Use of Police Powers Force Scrutiny Meeting 20th April 2017

Agenda Welcome & Introduction - Inspector James Wilson Firearms and Taser Training – A/Chief Inspector Dave Price Firearms Data - A/Chief Inspector Dave Price Stop & Search – Inspector James Wilson Questions Next Meeting & Close 2 2

Police Use of Firearms The deployment of AFOs should only be authorised in the following circumstances: where the officer authorising the deployment has reason to suppose that officers may have to protect themselves or others from a person who: is in possession of, or has immediate access to, a firearm or other potentially lethal weapon, or is otherwise so dangerous that the deployment of armed officers is considered to be appropriate, or as an operational contingency in a specific operation (based on the threat assessment), or for the destruction of animals which are dangerous or are suffering unnecessarily.

Firearms Incidents Below map shows in green authorised Firearms operations from 01/01/16 to 30/11/2016, the blue stars represent the last three months (01/12/2016 – 28/02/2017). This map suggests there are no new concentrations of authorised events in Cheshire over the last 3 months when compared to the previous 11 months. For North Wales there have been no authorised events recorded for Wrexham or for much of the coastal areas, whereas there were small concentrations of events in these areas during 2016. All Cheshire LPU areas, with the exception of Chester, Macclesfield and Widnes, have seen increases over the last 12 months.   Firearms operations incident clustering for the current period largely correlates with where violent crime concentrations have been mapped. 4 4

Firearms Incidents (2015-17)

Taser Use (2015-17)

Taser Use (2015-17)

Daily Duties of Firearms Officers Approximately 20% of time is spent either on firearms operations or training Remainder of time spent supporting local policing: Responding to 999 calls Providing other specialist skills (e.g. medical, method of entry) Policing the roads Intelligence led targeting of criminal individuals or groups Educational presentations 8 8

Any Questions RESTRICTED Connecting with Communities Beat Mgmt PCSO offer Public contact / estates Night Time Economy (Chester and Warrington / Licensing Officers) Strategic Policing Requirement Taskforce and Strategic Roads Prevent / Protect / RESTRICTED