50 new Met police officers for Haringey

There will be 46 extra Constables, three Sergeants, one Inspector and one Superintendent joining the ranks for at least 12 months.  Some have already started serving, with the remaining 17 due to arrive early in the New Year. 

The officers’ work will be concentrated in Tottenham’s Northumberland Park, High Road in Wood Green, and Green Lanes, Harringay.

Neighbourhood policing will be bolstered in Broadwater Farm, Park Lane and The Hale, Tottenham, and Turnpike Lane, Wood Green. But the borough overall will benefit from extra officers for the crackdown on gang members.

Police presence on the streets will rise, with officers also supporting the borough’s high-profile targeting of gang members launched last autumn.

The team will also work with Safer Neighbourhoods officers to bolster community links and look at “enhancing activities to help divert young people away from gangs, or working with other authorities to close down venues which generate crime”.

From a story in the Hornsey Journal