Some Safer Neighbourhoods Teams are set to share sergeants as cuts to the Metropolitan Police budget start to bite.
The cuts are part of a raft of cost-cutting measures being introduced, with five Seregants to take charge of more than one police team.
Each ward will keep a team and have a named sergeant in charge, and areas where police officers have indicated they could take charge of more than one team will take the brunt of the reduction.
The wards that will share a Sergeant, mainly in the west of the borough, are Fortis Green and Alexandra, Bounds Green and Woodside, Hornsey and Stroud Green, Highgate and Crouch End, and St Ann's and Seven Sisters.
Two of the posts are vacant and will not be filled, while three officers will move onto other roles within the force.
Haringey's Borough Commander Sandra Looby said: “Every ward in Haringey will continue to have its own Safer Neighbourhoods Team working with and for local people.
“The changes will mean that our teams will be able to deliver greater flexibility to address local priorities, reduce unnecessary costs and ensure our resources are used more efficiently to better meet the demands of the local community.
“As Borough Commander for Haringey I will retain operational control of my Safer Neighbourhoods Teams and ensure they are being used in the right way to work with local people to help keep communities safe.”
The new model will mean a cut of around 150 Sergeants across London in a bid to save money and allow teams to move to other wards temporarily to tackle specific issues and crime hotspots.
Story from Haringey Independent with minor alterations
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Here's the official release on this from Haringey Police:
‘The Met remains committed to neighbourhood policing’ is the message from Haringey Borough Commander, Sandra Looby.
Following an extensive review of neighbourhood policing, MPS proposals were debated at the Metropolitan Police Authority in June and boroughs across London are in the process of implementing the changes.
The key points are as follows:
We remain committed to neighbourhood policing and to delivering the high level of police service that Haringey deserves. The current economic climate makes it all the more imperative that the MPS is providing the best value for money from its resources.
It has become clear since the original Safer Neighbourhoods model was rolled out in 2006 that some wards are much busier than others, and in some locations, Sergeants themselves have told us that they have the capacity to supervise more than one team.
The revised supervision model will lead to a reduction of approximately 150 Safer Neighbourhoods Sergeant posts across the MPS in 2011/12. Every borough is expected to bear a proportion of the total Safer Neighbourhoods Sergeant reductions on a pro rata basis. This will lead to a reduction of approximately four to six Sergeants per borough. Haringey is to see a total reduction of five, with two of those posts already having been vacant since April and September this year.
Every ward will still have a named Sergeant although that Sergeant may supervise more than one team. They will continue to lead, supervise and manage the engagement and enforcement activity carried out by the PCs and PCSOs.
In Haringey, the wards that will share supervision are as follows:
The changes will mean that our teams will be able to deliver greater flexibility to address local priorities, reduce unnecessary costs and ensure our resources are used more efficiently to better meet the demands of the local community.
There will now be the flexibility to task teams in Haringey to work jointly across wards on a temporary basis. This will allow teams to address specific community crime and anti-social behaviour concerns and provide reassurance and engagement when and where the community needs them.
Those engaged in crime and anti-social behaviour do not respect ward boundaries and the police must have flexibility to tackle them, at times, with joint action by more than one team.
During periods of temporary deployment the ward will retain a minimum strength of one PC and one PCSO from its dedicated team. This will maintain consistency across Haringey and ensure teams retain local knowledge about their communities and individuals. Boroughs will have discussions with all ward panels concerned where temporary deployments are planned and the MPS will monitor these in a monthly report to the MPA.
The current economic climate makes it imperative that the MPS is providing the best value for money from its resources and the reduction in Sergeants supports this requirement. Reductions have been carried out on a pro-rata basis, across boroughs, equalling an average reduction of four to six Sergeants per borough. Every ward will still have a named Sergeant although that Sergeant may supervise more than one team. They will continue to lead, supervise and manage the engagement and enforcement activity carried out by the PCs and PCSOs.
We will work hard to maintain the number of PCs and PCSOs and Safer Neighbourhoods teams will continue to take an intelligence-led approach to reducing crime and anti-social behaviour through problem-solving activity. The MPS remains firmly committed to the Safer Neighbourhoods network based on teams dedicated and aligned to political ward boundaries that work with partners and the community to deal with priorities that matter to them. Our changes will allow the MPS to focus its skills and resources in the most effective way and ensure we continue to provide an excellent service to Londoners.
Haringey Borough Commander Det Chief Supt Sandra Looby said: "The MPS remains committed to neighbourhood policing. This means that every ward in Haringey will continue to have its own Safer Neighbourhoods team working with and for local people."
"We intend for our Safer Neighbourhoods teams, which have become familiar sights in local communities, to continue to do the things they have always done by supporting local communities and helping address their crime or safety concerns.
"The changes will mean that our teams will be able to deliver greater flexibility to address local priorities, reduce unnecessary costs and ensure our resources are used more efficiently to better meet the demands of the local community.
"As borough commander for Haringey I will retain operational control of my Safer Neighbourhoods teams and ensure they are being used in the right way to work with local people to help keep communities safe. I'm pleased to reaffirm the Met's strong commitment to community policing."
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