Secured Environment Crime and Disorder Statement

All organisations registering to become a Secured Environment as of February 2009 will need to complete a Crime and Disorder Statement. This will include information on the local area, the site itself and situational security recommendations from a local police expert. The organisation will then have to create an action plan to respond to the recommendations. The following section explains the process.

On registering for the accreditation organisations will receive the contact details for ACPO in order to identify their local police single point of contact (SPOC). The SPOC will be able to assist the organisation to complete their Crime and Disorder Statement. The Statement consists of three parts:

Local Context

This section will provide relevant information relating to the surrounding area, premises, estates, offenders, and victims and will paint a picture to inform crime risk for a Secured Environments applicant. This will be completed by the police SPOC or secured through the applicant using publicly accessible data sources or making a request to a police force under the freedom of information act.

Site

This section will be an appraisal of reported, recorded crime and disorder relating directly to the site including statistical data. This will be completed by the police SPOC or by the applicant themselves, using company records or publicly accessible data sources or making a request to a police force under the freedom of information act.

Situational Security Recommendations

This section will be completed by the SPOC and will provide the organisation with appropriate, realistic and cost commensurate situational security recommendations informed by the local context, site appraisal and site survey. It is important to note however, that it is recognised that management of security and the presence of and adherence to appropriate processes and procedures can reduce the need for overt physical security measures in some cases. It will be for the applicant to justify how they mitigate against the SPOC recommended physical security standards, in their action plan.

Action Plan

In response to the recommendations organisations will be required to create an action plan. The action plan will include people, process and situational improvement. In addition to a timeline for action, including aspects, which might be termed 'working towards'.