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The Evidence-Base of Police Volunteering - Workshop Laura Knight, Director, IPSCJ Dr Iain Britton, Head of the Centre for Citizens in Policing, IPSCJ
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TheEvidence-BaseofPoliceVolunteering- Workshop
Laura Knight, Director, IPSCJDr Iain Britton, Head of the Centre for Citizens in Policing, IPSCJ
The big questions
ValueImpact &
outcomes, costs & activity
NeedPurpose, demand,
contribution
Improving Experience & Management
WhoInvolvement, engagement,
capability, capacity
The Centre’s first few months…
‘Insights’ across
the volunteer life-cycle
Leadership & strategic
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Regulars and
culture Activity analysis
Skills surveys
National work
Whovolunteers:engagement,capacity,capability
§ Whatmotivatespeopletogetinvolvedandtovolunteer?
§ Differentpeople,differentpathways§ Needtodevelopabreadthofmodels
DiversityandPoliceVolunteeringBMERepresentation
Specials
PSVs
Cadets
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Ratio Regulars:Specials
Nationalvariation– NumberofSpecials
Nationalvariation– PSVnumbers
Nationalvariation– GrowthinSpecialsnumbers
ImprovingExperienceandManagementThe(oftenrocky)pathtobecomingaSpecial
Recruitment
Initial training
Competency sign off ‘Getting in and getting on…’
‘Being independent’, CPD, Specialisms
Need:UnderstandingPurpose
§ Needs-led,demand-led,outcome-based(etc.)§ Integration
§ TheSussexPilot;TheCyberPilot;Nationalpiloting§ National‘strategydevelopmentmodel’methodology§ Whatthenewpowersagendaisreallyabout…
Value
• Headcount• Hours• Attrition• Poor data quality• Limited performance
management
Basic metrics
• Multiple dimensions of value
• Financial analysis• Understanding activity• Capturing ‘effect’
Increased sophistication • Mainstreaming data
capture• Embedding
sophisticated models re ‘effect’, ‘value’, financials, etc.
Embedded model for managing
‘value’
ActivityandhoursSpecials
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Initialtraining
Pre-independent>16 hrs
Pre-independent<16 hrs
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Independent<16 hrs
Absent/Leave
Active in last 12 weeks
Inactive in last 12 weeks
HoursStrength Annual hours
Specials 14,935 3,328,670
PSVs 6,561 383,601
OPCC volunteers 1,693 29,518
Cadets 9,010 874,103
Nationalvariationinaveragehoursworked
Nationalvariationintotalhoursworked
Strategiccultureandleadership
§ Vision§ Leadingvolunteers§ Managingchange,investinginchange
WorkshopExercise1
Imagineatheoreticalfuturewherethemajorityofpublicsafetyactivityisdeliveredbyvoluntaryactivity…
- Whatwouldmanagementandsupportofvolunteerslooklike?
Thinkabout:- Structure,people,cultureandresources
WorkshopExercise2Whatcanwedothatissignificantlydifferentinvolvingvolunteersinthenext12months?
Thinkabout:
Thankyou
Laura KnightDirector, [email protected]
Dr Iain BrittonHead of the Centre for Citizens in Policing, [email protected]
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