Are you ready for Two-Tier?

The new Out of Court Disposals framework will add thousands of hours of additional work to front line officers - have you thought about your operating model???

The new Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act has been described as the biggest change to policing in a generation.

Amongst more controversial passages, changes to the Out of Court Disposals (OOCD) framework, while the right thing to do, will have a stark impact on front line policing. The magnitude is recognised in the Act:

“There is a significant additional admin burden on front line policing..."

The Act outlines six key additional actions that each officer has to undertake to make sure they are compliant:

• Determining eligibility for OOCDs
• Assessing individual need?
• Matching need to a service provision?
• Monitoring compliance?
• Supporting users through reminders?
• Dealing with breaches.

Unfortunately the Act also goes on to acknowledge that:

“There is no additional resource in the form of officers or staff to manage these processes.”

Moving from the current process, which can be little more than issuing a ticket, to a four month supervisory period creates a massive burden on front line policing. One that most officers are not ready for and indeed not trained for. Our estimates suggest that the workload could be more than tenfold when compared to issuing a simple caution.

We believe this change is the right thing to do. Evidence suggests that diversionary programmes lead to lower reoffending, however this doesn’t help the immediate demand on resources.?

Here at Make Time Count Today we're working with forces across the country on the optimal solution for Out of Court Disposals. Our technology platform fully automates the steps involved in OOCD and provides an end-to-end operating model that will:?

• Eliminate 80%+ of the new workload from front line staff?
• Reduce the cost of running out of court disposals by 50%
• Link on-the-street decisions with conditions run by community groups
• Provide unparalleled insights into proportionality of officer decision-making
• Develop an understanding of the appropriateness of interventions and support future condition selection.

Our solution is built, has been operationally tested and is ready to roll-out to each force area, using our four step implementation plan:

Step One - Assessment

A two week evaluation of your current state and likely future needs.

Step Two - Deployment

A customised roll-out depending on force size and approach.?

Step Three: Stabilisation

Once the new operating model is live, we will work with your teams until the process is established and working.

Step Four: Continuous Improvement

Our team is working with forces throughout the country. We will continue to support the OOCD framework through the coming years, finding even more ways of improving the process and reducing reoffending.

There are still approximately ten months to go until forces have to fully adopt the two-tier framework. This isn’t long to adopt and embed such a major change to the way you operate. But we're ready to support your force to get ready.

To book your free two week assessment, please get in touch: [email protected]