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Safer Neighbourhoods review UPDATE
09 June 2011
The MPS remains committed to neighbourhood policing following an extensive review and is to recommend that every local community will retain its dedicated Safer Neighbourhoods team, comprising of at least two constables and three police community support officers.
Under our proposals, which are due to be debated at the Metropolitan Police Authority next week 16 June, Safer Neighbourhoods Teams, which were introduced in 2006 will continue to be aligned to political ward boundaries, and will remain responsible for addressing local crime and safety concerns. They will also remain under the operational control of the borough commander.
There will be no reduction in the number of PCs and PCSOs within Safer Neighbourhoods Teams so every ward will retain a dedicated team of at least two PC and three PCSOs. Boroughs that currently have enhanced teams with six PCSOs will also retain these staff.
However, changes are being proposed that will, on occasion, see Safer Neighbourhood resources used more flexibly to support other wards in the borough. During these periods of temporary deployment to other areas, wards that are supporting their neighbours will still retain a minimum strength of one PC and one PCSO from its dedicated team to make sure there is still a permanent uniformed presence in every ward.
Another key proposal is to make reducing crime and anti-social behaviour explicit objectives of Safer Neighbourhoods activity in addition to the priorities of the community, which are through ward panels. In addition there are proposed changes to supervisory roles where sergeants may be responsible for more than one team.
Assistant Commissioner Ian McPherson, head of Territorial Policing said: “I’m delighted to announce the MPS remains committed to neighbourhood policing. This means that under our proposals every ward in London 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. And we propose to keep each team with at least two PCs and three PCSOs, which we intend to protect from any reductions.
“Borough commanders will retain operational control of their SN 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.”
Proposals from the review of Safer Neighbourhoods are due to be discussed at the MPA Strategic and Operational Policing committee on 16 June: http://www.mpa.gov.uk/
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