The Prevent Strategy and Local Communities Stuart Harman

The Prevent Strategy and Local Communities Stuart Harman

My Background • • Primarily uniformed operations on BCU Worked in Oldham since 2003 Last post partnership and community safety Bring BCU perspective to CT policing

Current Role • • Head of CTIU GM prevent lead North West Prevent lead ‘Any other duties’

Pathfinder Year • • • GM steering group in place Prepared bid for GM February 07 £ 700, 000 funding acquired Intelligence led allocation of funding Risk areas prioritised PVE coordinators established

Information Sharing • • • Probably the most significant challenge Why do we need to share? What do we share? How do we do it? What are the associated risks? What do people want to know?

What are we seeking to achieve? • Identify Violent Extremism in communities • Identify opportunities to confront and reduce threat in line with the PREVENT agenda • Provide a Mechanism to support Intelligence led CT activity at BCU / Partner level • Focus community engagement activity within neighbourhoods

Greater Manchester Partnership Architecture AGMA (10 greater Manchester Local Authorities) Preventing Violent Extremism Steering Group Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) Programme Team Develops partnership working between: AGMA, GMPA, DCLG, OSCT, Home Office, DCSF, GONW, Local Authorities, Regional Police Forces (Deal with objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) AGMA & GMP CTU Preventing Violent Extremism Programme Team Preventing Violent Extremism Coordinator Group Prevention Cell (Deals with objectives 2, 4, 5) Vulnerable to Radicalisation Project Youth Justice Board Project (Deals with objectives 2, 3, 5) (Deals with objectives 3 and 4)

PVE Steering Group • L. A. Chair • Strategic direction for PVE programme • Ensure relationship between GMP, AGMA & partners • Maintain link into AGMA colleagues • Joined up working • Source of challenge and influence for Govt

PVE Coordinators’ Group • • Delivery of DCLG PVE programme locally Ensure local relationships built with partners Share learning and practice Give guidance to the emerging local partnership(s) • Act as L. A. point of contact

Challenge: How do we share information with a degree of consistency? L. A. CT Briefing Group L. A. CEX & BCU Commander CT Delivery Group L. A. AGMA Director Level Group L. A. Practitioners L. A.

How it will look? CT Briefing Group CEX & BCU Commander 1. CT Briefing - CEX & BCU Commander Meeting 1. Readership decision 2. Appropriate Directorate and/or Head of Service for response q CT Delivery - Directorate Level Group Constitution CT Delivery Group Directorate Group TASKING § § § Decision makers Allocate resource Ensure delivery Prevent Cell PVE Programme Team q Action Management Practitioners § Performance monitoring § Local Tasking Meeting

What are we going to achieve? § Strengthened commissioning § Advise and offer guidance on project /event planning § Maintain focus on Prevent § Promulgate good practice § Ensure LA and BCU prevent action plans are complimentary § Support evaluation § Developed understanding of communities

Lessons learnt • Good relations and relationships are critical • Strategic group invaluable across multiple authorities • Local steering group will provide accountability and facilitate delivery • Try to use existing mechanisms • Must have access to the ‘intelligence’