Written evidence from Police Sergeant
7157 Lee Bailey, West Midlands Police, Dudley Local Policing Unit,
Offender Management Supervisor (PB 24)
What is the role of the probation service in delivering
"offender management" and how does it operate in practice?
My officers work very closely with two Probation
staff who are solely dedicated to the offender management of Priority
and Prolific Offenders. Those PPOs who are on statutory supervision
have one to two appointments per week and attend Brierley Hill
Police Station for a joint appointment with Police and Probation
staff. During these appointments discussions take place around
addressing drug, housing, education and employment issues among
others. PPOs are also drug tested by Probation staff.
It is Probation's role to lead on the management
of all conditions within a PPOs licence or community order assisted
by Police and other agencies that have a stakeholder interest
in a particular individual. Probation make the decision to recall
a person to prison, or to breach them on a community order. This
decision is made with information, intelligence and advice provided
by Police and the other agencies involved.
Probation usually chair the SPF (Shared Priority
Forum meeting) and invite other interested agencies to discuss
the management of individuals who are of note at that time. It
is usually at this meeting that decisions are made on plans of
action in relation to an individual and conditions are agreed
for licences and orders.
September 2010
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