Relationships with other authorities
Kent Police have statutory partnerships with the following:
Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board (KMSAB)
KMSAB is a multi-agency partnership, consisting of statutory and voluntary partner organisations, working together to keep adults at risk of abuse or neglect safe. It is everyone's right to live in a safe environment, free from harm. Adult Safeguarding is about keeping people safe and protecting them from abuse and neglect wherever possible.
Medway Safeguarding Children Partnership (MSCP)
MSCP aims to support and enable local organisations and agencies to work together in Medway in a system where:
- children are safeguarded and their welfare promoted
- partner organisations and agencies collaborate, share and co-own the vision for how to achieve improved outcomes for vulnerable children
- organisations and agencies challenge appropriately and hold one another to account effectively
- there is early identification and analysis of new safeguarding issues and emerging threats
- learning is promoted and embedded in a way that local services for children and families can become more reflective and implement changes to practice
- information is shared effectively to facilitate more accurate and timely decision-making for children and families.
Kent Safeguarding Children Multi-agency Partnership (KSCMP)
KSCMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children who live in Kent. To do this, they endeavour to provide help and support in the best ways possible to meet their needs. The vision of the KSCMP is to protect children from harm and prevent them from the risk of being harmed, support their recovery from harmful situations and improve our services through learning.
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
These are formal arrangements established by Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 which require the police, probation and prison services to join together with other agencies to assess and manage the risks posed by sexual and violent offenders.