This major, independent review sets a long-term strategic direction for a police service capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st century. See www.policingreview.org.uk.

1. STRATEGIC REVIEW OF POLICING IN ENGLAND
AND WALES
Final Report
8 March 2022

2. AGENDA
09:00 Registration and refreshments
10:00 Welcome by Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB
10:10 Presentation of findings by Sir
Michael Barber
10.20 Dr Rick Muir
10:50 Q&A chaired by Dame Sara
Thornton DBE QPM
STRATEGIC REVIEW OF POLICING
IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Final Report 8 March

3. Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB
Chairman of The Police Foundation,
Vice Chair of The Strategic Review of Policing

4. Sir Michael Barber
Chair of The Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales

5. A NEW MODE

6. 6
“The time is
come when we
may freely
pronounce that
the country has
outgrown her
police institutions”
Robert Peel 1828

7. The “Peelers”

9. Policing by consent
The drop in public confidence threatens
policing by consent

10. Prevention better than cure
It would be much better to prevent
crime from happening in the first place,
rather than after the event

11. Proactive
We need stronger capability at the
centre to anticipate trends, identify
patterns and get ahead of the
game

12. Visible
Forty-three local forces policing our
communities

14. Enhanced capability
We need the capability to tackle
cross-border and serious and
organised crime

15. High Standards
It is time to revolutionise professional
standards and police learning and to hold
everyone accountable for those standards

16. Dr Rick Muir
Director - The Police Foundation

17. 1. The challenge

18. Traditional crime is down 75%

19. Technology
53…
Fraud and cyber crime
offences made up over
53% of crime in 2021,
the most common type
of crime experienced
by people in England
and Wales.

20. Environment
Climate change Migration Protest Pandemics

21. Society
Missing persons incidents

22. Society
Mental health incidents

23. Society
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
Police recorded rape Police recorded other sexual offences
Recorded sexual offences

24. Police performance
Detection rates

25. Police performance
Public confidence

26. 1. There is a capacity challenge: the police on their own cannot
successfully tackle the range and complexity of these demands.
2. There is a capability challenge: the police lack many of the
capabilities required to tackle current and future challenges.
3. There is an organisational challenge: the police do not posses the
right organisational platform upon which they can deliver the
capabilities required.
Three implications

27. 2. The capacity
challenge

28. We need a public safety system which
prevents crime and harm from happening in
the first place.
This should be anchored around a new Crime
Prevention Agency and a general duty on
business to prevent crime.
The public safety system

29. We define the core role of the police as being to promote
public safety by maintaining order and upholding the law,
which their unique powers enable them to do, and to carry
out other activities which enable them to perform this core
role legitimately, effectively and with minimum reliance on
those powers.
The role of the police

30. 3. The capability
challenge

31. CAPABILITIES
LEGITIMACY
SKILLS
TECHNOLOGY
LEARNING
LEADERSHIP
WELLBEING

32. 4. The organisational
challenge

33. LOCAL
REGIONAL
NATIONAL
• An agency to prevent crime
• An agency to pursue and disrupt serious and
organised crime
• An agency to improve policing
43 forces focused on 24/7 response, local crime
investigation, neighbourhood policing, safeguarding and
offender management
• NCA regional organised crime units
• Regional Police Support Units hosting specialist
capabilities, operational support and business support
functions

34. • A new Crime Prevention Agency to galvanise efforts to prevent crime and to
tackle surging levels of fraud and cyber crime.
• A strengthened National Crime Agency to shift the odds against organised
crime networks.
• The introduction of a new licence to practice for all police officers that is
renewed every five years to improve professional development and raise
standards.
• The merger of back office and specialist functions across the 43 forces that
would save hundreds of millions of pounds.
• Investment in front line policing, training and technology to modernise the
service.
Main recommendations

35. “The time is come when, from the increase in its population,
the enlargement of its resources, and the multiplying
development of its energies, we may fairly pronounce that the
country has outgrown her police institutions and that the
cheapest and safest course will be found in the introduction
of a new mode of protection.”
Sir Robert Peel, 1828
Back to the future

36. Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM
Event chair, Q&A