Under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Officers have a duty to consider collaboration where it is in the interests of the efficiency and effectiveness. Nottinghamshire Police and its neighbouring forces in the East Midlands have been at the forefront of collaborative policing in the UK for more than a decade.
In fact, the East Midlands Police Collaboration Programme is the largest project of its kind in the UK, serving a population of almost 5 million people living in a region of more than 6,000 square miles, an area which incorporates landmarks such as the world-famous Silverstone motor racing circuit in southern Northamptonshire, the Lincolnshire coast to the east and the Peak District National Park at its north-western edge.
Under the collaboration arrangements, the 5 forces of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire are working together in many different areas vital to policing, ranging from those national strategic threats outlined in the Strategic Policing Requirement, major crime investigation through to IT infrastructure.
East Midlands Regional Collaboration- Summary Agreements
You can download any of the following summary agreements for which Nottinghamshire Police is a signatory. If you require any further information, please contact the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.
View our Minerva Agreement
All Five Forces
East Midlands Special Operations Unit - overarching agreement: Summary
East Midlands - Counter Terrorism Policing - (EM-CTP)
East Midlands Special Operations Unit - Forensic Services (EMSOU-FS): Summary
East Midlands Special Operations Unit - Major Crime (EMSOU-MC): Summary
East Midlands Special Operations Unit - Technical Surveillance Unit (EMSOU-TSU)
East Midlands Region Emergency Services Network Programme Team (EMR ESN PT)
East Midlands Police Legal Services Unit (EMPLS) Summary
EMRICC (East Midlands Information and Coordination Centre)
Four Force Collaborations:
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire:
East Midlands Specialist L&D Hub (EMS L&D HUB) (formerly EMCHRS-L&D) Summary:
DIR - Digital Interview Recording Database
East Midlands Forces Collaborating with other force areas.
Cross border Part II RIPA & Comms Data - East Midlands and South Yorkshire
- The Parties believe that criminal investigations which overlap the geographical area of two or more police forces can more efficiently and effectively be discharged by the co-operation and collaboration of those police forces. It is believed that such co-operation and collaboration would be enhanced by utilising the arrangements permissible under section 93 of the Police Act 1997 and under Part II of RIPA, to allow for collaboration between the Forces in the manner in which these statutory powers are authorised.
National Policing Collaborations
National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC)
- As a result of the Parker Review, the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (“ACPO”) was disbanded on or around 31 March 2015. To deliver some of the functions that were previously carried out by ACPO, on 1 April 2015 the Parties established a new co-ordinating body known as the National Police Chiefs’ Council (the “NPCC”).
The NPCC enables operationally independent and locally accountable Chief Officers to co-ordinate the work of the police service in order to protect the public. The National Police Collaboration Agreement sets out how police forces and Police and Crime Commissioners will collaborate and coordinate nationally and help establish the National Police Chief’s Council based on the agreement of Chief Constables, Police and Crime Commissioners and the Home Secretary.
National Police Air Service (NPAS)
-Established in October 2012, NPAS provides borderless air support to the 46 police forces of England and Wales. The Secretary of Sta made the Police (Collaboration: Specified Function) Order 2012, under Section 23FA of the Police Act 1996, specifying air support as a critical national function to be carried out through a single national collaboration agreement for England and Wales
National Police Coordination Centre (NPoCC)
- Set up in April 2013, The National Police Co-ordination Centre enables operationally independent and locally accountable Chief Officers to co-ordinate national operations on behalf of the Chief Officers in order to protect the public. The Parties have agreed to collaborate with each other in relation to the running, the carrying out of the functions, the funding and the establishment of NPoCC.
Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC)
-Established in April 2005, the CNC is responsible for the armed protection of civil nuclear facilities and materials whether they are on site or in transit.
National Counter Terrorism Collaboration Agreement
-- This is a national collaboration of police forces working to prevent, deter, and investigate terrorism in the United Kingdom. It is made up of dedicated regional Counter Terrorism Units and national police units and is responsible for the delivery of the policing contribution to the CONTEST strategy
Property Interference Authorisations pursuant to Police Act 1997 and Targeted Equipment Interference pursuant to Investigatory Powers Act 2019
-Replacing a previous collaboration agreement in relation to property and wireless interference, this collaboration agreement stems from the belief that criminal investigations which overlap the geographical area of two or more police forces can more efficiently and effectively be discharged by the co-operation and collaboration of those police forces. It is believed that such cooperation and collaboration would be enhanced by utilising the arrangements permissible under relevant legislation.
ACRO (Criminal Records Office)
- The management of criminal records is a national service that has been carried out by ACRO, as part of Hampshire Constabulary since 2014. To help formalise this arrangement, a national S.22 collaboration agreement (as amended) has been developed to provide governance for this service provision.
NABIS (National Ballistics Intelligence Service)
- National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) is tasked with gathering and disseminating fast time intelligence on the criminal use of firearms to the police service and partner agencies. One of its primary functions is to identify the types of weapons that are being used illegally and co-ordinating national activity to remove these weapons from circulation.
NaVCIS (National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service), NWCU (National Wildlife Crime Unit) and NPFDU (National Police Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit)
- Following the Parker Review, a number of national policing functions have been embodied in national collaboration agreements to ensure their continuity in a formalised manner. In this particular instance, 3 of those functions – the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service, the National Police Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit and the National Wildlife Service – are to be formalised in a single collaboration agreement.
Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Programme
- This collaboration agreement supports a programme of development of the modern slavery agenda taking forward recommendations made in a review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Authorisation
-From November 2017, the NPCC agreed to implement a national collaboration agreement to support CHIS (covert human intelligence sources) authorisation for the purposes of counter terrorism and combating domestic extremism.
Forensic Collision Investigation Network (FCIN)
- Created in 2020, the FCIN collaboration across the 43 Police Forces in England and Wales which defines the standards for Forensic Collision Investigation and ensuring compliance to regulatory standards.
National Collaboration Agreement in relation to the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Digital Public Contact Programme (‘Single Online Home’ Platform)
-Established in 2019, this agreement was entered into to support that ambition to develop digital channels to make the experience of contacting the police as helpful, personal and reassuring as approaching an officer in the street. The Single Online Home Platform will offer the public a consistent way of engaging with their local Police Force and accessing police services and information online wherever they are in the country.
Surveillance Situational Awareness System (SSAS)
- SSAS provides a platform to enhance shared situational awareness, connectivity and visibility of resources deployed on surveillance and firearms operations and has been developed following recommendations from several public enquiries into Police incidents. This collaboration was entered into in order to increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of procuring the system from a supplier.
Collaboration Agreements
| Regional Collaboration Teams |
Details |
| East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) |
Involves all 5 forces providing specialist crime services relating to Major Crime Investigation, Organised Crime Group Management, Forensic Services and Intelligence to name but a few. |
| East Midlands Counter Terrorism Policing (EM-CTP) |
Provides a regional approach to tackling terrorism and the domestic extremism threat across all 5 forces in the East Midlands region. |
| East Midlands Specialist Learning and Development Hub (EMS L&D Hub) |
Operates across Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire providing cost effective and innovative solutions to learning needs for policing. |
| East Midlands Police Legal Services (EMPLS) |
Provides legal advice to Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables across all 5 forces in the East Midlands region in areas such as employment, court and disciplinary, civil litigation and commercial law.
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