Issue - meetings

Superintendent Ian Martin delivered a presentation on Clear, Hold, Build.

Clear Hold build was a national programme supported by the Home Office which was adopted by the Metropolitan Police in a number of areas. It was about working together as a community to deliver improvements in safety and tackling serious and organised crime.

Serious and organised crime was not necessarily about guns and knives. It also pertained to antisocial behaviour, domestic abuse, violence against women and girls and other areas which were the behaviours of serious and organised criminals.

The purpose behind the programme was to strengthen and build communities and this could only be done by working together across a partnership.

The ‘Clear’ part of the programme was mostly Police led and was about dealing with organised criminals using arrest civil orders. ‘Hold’ was about making sure that nobody filled the vacuum left behind by criminals and ‘Build’ was predominantly about working with the community to make the area a more inviting place a safer community and to give people fresh hope. The benefits included public safety, building better communities for a long-term vision.

Moving through into the hold and build phase, it was important to make sure that there was the right governance and performance management and groups set up in relation to it.

The meeting heard:

·      The Police would be most prominently present during the ‘clear' part of the process, but were committed to working through all three phases. The increasing amount of community work existed in comparison to the build phase, but there would be support from the Police as it was a still a partnership working process.

·      Communities that were minoritised or felt disadvantaged needed to feel supported by the programme. The programme would not be called ‘Clear, Hold, Build’ where it  operated in Northumberland Park. However, the programme would still deliver on its prospective aims.  

·      The programmes would operate in Finsbury Park and Northumberland Park. For this reason, it was important to how the Community Safety Partnership members engaged and supported the initiative. Work was being done with the Police to make the programme a success.

·      Staff in Children’s Social Care would be happy to help with the communications with schools in borough.

RESOLVED:

That the presentation be noted.