Claire Bell

Core Responsibilities: Force Executive Lead for the 4650-staff Local Policing Portfolio - includes Neighbourhood Policing, Responding, Neighbourhood Crime and Local Investigations and Local Offender Management.

Additional Responsibilities: Executive Lead for (i) Race and 'Our Communities' (D&I strategy strand) (ii) Serious Youth Violence (including Violence Reduction Partnership) (iii) Mental Health and Right Care, Right Person (RCRP)

Major Achievements

• Implemented and embedded a new force operating model – SRO for a new force operating model delivering the structure change within 10 weeks then embedded an ambitious local policing model across our 7-local authority/policing areas. Led by 7 chief superintendents, 4650 staff and a budget of £289 million.
• Operation Vanguard – force investigation improvement – developed the strategy, set up a fast-paced battle rhythm, developed a lean but effective delivery model, successfully navigated the force through ‘engaged' and continue to drive the longer and harder road to outstanding.
• From a standing start I have led implementation of the full RCRP model. Building a strategic partnership from scratch, balancing the development of a ‘system-wide' sense of responsibility whilst driving against tight timescales to maintain commitment and momentum. Engaged advice and peer review nationally to ensure we met our ambition.

Core Responsibilities: Force Executive Lead for Public Protection, including safeguarding, Force Criminal Investigation – theft to homicide, Criminal Justice including custody and Forensics, including Digital Forensics.

Additional Responsibilities: (i) Force Executive and Regional Lead for Violence Against Women and Girls and (ii) Executive and Regional Lead for Child Abuse and Investigation.

Major Achievements

• Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) - Developed a comprehensive VAWG strategy, delivery plan and governance framework including the development of an innovative and victim-focused approach to drink/drug spiking.
• Gold Commander for Arthur Labinjo-Hughes – Engaged in National Children's Safeguarding Practice Review (NCSPR) and Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI). Developed a Gold Strategy, liaised with strategic stakeholders, influenced local partnership improvement strategy plans and ensured rapid implementation of immediate learning including CPD.
• Strategic Lead for a ‘People focused' continuous improvement programme for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) working with consultants PWC. Ensured a swift and timely commencement (to maximise preparation for the Soteria pilot), set the business requirements, agreed contract costs and robust governance framework, including a skill transfer plan.

Core responsibilities: (1) Force Executive Lead for Force Contact (2) Force Executive Lead for Force Response Function (1000 staff) (3) Force Executive Lead for Corporate Communications

Major Achievements

• Gold for COVID-19 – First gold role, maintained battle rhythm, navigated 2nd lockdown, internal and partnership, member of Strategic Co-ordinating Group (SCG). Particular focus for this period on a consistent strategy around protest, COVID-19 restrictions and the overall approach to enforcement.
• ‘Vulnerability in Contact' Gold – Rapidly set up using project governance arrangements and clear phasing of priorities, actions and milestones. Identified the key issues, areas for rapid improvement and set clear workstreams, milestones and governance. Achieved significant improvement in response times for vulnerability calls and achieved a ‘good' grading by HMICFRS Crime Data Integrity Inspection. This was against a previous ‘requires improvement' judgement.

Head of Operations, Chief Superintendent - Led force specialist operations, sat on national firearms and public order working groups for the region. Chief-of-staff for COVID-19 setting up full command structure, including SCG/TCG and Multi-Agency Intelligence Cell.

Head of Public Protection, Chief Superintendent - 900 staff, responsible for all domestic abuse, child abuse (including online offending), adult care abuse and RASSO investigations, safeguarding and RSO management. SRO for department redesign and Vice Chair for Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board

Local Policing Commander (Coventry), Chief Superintendent - Commander for Coventry, population of 350,000. Strong partnership working, focused on child protection improvement (post Daniel Pelka) and redressing health inequalities