• Who we are

• What we do

• POLKA

Kate.Grady@college.pnn.police.uk

The changes within Policing

• Appointment of Crime Commissioners

New agencies• SOCA, the serious organised crime agency

becomes the National Crime Agency, NCA• Home Office retains policy• Police IT systems temporarily with Home

Office

• New Professional Body – College of Policing

Command and control vs collaboration

Police Command and Control

Online collaboration Sharing, caring and generally socialising in a work context, everyone is equal

Who we are

• An independent professional membership formed in November 2012

• Chaired by Professor Shirley Pearce CBE and Chief Exec Chief Constable Alex Marshall

A professional membership body

• For UK’s 43 Police forces, over 250,000 police officers, staff and volunteers

Extending reach to include

• Policing Crime Commissioners• Academic bodies, researchers

and learning providers• Wider police and security

organisations• Emergency response and

national resilience partners

What does the College do?

– Set standards for Police professional practice

– Identify, develop and promote good practice based on evidence

– Accredit training providers and set learning and development outcomes

– Support police forces and other organisations to work together to protect the public and prevent crime

– Identify, develop and promote ethics, values and standards of integrity

• Provide the ‘What works Centre for Crime Reduction’ – To identify, develop and promote good practice based on evidence

Established in 2008 Using social media tools enable colleagues to connect online, sharing what works in practice, discussing ideas and helping each other to innovate

Online communitiesCurrently 252, managed and facilitated by Police officers and staff from Police Forces and associated organisations

What is POLKA The Police OnLine Knowledge Area

The Police Online Knowledge Area

Available on the secure RESTRICTED Police National Network (PNN) & Government Service Intranet (GSi)

A curse and a blessing!

Police security

• External software managed and supported through third party

• Quarterly development cycle for new features

• Internal POLKA team- POLKA help desk for queries- Manage set up of communities- Provide training & awareness - Culture change and marketing

POLKA management and development

Firearms Community

• Private Community

• 1888 registered members

• Sharing experiences and advice

• Tips informing purchasing

The Knowledge Bank

Who’s using POLKA?

Potential audience - 250,000 Police officers and staff from across the country, along with other government agency staff

Current stats

- 252 Communities

- over 60,000 registered members

- 110 registered organisations – eg. MOD

- 1,000 new registered users month

- over 10,000 registered users active every month

Activity on POLKA?

Monthly

• 400 new discussions• 1,000 discussion comments• 60,000 discussion views

• 600 documents uploaded• 35,000 documents downloaded

Communities

• Requested and set up centrally

• Specific project or subject based

• Short term or longer term

• With clear objective/s and audience

• Clear ownershipCommunity lead/ownerTwo named facilitators

Missing Persons Community

ACPO Dogs Community

Within the first month of launching

• 141 members

• 21 active discussions

• 84 discussion comments

• 1740 discussion views

Forensics Community

Happy customers