Consultation on the Youth Commissioners role - West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner

Thank you so much for agreeing to take part in this consultation on the role of Youth Commissioners at the OPCC.

Your answers will help us shape the role going forward.

Please complete by Monday, July 24th!

Question for Youth Commissioners only. If you are not a Youth Commissioner please move on to the next section.

A reminder of topics and experiences covered during working meetings 2021-2023.

Police and Crime Plan; reporting to Strategic Police and Crime Board (SPCB); Stop and Search; reducing violence towards women and girls; community policing; Helping Communities Fund; careers in policing; volunteering in policing; Safer Travel; trauma informed practice; public speaking; organising and hosting two annual youth summits; consultation with peers on policing and crime concerns; creating a personal profile as a YC on social media and posting relevant content; identifying a social action campaign and networking with existing leads in the OPCC, WMP & VRP; the Casey Review on the Met police force and the WMP Fairness and Belonging Strategy; the OPCC community engagement programme related to ensuring WMP becomes an anti-racist, anti- misogynist and anti-homophobic police service; the new operating model for WMP (April 2023); IOPC Youth Panel Report; WMP moral courage training; the conviction of David Carrick and the need for police officers to proactively discuss police misconduct with young people; WMP force priorities; neighbourhood profiles; the OPCC Ethics Committee and use of big data in intelligence-led reduction in violence; WMP Stephen Lawrence Day event; participation on stakeholder panels to recruit a new Chief Constable and a number of other most senior police and finance officers; attendance at Birmingham’s Inspiring Youth Awards, with three nominated Youth Commissioners winning awards; inclusion of Youth Commissioners in other local civic decision-making bodies, or crime reduction initiatives such as CIRV.

How has the above helped you understand the role of the Police and Crime Commissioners?

Selected Value: 1

1= no understanding, 3= reasonable understanding, 5= a good understanding

How has the above helped you understand the work of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (includes finance/commissioning, business support, communications, policy team & violence reduction teams)?

Selected Value: 1

1 = no understanding, 3 = reasonable understanding, 5 = a good understanding

How has the above helped you understand the work of the Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP)?

Selected Value: 1

1 = no understanding, 3 = reasonable understanding, 5 = a good understanding

Questions for everyone

Please rank the importance of the following elements of the Youth Commissioner role from 1 to 12.

Being informed on operational policing

Selected Value: 1

Building a relationship with local neighbourhood police officers and staff

Selected Value: 1

Ability to raise policing, crime and criminal justice issues with PCC, Assistant PCC and CS Anthony Tagg on behalf or young people in the local area

Selected Value: 1

Contributing youth voice to the Police and Crime Plan

Selected Value: 1

Experiencing a Stop and Search patrol, or similar operational policing experience

Selected Value: 1

Annual Youth Summit

Selected Value: 1

Representing youth voice on behalf of the PCC or your local youth organisation at external events

Selected Value: 1

Taking part in stakeholder panels to recruit the Chief Constable, Chief Finance Officer and several other senior WMP Officers

Selected Value: 1

Training on use of social media & podcasting

Selected Value: 1

Being part of a team, getting to know other talented young leaders from across the West Midlands

Selected Value: 1

How the role of Youth Commissioner has led to other opportunities, other paid and voluntary roles, career choices.

Selected Value: 1

Personal development: building self-confidence and leadership skills, experience in chairing a meeting, giving a presentation, hosting a large event, interviewing candidates, holding decision makers to account, challenging the status quo as a youth representative, sharing information with your peers, applying for project funding, recruiting others into scrutiny or voluntary roles in policing

Selected Value: 1

Which elements should be given greater emphasis in your opinion?

Youth Commissioners only: Were there any experiences, information or relationships that were missing for you?

Youth Commissioners only: What did you enjoy the most and why?

Youth Commissioners only: Would you encourage others to apply?

Your overall rating of the Youth Commissioner role:

Selected Value: 1

1= unsatisfied, 3=satisfied, 5= very satisfied

Annual Youth Summit

Feedback from participants in the December 2022 event will result in the following recommendations for change going to the Strategic Police and Crime Board:

Youth Commissioners will consult and collaborate with other youth organisations at the planning and design stages.
Agenda items to be predominantly delivered by young people
A return to group discussion items on locality-based tables involving youth representatives and police officers and staff. (LPA Commanders to be encouraged to ensure representation at the event)
The Youth Commission to produce/provide a set of guidance notes for all speakers to improve the style, language and duration that is age appropriate for this audience.
Delegate numbers to be constrained to 120 places in order that food can be consumed within the first hour.
Consideration of music, theatre and more video to convey impactful messages
In consideration of neuro diversity and attention spans in the audience, provision of fidget toys, inclusion of some short activity bursts.
Consideration of briefing sheets on the Summit theme(s) being sent to youth organisations in advance of the Youth Summit, in order that youth workers can prepare their young people.
Ensure the event is held in term time.

Would you agree with these changes?

Are there any other adjustments you would suggest?