35. Written evidence from The Welsh Association
of Community Safety Officers
STATEMENT OF
PURPOSE
The Government is committed to improving community
safety. Central to that purpose are the 22 Community Safety Partnerships
in Wales and there is value in those who are responsible for co-ordinating
activity in those Partnerships coming together in a structured
manner.
CORE VALUES
Each individual will be treated with equal respect
dignity and value.
Individual preference will be recognised.
Discrimination will not be allowed and negative
labelling avoided.
Preferred language will be offered.
Communication will be clear open and honest.
Individual strengths and resources will be recognised.
All members will have equal status.
Ever attempt will be made to work in open partnership
with others.
TERMS OF
REFERENCE
WACSO has decided upon these terms of reference.
The Association is in essence didactic and is in place to ensure
that:
— Members are empathetically supported
— Duplication of effort is avoided
— Success is celebrated and shared
as good practice and failure recognised and reviewed for "lessons
learnt".
MEMBERSHIP
The Association has Core and Associate Members.
Membership costs £50 and £25 respectively.
Core members are:
— the nominated community safety officers
for each of the 22 CSPs in Wales;
— the Director of the Community Safety
Unit at the Welsh Assembly Government and
— the Community Safety Representative
of the Welsh Local Government Association;
— regional Community Safety Coordinators.
Each of the 24 Core members will have one vote.
If a member is unable to attend s/he can be
deputised by another operational officer from the parent Community
Safety Partnership team. A deputy will have the same status and
can act as a Core Member.
Associate members are:
— as Core members for conference and
events;
— copied into all correspondence and
well receive all papers;
— included is all development and policy
debates of the Association (Plenary Sessions).
To ensure balance admission as an Associate
member will be at the discretion of the Core Membership. Requests
for Associate Membership can be made to the Chair, and must be
approved by a majority vote of core members.
MEETINGS
The Association has an annual conference every
June and five/six other meetings per annum. The meetings are in
two parts: 10 am to 12 am Core members only; 1 pm to 3 pm, Plenary
Session.
The Association meets in Llandrindod.
Core and Associate members can influence the
agenda for the Core Group and for the Plenary Session. Minutes
and Agenda will be sent out to Associate and Core members before
each meeting by e-mail.
OFFICERS
Officers of the WACSO are elected by the Core
Members at the AGM. The AGM is held in March/April.
Every effort is made to ensure that the Chair
is shared between the North and the South.
Representation on national bodies including
the Home Office working Group is agreed at the AGM.
CODA
— This paper is reviewed annually at
the AGM.
— Guests can be invited on a common-sense
basis.
— Extraordinary meetings are at the
discretion of the Chair.
— Guest speakers will be at the discretion
of the Chair
David Jeremiah
January 2005
Further written evidence from North Wales
Police
The following information was promised during
the oral evidence session on 30 November 2004 in relation to Q
386 from Mrs Betty Williams MP.
All our posts are classified in accordance with
current HMIC guidance and the following figures are correct as
at 25 February 2005.
Classed as:
1. Foot/Car/Beat Patrol—Operational—The
ACPO Working Group on Patrol settled on the definition: "The
overt presence, whether on foot or mobile, of a locally accountable
uniformed police constable who provides public reassurance and
who is approachable and available to ensure an appropriate response
from all the resources of the police service, to the needs and
demands of the general public". Thus, include staff who are
predominantly assigned to operational patrol in uniform either
on foot, on a pedal/motor cycle or in a motor vehicle (includes
"Home Beat", etc). Also include Task force/support group/territorial
patrol. Do not include traffic and motorway patrol (see 54) and
members of dogs' sections (see 22). Officers of supervisory rank
who perform patrol duties, eg shift supervisors, should be included.
Local beat/home beat officers should be included. Specials should
be included. Do not include recruits undergoing training on modules
1-7.
The figure for the above nationally recognised
measure in North Wales is:
840 Police Officers and 24 Police staff
Overall classed as operational, we have:
1,517 police officers and 316 police staff
Overall classed as operational support we have:
183 police officers and 90 police staff
Overall classed as organisational support we
have:
41 police officers and 491 police staff.
These figures change daily as people move posts/posts
are made obsolete/created. It does not include seconded officers
or those mid transfer.
Undeg T Jones
Staff Officer to the Chief Constable
1 March 2005
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