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Programme
Monday 17 November
| 19:30 |
Welcome Speeches
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Tim Hollis QPM, Chair, ACPO Drugs Committee, Chief Constable, Humberside Police
Sir Hugh Orde OBE, Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
David Anderson ESQ, MBE, MHCIMA, Household and Catering Manager, Hillsborough Castle.
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Tuseday 18 November
| 09:05 |
Opening Address
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Address from the Chair of the ACPO Drugs Committee.
Tim Hollis QPM, Chief Constable, Humberside Police
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| 09:15 |
Drugs - The Threat to the UK from Serious Organised Crime |
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Outlining the threat drawn from the UK’s Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime and how we are collectively tackling it through the UK Control Strategy.
Bill Hughes QPM, Director General, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
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| 09:40 |
Tackling Cocaine |
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More detail on the specific threat from cocaine and an insight into the activities that the UK and its overseas partners are taking to combat the problem.
Neil Giles, Deputy Director, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
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| 10:05 |
Combating Cannabis Cultivation in a Global Market |
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The presentation will chart the growth of cannabis cultivation by Vietnamese organised crime and reflect on the challenges and possible solutions to this problem by law enforcement.
Dr Daniel Silverstone, Principle Lecturer, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth
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| 10:30 |
Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs |
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Implications for public health and law enforcement.
Jim McVeigh, Head of Substance Use, Reader in Substance Use Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health Research Directorate, Faculty of Health & Applied Social Sciences Liverpool John Moores University.
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| 10:55 |
Questions to the Panel of Speakers |
| 11:30 |
Ministerial Question and Answer Session |
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Discussion followed by questions to the minister.
Facilitated by Brian Rowan, Writer and Broadcaster
Alan Campbell MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime and Reduction
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| 11:55 |
Shared Responsibility: From Ecological Tragedy to Successful Prevention Strategy |
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The impact of the Cocaine trade on the UK and producing countries.
Francisco Santos Calderón, Vice President of Colombia.
Colombia launched the Shared Responsibility initiative in order to make the up-to-now silent environmental catastrophe caused by illicit crop cultivation heard, seen and felt around the globe.We believe that in order to minimise the impact of illicit drugs, it’s essential to reduce not just their supply, but also their demand, and that if more were known about the ecocide linked to cocaine consumption, this drug’s allure would sharply decrease.
Shared Responsibility’s mission is to show that cocaine is bad for people’s health but also bad for the environment. An environmentally conscious person who drives a Hybrid might as well be driving a Hummer if he or she consumes cocaine, no matter how recreationally.
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| 12:50 |
Introduction to Workshops
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Conference Facilitator Brian Rowan, Writer and Broadcaster |
14:00 Workshops
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Drugs In Sport - When Do They Become an Issue for the Police? |
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The workshop will focus on the social harms and criminal involvement in sports-related drugs such as anabolic steroids, while also examining future implications for police forces with the establishment of a national anti-doping organisation and in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics.
Introduced by Simon Bray, Commander, Metropolitan Police Service
Jim McVeigh, Head of Substance Use, Reader in Substance Use Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health Research Directorate, Faculty of Health & Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University
Kevin Haynes, Testing Manager, Drug-Free Sport, UK Sport (The National Anti Doping Organisation in the UK)
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Cannabis Factories |
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This seminar will offer further detail on the subject of organised crime and cannabis cultivation and will discuss the merits of various enforcement strategies.
Introduced by Allan Gibson, Commander, Metropolitan Police Service
Zoe Adams, Detective Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service
Dr Daniel Silverstone, Principle Lecturer, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Tough Choices - Drug Interventions, a Critical Part of Integrated Offender Management |
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This session aims to develop a better understanding of how Integrated Offender Management adds value to the Drugs Intervention Programme. It will discuss the issues around working together with partners to identify the right offenders, which will enable the right agencies to deliver the right interventions at the right time. It will develop discussions on how these interventions can deliver reductions in crime, protect the public and improve the lot of the offender, their families and the local community.
Ian Wilson, Detective Superintendent, Strategic Lead, Bryan Dent, Drugs Co-ordinator, and Chris Rowley, Detective Chief Inspector, Crime Manager, West Yorkshire Police.
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The Role of Law Enforcement in Reducing Drug-Related Harms |
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Enforcement is often criticised for a failure to impact on drug markets but is it being judged against the right outcomes? This workshop will consider the implications [for planning and assessing enforcement activity of an alternative approach to enforcement which focuses on the impact it may have on a broad spectrum of drug-related harms - to individuals, their families, local communities and wider society.
Nicola Singleton, Director of Policy & Research and Ben Lynam, Head of Communications, UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC)
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Shared Responsibility: Cocaine’s Ecocide as a Prevention Tool |
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Shared responsibility operates under the simple belief that if cocaine consumers were made aware of the atrocious ways in which their drug money is put to use in Colombia, they would not only rethink their cocaine habit but actively support the eradication of coca crops from Colombia. This workshop will be led by a representative from the Colombian Government and explore ways that these ideas can be incorporated into UK and European Drugs Prevention Policy.
Francisco Santos Calderón, Vice President of Colombia
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| 15:45 |
Workshops 1 – 5 repeated |
| 19:50 |
Address from the Conference Dinner Sponsor |
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Nancy Morgan, Managing Director, BOM Group Ltd |
| 21:30 |
Presentation of National Drugs Committee Awards |
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Tim Hollis QPM, Chair, ACPO Drugs Commitee, Chief Constable, Humberside Police.
Paul Leighton QPM, Deputy Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
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Wednesday 19 November
| 09:00 |
Conference Re-Opening |
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Conference Facilitator Brian Rowan, Writer and Broadcaster |
| 09.05 |
Introduction to Day Two
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Address from the Police Service Northern Ireland ACPO Representative.
Drew Harris, Assistant Chief Constable Crime Operations, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
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| 09:15 |
Policing the Drug Problem on the Island of Ireland - A Practical Perspective
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What is the nature and extent of the drug problem in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland and how does it’s two police services deal with the challenges posed by organised criminals and the impact they have on communities.
Garry Clarke, Detective Chief Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
Patrick Byrne, Detective Superintendent, Garda National Drugs Unit
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| 10:15 |
UK Drug Strategy |
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Drugs Strategy and National Tackling Drugs Week - Lessons being learned.
Tony Melville, Deputy Chief Constable, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
Owen Rowland, Assistant Head of Unit, Home Office Drug Strategy Unit
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| 10:40 |
Question and Answer Session |
| 11:10 |
Arresting the Money - Revenue Streams in Organised Crime |
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The operational use of restraint and the meaning of ‘criminal lifestyle’.
Tristram Hicks, Detective Superintendent, Proceeds of Crime Act Implementation Team (PoCIT), Metropolitan Police Service
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| 11:35 |
The UK Nexus Drugs Group: Joined up Response, Bridging the Gap |
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This presentation will outline the formation of a national multi agency law enforcement group that pro vides a forum and structure for all UK police forces and partner agencies engaged in drug enforcement activity. The group contribute to the sharing of knowledge, best practice and problems, and a more effective operational response through a collective approach to the illegal drugs trade.
Mick Matthews, Assistant Chief Constable Operations, Gloucestershire Constabulary
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| 12:00 |
Question and Answer Session |
| 12:10 |
Conference Review |
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Conference Facilitator Brian Rowan, Writer and Broadcaster |
| 12:20 |
Closing Address |
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Tim Hollis QPM, Chair, ACPO Drugs Committee, Chief Constable, Humberside Police |
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