Date post: | 09-May-2015 |
Category: |
Education |
Upload: | incisiveevents |
View: | 273 times |
Download: | 0 times |
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