Department of Home Affairs - POLICING PLAN 2020-2021 - GD 2020/0051
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GD 2020/0051
Department of Home Affairs
POLICING PLAN 2020-2021
July 2020Foreword by Minister for Home Affairs
In accordance with the Police Act 1993, it is the role of my Department, after consultation with the
Chief Constable, to determine the policies, objectives and priorities of the police force in the Isle of
Man. This plan is then laid before Tynwald.
In a small Island such as ours, the visible presence of uniformed Police Officers plays a vital role in
the community. The key to the quality of life we enjoy on the island is embedded in the
relationships between its communities and its policing. The response to the recent pandemic
highlighted the ability of the police to respond to our Island’s needs and continue to keep us all
safe.
This plan builds on the strong theme of supporting neighbourhood policing, improved outcomes
for the vulnerable and diverting people from a life of crime. This means broader relationship
building as the police and other agencies support each other in dealing with wide spectrum of
issues; from mental health and drugs, to cyber-crime, to the policing of our borders.
However, I also recognise the frustration faced with increasing social and health related issues not
being addressed early enough until they spill over to become criminal justice issues. It is long
recognised that prevention and treatment/support would have better outcomes for the individual
and other agencies involved, and the island as a whole. I will continue to work with other
Departmental Ministers to address this.
I am confident in the leadership and commitment of our police that they will meet the challenges,
and continue their work to keep us all safe and the Isle of Man will continue to be one of the
safest places to live in the British Isles. To every officer, and support worker, I extend my sincere
thanks for their part in this.
Hon. Graham Cregeen, MHK
Minister for Home Affairs
July 2020
1Department of Home Affairs
Policing Plan 2020 - 2021
Overall aim in the Programme for Government: We live our lives safe from crime and danger
Departmental purpose – Keeping people safe.
OBJECTIVE BACKGROUND ACTIVITY REQUIRED MEASURES
Reduce the There is strong evidence to • Work with partners to • Measurement of
opportunity for show that organised create a plan to Class drug seizures
serious and criminal groups are combat abuse of the
organised crime to exploiting gaps in the border • Number of money
exploit the security of the Isle of Man’s laundering cases
common travel border to commit serious • Focus on the
area for criminal crime, notably drug importation of Class • Number of
purposes trafficking and money A drugs prosecutions
laundering. undertaken
• Increase the
The number of drug investigation of • Cash seizures
seizures in 2011-12 was money laundering
314. The figure for 2019- connected with local • Number of
20 was 704. drugs supply confiscation orders
• Paper to go to
Council of Ministers
describing outline
proposals by March
2021
Reduce the Violent crime has increased • Work with partners to • Overall level of
instances of and for three consecutive years. create a recorded violent
the harm caused by Some of the increase has comprehensive crime.
Violence been due to continuing violence reduction
improvements in recording plan
practices and some has
been due to a greater • Improve the
awareness of domestic targeting of the most
abuse, however much of violent offenders
the increase is linked to the
supply of controlled drugs. • Create a new
strategy by March
2021
• Produce an
implementation plan
2OBJECTIVE BACKGROUND ACTIVITY REQUIRED MEASURES
Reduce the harm During the state of • Work with partners to • Increase the level of
caused by emergency during the revise and positive outcomes
Domestic Abuse Covid-19 pandemic, reports reinvigorate a for victims of
of domestic abuse increased Domestic Abuse domestic abuse.
by 71%. Strategy
Early research on the • Implement to its
impact of adverse childhood fullest potential the
experiences shows a strong Domestic Abuse Act
link between domestic 2020.
abuse and poor life
outcomes.
Protect the Island The importance of • Carry out the • Quarterly reports on
from Economic combating financial crime activities required by activity
Crime and meeting international the Isle of Man • Reports of fraud
standards cannot be Financial Crime where victims live in
overstated. Strategy the Isle of Man.
The Constabulary must do • Ensure that the
all that it can to help fight Economic Crime Unit
organised crime, protect meets established
victims and contribute to and emerging
the global fight against international
financial and economic standards
crime
• Work with partners,
including the
financial services
sector, to reduce the
number of victims of
fraud, including that
committed online.
Reduce levels of There is continued concern • Multi Agency Youth • Reduced levels of
youth offending about poor outcomes for Offending Reduction offending and
young people who come Plan to be created by reoffending by
into contact with the the end of December children and young
Criminal Justice System. 2020 people.
• Develop new
approach to early
intervention work
with young people
• Restorative and
similar approaches to
be taken to reduce
offending and
reoffending.
3OBJECTIVE BACKGROUND ACTIVITY REQUIRED MEASURES
Keep communities The programme to • Neighbourhood • Measurement of
safe reintroduce neighbourhood policing model to be satisfaction levels
policing was temporarily re-established amongst partner
paused because of the agencies, including
Covid-19 pandemic. • Detailed local authorities
neighbourhood
Steps are needed to ensure policing programme • Measurement of
that it is re-established at to be created and satisfaction levels
the earliest opportunity. published and feelings of
safety of victims and
• Programme to be witnesses; similar
published by March measurement
2021 amongst community
Protect vulnerable Complex vulnerability • Further embed • Quarterly Reporting
people amongst the community is a mental health on work of mental
considerable driver of police professionals in the health professionals
demand. Constabulary in IOM Constabulary
Steps are to be taken to • Focus on victims and • Measurement of
identify and support the repeat victims to satisfaction levels
most vulnerable in society protect them and and performance
and work is to be help them access
undertaken with partner support • Reduction in the
agencies to do so. number of repeat
• Work with partners to victims
support those at risk
because of misuse of
substances
• Work with the DHSC
and other agencies to
conclude a forensic
medical project and
to develop a sexual
assault referral centre
• Create an appropriate
data set of activities
and outcomes to
drive operational
need
• Meet the activities set
out in the substance
misuse strategy
4OBJECTIVE BACKGROUND ACTIVITY REQUIRED MEASURES
Increase road In the 2018 Public Health • Strategy review to • Enforcement data:
safety Outcomes Framework, the ensure that the prosecutions; fixed
Isle of Man figure for the approach has penalty notices;
number of people killed or political support cautions; vehicle
seriously injured on the defect rectification
Island’s roads per 100,000 of • An uplift in scheme usage;
the population was 80.2. enforcement activity
• KSI data
This is almost double the
• Review to be
figure in England of 40.6.
concluded by the
end of December
The Road Safety Strategy is
to be reviewed and, if
2020
necessary, revised to ensure
that it’s safer systems • The creation of a
approach delivers sustainable community speed
reductions in casualties. watch programme
scheme to be in
place by March
2021
•
Reduce the threat OCSIA transferred from the • Promote and • Annual cyber
from cyber crime Cabinet Office to the increase awareness survey
Constabulary towards the Government,
end of the 2019-20 year. business and public • Numbers of cyber
During the year steps are to awareness of the issues reported
be taken to complete the IOM cyber through the
transfer and to meet the environment so that reporting point
ambitious programme of people and business
work set out in the National
are able to protect • Quarterly reports
Cyber Security Strategy
themselves and on activity relating
2018.
respond effectively to communications
campaign and
• Support the Islands advisory notices.
business community
and critical national • Appraisal and
infrastructure and implementation of
create information legislation, policies
sharing and standards
communities to
boost resilience
• Work across
government and
develop action plans
for Information
Assurance
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