The Evidence-Base of Police Volunteering - WorkshopThe Evidence-Base of Police Volunteering - Workshop Laura Knight, Director, IPSCJ Dr Iain Britton, Head of the Centre for Citizens

TheEvidence-BaseofPoliceVolunteering- Workshop

Laura Knight, Director, IPSCJDr Iain Britton, Head of the Centre for Citizens in Policing, IPSCJ

The big questions

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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

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Nationalvariation– PSVnumbers

Nationalvariation– GrowthinSpecialsnumbers

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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

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sophisticated models re ‘effect’, ‘value’, financials, etc.

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ActivityandhoursSpecials

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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

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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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