCMP

5 PilotsAllan Castle

Overarching “E” Division Crime

Reduction Strategy

(Sgt. Rob Sundell)

Studies / Evaluations

Fraser LakeSgt. Gerald Grobmeier

• DARE

• Policing Costs

• Healthcare Costs

• Auto Theft

• Etc ….

Joint PJC on Crime Reduction

Port McNeilSgt. Lyle Gelinas

Tri CitiesSupt. Peter LepineInsp. Jim Wakley

CourtenayInsp. Tom Gray

PentictonInsp. Dan Fudge

S/Sgt. John

Macpherson

Dr. Paul Brantingha

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S/Sgt. John

Macpherson

Dr. Paul Brantingha

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S/Sgt. Don Smith

Dr. Pat Brantingha

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Sgt. Rob Sundell

Dr. Darryl Plecas

Sgt. Rob Sundell

Dr. Darryl Plecas

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Multi-agencytargets across CJS

Strategicgoals

Catch & convict

Prevent & deter

Rehabilitate & integrate

Reduce fear

Reliable evidence base

Efficient CJS structures

Coordinated CJS services

Requiring

Crime Reduction Initiative: Implementation, Governance and Support

Reliable evidencebase

Efficient CJSstructures

CoordinatedCJS services

RCMP Divisionmanagement

RCMP analyticalservices

RCMP frontlineoperations

IntegratedCJS

stakeholders

ICURSICURS-RCMP M.O.U. accountability framework

Local CJSpartners

Local Crime Reduction Partnerships

Provincial and Regional Criminal Justice BoardsSolicitor-

GeneralBC

S U P P O R T I M P L E M E N T A T I O N G O V E R N A N C E

Early Results….Early Results….

Surrey Examples.

Questions and Questions and DiscussionDiscussion