Hampshire Constabulary
Hampshire Constabulary are the fifth largest police force in the country, delivering policing services to the people of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Constabulary, made up of over 5,000 officers, has retained a strong neighbourhood policing approach. Our purpose is to deliver SAFER communities and the scale of this challenge includes: • Policing across 1,500 square miles, land which is largely rural but with densely populated cities. • The changing face of crime, with similar trends to those nationally in terms of increased reports of cyber-crime, child sexual exploitation and domestic abuse. • A significant transport network including the M27 and M3, key rail hubs and two international airports. • Critical national infrastructure sites to keep safe such as the ports in Southampton and Portsmouth and crucial oil refineries.
Specialist accommodation Some police services require extremely specialist accommodation, some of which had not been replaced for over 60 years. One strand of the programme has seen the complete re-provided accommodation for Custody and Investigation Teams through three PICs in Southampton, Basingstoke and Portsmouth. Collaboration
The Police Estate
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight police estate has been changing to meet the needs of Hampshire Constabulary police officers, staff and the communities they serve and to ensure it is fit for the future. There are circa 130 owned, leased or partnership properties that form the police estate. These range from large Police Investigation Centres (PICs) with custody suites, police stations, offices, to vehicle workshops and specialist facilities. The police workforce comprises of over 5,000 officers, PCSOs and police staff. In some locations the PCC partners with local government or HIWFRS to provide shared facilities. A forward thinking, business case driven corporate approach to the provision of both the built estate and services required to support the estate has been adopted. This has fundamentally changed both the working environment and the way people
feel about the places in which they work. We are leading the way in state of the art police investigation centres, now open and operating in Southampton, Basingstoke and Portsmouth.
Borough Council, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and New Forest District Council, New Milton Town Council, Hart, Portsmouth, Southampton, Gosport, Isle of Wight and East Hampshire are in place along with shared accommodation at various Hampshire Fire and Rescue sites. Working with national partner organisations • Working with the Government Property Unit, the Ministry of Justice, the Probation Service and the Community Rehabilitation Company to continue to build and strengthen partnerships across the public sector. • Hampshire is the main link with the Home Office for the National Police Estates Group providing specialist advice to help deliver up to £300 million savings for police forces across the country.
A key part of the programme is the development of strong partnerships across the public sector, with emphasis on blue light collaboration. Working with Hampshire Fire & Rescue • Shared Headquarters in Eastleigh has been providing both policing and fire service shared office accommodation, training, conferencing facilities, and uniform stores since 2016. Working with local authorities & central government • In partnership with Hampshire County Council, Hampshire Constabulary’s new Operational Headquarters in the heart of Winchester has been developed. This replaced the old headquarters at West Hill. • Neighbourhood bases at Rushmoor
The programme to restructure the estate aims to:
• Provide better support to frontline services and to better align the whole estate with the changes that will continue to be required in operational policing. • Complete construction work without impacting police budgets through the sale of police buildings that have reached the end of their economic life or are no longer fit for the purpose. • Ensure that both the quality and the value of the estate continue to improve and increase through the reinvestment of these capital receipts.
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