When Would You? Fighting crime and protecting communities by encouraging people and partners in Wealden to contact police with information Emma Fleetwood-Jones Public Engagement Officer Wealden District Neighbourhood Policing Team

2 Sussex Police When Would You? Objectives To raise awareness of how to report via the 101 address and online at Sussex Police website To encourage understanding of when it is appropriate to use 101 /online reporting and when to call 999 To create trust in 101 and the police – explaining how all information is important, appreciated and acted upon To increase trust in the police’s ability to deal with crime and disorder – through examples of how information from the public has helped to reduce/prevent crime #WhenWouldYou

3 Sussex Police Sir Robert Peel #WhenWouldYou

4 Sussex Police Sir Robert Peel’s Principles of Law Enforcement The basic mission for which police exist is to prevent crime and disorder as an alternative to the repression of crime and disorder by military force and severity of legal punishment 2. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependant upon public approval of police existence, actions, behaviour and the ability of the police to secure and maintain public respect 3. The police must secure the willing cooperation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to be able to secure and maintain public respect 4. The degree of cooperation of the public that can be secured diminishes, proportionately, to the necessity for the use of physical force and compulsion in achieving police objectives 5. The police seek and preserve public favour, not by catering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolutely impartial service to the law, in complete independence of policy, and without regard to the justice or injustice of the substance of individual laws; by ready offering of individual service and friendship to all members of society without regard to their race or social standing, by ready exercise of courtesy and friendly good humour; and by ready offering of individual sacrifice in protecting and preserving life 6. The police should use physical force to the extent necessary to secure the observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient to achieve police objectives; and police should use only the minimum degree of physical force which is necessary on any particular occasion fro achieving a police objective 7. The police at all times should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police are only members of the public who are paid to give full- time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the intent of the community welfare 8. The police should always direct their actions toward their functions and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary by avenging individuals or the state, or authoritatively judging guilt or punishing the guilty 9. The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with them #WhenWouldYou

5 Sussex Police Principle 7 The police at all times should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police are the only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the intent of the community welfare #WhenWouldYou

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7 Sussex Police The four Ws Who? What? Where? When? #WhenWouldYou

8 Sussex Police Who: physical description Gender Skin colour Age Height Weight/build Eyes Complexion Hair #WhenWouldYou

9 Sussex Police Who: physical description Hat Shirt/blouse Trousers/skirt/dress Coat style Tattoos Jewellery Bags/accessories General appearance #WhenWouldYou

10 Sussex Police What: other elements Type of vehicle Description Condition of vehicle Vehicle registration number #WhenWouldYou

11 Sussex Police What: other elements You know someone has been drinking but they still intend to drive #WhenWouldYou tell us? You see a vehicle driving slowly around the neighbourhood – the occupants seem to be looking at houses #WhenWouldYou tell us? You see a van parked outside a church late at night or early in the morning – could they be stealing lead? #WhenWouldYou tell us? You see someone acting suspiciously at a cashpoint #WhenWouldYou tell us? #WhenWouldYou

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13 Sussex Police Where: location and conditions #WhenWouldYou

14 Sussex Police Why is information so important to us? #WhenWouldYou

15 Sussex Police Information = results #WhenWouldYou

16 Sussex Police Partners in crime! #WhenWouldYou

17 Sussex Police When Would You? Thanks for listening!