# Keir Starmer attends the National Black Crown Prosecutors Association 2009 Conference

Keir Starmer QC attended the 2009 National Black Crown Prosecutors Association (NBCPA) conference that was held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 23rd October 2009.

The 2009 NBCPA conference was held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 23rd October 2009. The theme of this year's conference was 'Reducing the fear of crime'. Keynote speakers included the Attorney General Baroness Scotland, and the Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer.

In an effort to improve the content on CPS' corporate website 'soundbytes' have been included to give web visitors a better idea of the what the event was about and what was achieved.

We asked Keir Starmer:

Why it was important for him to attend the NBCPA conference?

Why is it important to have a staff network like the NBCPA within the CPS?

The theme of the conference today is 'Reducing the fear of crime', how do you think the CPS can contribute to this?

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Crown Prosecution Service (Crown Copyright)
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keir_Starmer_attends_the_National_Black_Crown_Prosecutors_Association_2009_Conference.webm)
- Licence or status: [OGL 3](http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Crown Prosecution Service (Crown Copyright)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/138279548?play=1)