On the 22nd of September the BPA announced that it was leading a bold initiative to review the way that Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE) is operated throughout the country.
The BPA are delighted to announce that they have appointed Richard Childs, ex-Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police to undertake the review. Mr Childs is well qualified to lead this independent review having spent the last 10 years specifically working on public policing policy and with the private security industry. The BPA have set-up a steering group to support Mr Childs.
A tight timescale has been set for the review which will be completed by the end of April 2005, in order that any recommendations agreed can be put to Government for inclusion in their Statutory Guidance Notes in respect of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Clearly for the review process to be a success Mr Childs needs to receive evidence from people in the industry. Now is your time to contribute to the debate and make a difference to how DPE is operated throughout the U.K. The fundamental question is:
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Do you think DPE is being operated effectively and fairly? If not, what suggestions do you have for improving the provision of this service?
In addition, the steering group have asked Mr Childs to examine 4 specific issues:
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How can the quality of service and levels of performance to the motoring public and the public at large be improved?
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How can the professionalism of staff be enhanced?
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What is the role of local authorities and service providers in the managing and implementation of DPE?
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What is existing best practice and how can this be disseminated effectively?
If you have opinion or suggestion on any of these areas please contact
Jacky MacGillivary on 01444 447304 or by e-mail jacky.m@britishparking.co.uk.
Brief Resume for Richard Childs
Mr Childs spent 30 years as a police officer and from 1998 to 2003 was chief constable of Lincolnshire Police. He was the national lead for the police service on police 'visibility' and 'reassurance', neighbourhood wardens, community support officers and their accreditation, the private security industry, including security systems (alarms) and the regulation of the private security industry, and was an advisor on these issues to the Home Office and the Security Industry Authority. He was a member of the Security Industry Authority Board. Until early 2002 he sat on national human resource and discipline committees. In 2002 he was a 'Beacon Council' judge for the Department of the Environment on crime reduction in local authorities and in 2004 was (and in 2005 will again be), a judge for the 'Security Officer of the Year' and the 'Security Excellence Awards'. He is also part-time managing director of ACPO CPI Ltd, part-time chief executive of the Joint Security Industry Council (from 1 December 2004), and is a director of the Security Industry Training Organisation.
He has spoken and written on the police, public policing policy and the private security industry for ten years.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
The BPA
The British Parking Association is a non-profit making organisation set up in 1967 to bring together the interests of government, local government, commercial organisations and the general public. As the recognised authority within the parking industry, the BPA represents, promotes and influences the best interests of the parking and traffic management sectors throughout the UK and Europe. The BPA aims to advance both knowledge and standards of management within areas as diverse as planning, design, enforcement, construction and the maintenance of all types of parking and traffic control.
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