Following last year’s successful launch, EIP09, again featured the ACPO Excellence in Policing Awards, sponsored by Alexander. The Awards are designed to promote the sharing of creative and innovative projects that are enhancing performance and productivity for the overall benefit of the service.

 

Twenty forces submitted details of over fifty initiatives that are helping to deliver improved services. The nature of the improvements varied widely, ranging from the provision of a more citizen-focused service, through to increased productivity or efficiency. Some focused on local service delivery, whilst others involved far reaching business transformation or targeted a specific operational issue. The submissions have now been collated into the EIP09 Case Studies document

 

The standard of entries was very high, reflecting the amount of innovative and creative work that is being undertaken by police forces throughout the United Kingdom. The judging panel, which included representatives from the ACPO Citizen Focus and Performance Management Business Areas and the Awards sponsor – Alexander, had a difficult job selecting the four winning entries that were presented at the conference.

 

The winning entries were:

 

Essex Police for Operation Apex

 

Hertfordshire Constabulary for Choices and Consequences

 

Leicestershire Constabulary for Building Public Confidence with iR3

 

Metropolitan Police Service for Joint Police and Mental Health Unit

 

 

After hearing all four presentations conference delegates voted to select this year’s overall winner - Choices and Consequences.

 

Mark Drew and Stuart Campfield from Hertfordshire Constabulary received the EIP09 trophy from Chief Constable Steve Finnigan and Mike Astbury, Director of the Awards sponsor, Alexander.

 

In addition to the four winning entries, the judges decided to award certificates of commendation to a further six submissions:

 

Avon and Somerset Constabulary for Southwest One

 

Durham Constabulary for D-PIP Process Improvement Programme

 

Gloucestershire Constabulary for People First Workshops

 

Lancashire Constabulary for the North West Regional Crime Tracker

 

Norfolk Constabulary for Modernising Intelligence

 

West Midlands Police for Youth4em