Reducing Vehicle Crime, 22 September 2005

Conference Programme

A National Audit Office conference for policy-makers, practitioners and researchers from the public and voluntary sectors and industry

Time	Event
SESSION ONE
10:00	Introduction and Welcome by Chair Aileen Murphie, Director, Home Affairs & Criminal Justice VFM, National Audit Office
10:10	Recommendations Arising from the National Audit Office Report on Reducing Vehicle Crime Sir John Bourn, Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office
10:25	Reducing Vehicle Crime: Government Approach Leigh Lewis, Permanent Secretary, Home Office Leigh Lewis PowerPoint slides (810Kb)
10.45	Questions and Discussion
SESSION TWO
11:35	Effective Policing Strategies to Reduce Vehicle Crime Stuart Hyde, Assistant Chief Constable, Crime, West Midlands Police Stuart Hyde PowerPoint slides (251Kb)
11:55	Developing Effective Partnership Working: What Can Local Authorities do to Reduce Vehicle Crime? Martin Davis, Head of Safer Communities, London Borough of Hackney & Chair, LGA Community Safety Advisory Group Martin Davis PowerPoint slides (1Mb)
12:15	Case Study: Operation Cobra: Effective Partnerships in Practice Julie Earle, Chief Inspector, Hampshire Constabulary Alan Edmunds, Crime Reduction Officer, Hampshire Constabulary Julie Earle PowerPoint slides (3.5Mb)
12:35	Tackling Vehicle Crime - A Car Park Operators Perspective Gordon McLardy, Director of Risk Management, National Car Parks Limited (NCP) Gordon McLardy PowerPoint slides (847Kb)
12:50	Questions and Discussion
SESSION THREE
14:00	Making Car Parks Safer Kelvin Reynolds, Director of Technical Services, British Parking Association & Head of the Safer Parking Scheme Kelvin Reynolds PowerPoint slides (3.2Mb)
14:20	Communicating Car Crime Prevention Messages Richard McConnell, Parkside Voice Tenants and Residents Association Anna Scattergood, Regional Manager for Midlands, Tenants Participation Advisory Service Richard McConnell/Anna Scattergood PowerPoint slides (71Kb)
14:40	How Industry Can Take the Initiative In Reducing Vehicle Crime Nigel Wonnacott, Head of Communications, The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders Ltd Nigel Wonnacott PowerPoint slides (2.1Mb)
15:00	Questions and Discussion
SESSION FOUR	Good Practice Seminars
(15:20-16:20)	Seminar One Reducing Vehicle Crime at a Crime Hot-Spot Through Targeted Action: The Cheadle Royal Crime Reduction Initiative David Hull, Superintendent, Greater Manchester Police David Hull PowerPoint slides (1.8Mb)
	Seminar Two Developing Safer Car Parks: Achieving Park Mark Status Richard Bickell, Senior Regional Development Manager, Secure Parking Scheme
	Seminar Three Tackling Vehicle Crime through Effective Local Publicity Richard McConnell, Parkside Voice Tenants and Residents Association Anna Scattergood, Regional Manager for Midlands, Tenants Participation Advisory Service Chris Kirby, Senior Marketing Manager, Home Office McConnell/Scattergood/Kirby PowerPoint slides (233Kb)
	Seminar Four Successfully Implementing the Motor Salvage Operators Regulations Ron Pennington, Assistant Director, Salford Trading Standards Dave Flitcroft, Superintendent, Greater Manchester Police Ron Pennington/Dave Flitcroft PowerPoint slides (161Kb)
	Seminar Five Using Prolific Offender Schemes to Cut Vehicle Crime Chetan Patel, Team Leader, Prolific and Other Priority Offenders Programme, Home Office
16:20	Close of Conference

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