Agenda and minutes

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Apologies for lateness were received from Councillor Mark Blake.

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To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 27^th July as a correct record.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 27 July 2018 be approved as a correct record.

RESOLVED that the membership and Terms of Reference be agreed.

The meeting paused for some group brainstorming sessions.  Feedback was collated and would form the basis for working up three potential pilots.

Noted:

-       School – the starting point would be to focus on pupil having a voice on how the environment made them feel, the role that parents and carers could take, and how the wider community can contribute.

-       Delivery of any pilot needed to be credible and consistent.

-       The ‘lead’ for any pilot would be left open depending on the theme of the pilot.

David Murray informed the Partnership that the suggestions would be taken away, and feedback would be provided via email.

Nigel Brookes provided an update on the Serious Youth Violence & Knife Crime Reduction Plan.  Every Community Safety Partnership across London would be submitting a plan, which would enable a shared code across London.  The approach so far was to set out current work of all partners and their plans for the future, so that overlaps could be identified and resources pooled to benefit from economies of scale and a greater level of co-ordination.  A Terms of Reference had been drafted and would be circulated once they had been signed off.  An update would be provided at CSP meetings.

Verbal update

Nigel Brookes provided an update on the Basic Command Unit.  Haringey and Enfield would be joining to form a single policing entity in January 2019.  The Command Team was already operating across both areas.  The HR process to align staff within new roles was coming to an end, with each officer to receive a new shoulder number, and a recruitment campaign launched to ensure that staffing levels were of the levels required.  There would be 12 Basic Command Units across London which would be broadly consistent in structure.

Hugh Smith updated the Partnership on the status of the Borough Plan.  Cabinet had approved the draft to be taken out for consultation, and the final Plan would be submitted to Cabinet for approval in February 2019.

RESOLVED to note that:

i.          The Borough Plan would be out for consultation shortly;

ii.         Board members were welcomed to feedback;

iii.       Board members could expect to be approached by officers in the coming weeks to be invited to participate in the consultation process; and

iv.       Board members are asked to consider what could be done better to reflect the partnership approach to community safety in the Borough Plan.

It was anticipated that a draft would be presented at the next meeting of the Partnership.

RESOLVED that Board members note that a refreshed Community Safety Strategy will be aligned with the new Borough Plan, and officers’ developing approach to tackling serious violence.

Jennifer Sergeant introduced the report as set out.  The Youth Justice Service was subject to three Key Performance Indicators by the Youth Justice Board: to reduce the number of first time entrants; to reduce the use of Custody (as a sentence) and to reduce the rate of Reoffending.  There was an increase of 10% first time entrants in the last year, and a 3% increase since 2015/16 – this pattern was similar across London, and nationwide.  There had been a reduction of 55% in custodial sentences in the last year company to last year.  The latest rate of young people re-offending after 1 year was 52.1%, an increase of 21% from the previous year.  Work was being carried out within the service to identify who these young people were in order to track and identify issues at an earlier stage.

RESOLVED that

i.          The contents of the report and Haringey’s Annual Youth Justice Plan 2018/19 be noted; and

ii.              HMIP’s new inspection arrangements of Youth Offending Teams, and the need for Members of the Board to consider planning readiness for their organisations involvement in a future inspection of Haringey Youth Justice Service be noted.

Sandeep Broca introduced the report as set out.  There had been a small increase in reported crime across the borough (6%), which was in line with the London average (4%).  The main hotspots were located around Wood Green High Road, and the A10 corridor from Bruce Grove to Seven Sisters.  There were several areas of positive performance, but challenges included responding to robbery and weapon enabled crime, and continuing to tackle vulnerability, including domestic abuse and youth violence.  It was difficult to identify the impact of the work being carried out in Noel Park, and this should be explored in more detail at a future partnership meeting.  In response to questions from members in relation to Key Performance Indicators and receiving information not just based on police performance, it seemed sensible to provide a sweep of data from across the partnership rather than identifying additional indicators.

RESOLVED that the content of the Crime Performance Statistics pack, which highlights the areas of challenge: personal robbery, firearm discharges, sexual offences, domestic and non-domestic abuse violence with injury, be noted.

Verbal update

Roger Hadwen provided an update on the MOPAC Violence Reduction Unit.  The aim was to reduce violence and protect vulnerable people, and the unit builds on a wide range of strategies already available.  A reference group would take place in October, and representatives had been invited to attend.  A similar model had been used in Glasgow, and this had been successful in reducing serious violence over the last decade.

It was agreed that a further update would be provided to the next meeting in December.

Action: Clerk

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To note the dates of future meetings set out below:

12^th December 2018.

13^th March 2019.

12 December 2018