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Our Mission

Keeping Wiltshire Safe

Our Vision

A progressive and inclusive organisation, proud to deliver a consistently professional police service, built on trust, understanding and respect

Our operational priorities

• Safer Public Spaces
• Violence
• Burglary

Our Foundations

• People
• Communities
• Resources
• Partnerships

Our Victim Pledge

To provide a high quality investigation tailored to the needs of all victims of crime

Delivery Priorities 2022-2025

Deliver an efficient, effective, affordable and sustainable police operating model configured to meet demand

• Improve our people data quality and system process flows to deliver timely, accurate, insightful people management information
• Improve access and use of organisational and people data to demonstrate performance and drive efficient use of resources
• Improve recruitment through streamlining processes and managing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

To embed a culture of organisational learning and continuous improvement

• Continue to transform the People function and implement revised policy and procedures
• Continue to develop our Learning and Development (L&D) model, matching capability to the needs of the organisation
• Upskill leaders at all levels in performance management

Attract, retain, develop and inspire our workforce supported by high standards of leadership and professionalism

• Review, research, consult on and launch a new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy 2025 -2027
• Design and deliver a three-year EDI education programme for all people, and deliver leadership development programmes for under-represented groups
• Review and relaunch the local Race Action Plan in line with the national framework
• Design and deliver innovative recruitment strategies and campaigns across the Force to increase the attraction of diverse candidates
• Implement procedures to improve the quality of induction, probation and staff retention
• Collate and review the approaches across the Force to Total Reward and seek to continually improve processes
• Seek to continually improve the workforce Recognition process to ensure it is as fair, transparent and inclusive as possible
• Assess the current pay grading & progression structure, reward proposition and benefits offering to make a career at Wiltshire Police attractive and market competitive
• Improve procedures and processes to inform strategic workforce planning and management
• Complete the skills project and build a comprehensive Force-wide skills profile for now and the next three years
• Review and re-launch the performance management process
• Develop and deliver upskilling programmes for the existing workforce to meet current and future challenges
• Launch a new development offering, including refresher programmes for first-and second-line leadership and for senior leadership, to build and maintain capability
• Implement the ongoing development of a new ePortfolio accreditation system
• Review the Probationer Development Unit (PDU), and develop a new tutor training framework
• Deliver the 2024 Wellness action plan, to include the provision of appropriate accessible services and interventions
• Review, research, consult on and launch the Wellness strategy
• Conduct a gap analysis to formulate a delivery plan aligned to the Occupational Health standards aligned with the College of Policing
• Develop and deliver the Occupational Health and Safety delivery plan 2025 -2027
• Develop and deliver the Force Assault Reduction Plan, through the Assault Task Force
• Review the Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) provision and develop a delivery plan for the next twelve months
• Relaunch Risk Assessment Based Medicals (RABM) and Health Surveillance