Partnerships for purpose: CPNZ, Police, local government and community

What do we want to get out of this session? What are we wanting to achieve? How are we going to do this? Who do we work with to do it?

Role Community Patrols are owned and operated by the Community AND CPNZ is an independent organisation that is a separate entity from the New Zealand Police

Partnerships are about working towards a shared vision, while ‘managing the differences’ Partnerships create opportunities to develop more innovative solutions Partnerships, like relationships, require trust, respect, commitment and open communication

Police: Safer Communities Together CPNZ: Working together throughout NZ to reduce crime and build safer communities Prevention First

Community Policing – 4 main steps (aka SARA) Seeing through the eyes of the community (not just intel) Involving the community in the analysis (you have a lot of combined expertise) Involving the community in the response (look at us all here today) Asking for feedback in terms of how we are doing

Partnering for purpose Achieving crime prevention outcomes: Primary – preventing crime occurring in the first place Secondary – about the individual, prediction, identification Tertiary – preventing repeats Prevention is not solely an enforcement activity – in fact does enforcement work to prevent crime? You live in your community and know when things are “wrong”

A paradigm to consider Removing opportunity instead of just focusing on the opportunist You will hear a lot more about “Prevention First”

More than just signs and fences

Removing opportunities vs. removing opportunists Police tend to be offender-centric Removing opportunity is a primary, sustainable solution

What do we know works? Strong partnerships with councils and business groups Strong Police coordination and support – knowing your liaison officer and intel/tactical coordinator A clear understanding of the issues – the WHY, not just the response Linkages between CPNZ and other groups such as Maori, Asian and Pacific Wardens, NSNZ etc A focus on prevention – not just patrol

New schools policy The four Ds of community patrolling : Deter crime by proactive presence on patrol within or surrounding the school property Detect any offending whilst it is happening and detect opportunities created by doors or windows left insecure or by the placement of bins and other equipment against buildings creating a fire risk or giving access to roofs etc Delay and disrupt offending in progress by the presence of the patrol Deny the opportunity for offending by low speed high visibility patrolling in the vicinity of schools For detect – also think prevent

A focus for partnerships Patrol versus prevention mindset. Is the patrol just there to disrupt, or are you there to use your skills as experienced Kiwis with a vast range of experience to identify WHY you have to be there? Who do you partner with to affect the changes? (eg liaison officer, tactical coordinator, local councils, NSNZ, residents’ groups, business association, a focus on CPTED)