{"id":5625,"date":"2021-06-20T20:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/?p=5625"},"modified":"2021-06-20T20:01:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T19:01:42","slug":"speaker-meeting-14th-june-2021-nikki-watson-assistant-chief-constable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/2021\/06\/20\/speaker-meeting-14th-june-2021-nikki-watson-assistant-chief-constable\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Meeting 14th June 2021: Nikki Watson &#8211; Assistant Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset Police Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2021\/06\/Police-2021-used-for-Nikki-Watsons-speaker-talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5627\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2021\/06\/Police-2021-used-for-Nikki-Watsons-speaker-talk-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2021\/06\/Police-2021-used-for-Nikki-Watsons-speaker-talk-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2021\/06\/Police-2021-used-for-Nikki-Watsons-speaker-talk.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a>Nikki started by telling us about her career in the police force having joined in 1987 and became Assistant Chief Constable, Avon Somerset Police Force in 2015.\u00a0 She is Head of Investigations and Operations &#8211; Support Directorate leading the Avon and Somerset Police response to the Covid 19 Pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She described her career highlights and responsibilities some of which are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Giving evidence on stop and search to the McPhearson enquiry as part of the report on the death of Stephen Lawrence in 1999.<\/li>\n<li>She is responsible for a drugs intervention programme.<\/li>\n<li>She works with the Criminal Justice and Crown Prosecution Service helping to make the criminal justice process more efficient.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>She described how policing demands have changed due to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The arrival of the internet in 1991<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Lawrence murder in 1993<\/li>\n<li>Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman murders 2002<\/li>\n<li>Suicide terrorist attacks (in the UK 07\/07\/05<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Innovative thinking keeps policing ahead: The right equipment, the right people and the right culture.\u00a0 The job of the police is to protect the most vulnerable and one of the pleasurers of being a police officer is being one step ahead.\u00a0 Costs have increased because of increased technology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Typical Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a huge number of phone calls.\u00a0 Some of them cover firearms, mental health, domestic crimes, serious sexual offenses to name but a few.\u00a0 Knife crimes are on the up and the police do a lot of preventative work.\u00a0 <strong>County Lines:<\/strong> Drugs are brought from the big cities such as London and Birmingham to rural areas such as Yeovil.\u00a0 The police are determined to stamp this out.\u00a0 The criminals are very well organised and it takes a big police operation to dismantle them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Police Mission, Vision and Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mission: Serve, Protect, Respect<\/p>\n<p>Vision: Outstanding policing for everyone<\/p>\n<p>Values: Caring, courageous, inclusive, learning<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protecting Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right equipment is essential.\u00a0 Avon and Somerset are very fortunate because the equipment is available and they have been able to work from home during the covid pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Future Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They plan on having 470 extra police officers but it takes 3 years of training to become a police officer and so it will be a while before we see them on the street<\/p>\n<p>There are different ways of entering the police force.\u00a0 Two examples are to enter with a university degree, some universities offer the \u201cProfessional Policing Degree\u201d. \u00a0Some enter without a degree and whilst in post can undertake the \u201cPolice Constable Degree Apprenticeship\u201d. \u00a0Nikki shared her thoughts on being a police officer.\u00a0 Nikki loves being a police officer and making a difference to people\u2019s lives.\u00a0 She has been recognised for her work and awarded \u201cThe Queens Police Medal\u201d \u2013 she feels highly honoured and will go to the Palace to receive it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A lovely talk very natural and genuinely committed to her work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikki started by telling us about her career in the police force having joined in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":5627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supper-meetings-read-what-our-speakers-have-to-say"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Speaker Meeting 14th June 2021: Nikki Watson - Assistant Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset Police Force | News | Blog | Events | SI Bristol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bristol : Blog &amp; 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