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No. Item

130.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. 

 

By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

The Chair referred Members present to agenda Item 1 as shown on the agenda in respect of filming at this meeting, and Members noted the information contained therein.

131.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Sean McLaughlin.

 

Apologies for lateness were received from Beverley Tarka.

132.

Urgent Business

The Chair will consider the admission of any items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be considered under Item 11 below).

Minutes:

None.

133.

Declarations of Interest

Members of the Board must declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests with respect to agenda items and must not take part in any discussion with respect to those items.

Minutes:

None.

134.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 612 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 26th February 2020.

Minutes:

The following updates were noted in relation to the minutes of the meeting on 26th February 2020:

·         In relation to the Young People at Risk Strategy, it was noted that the AD for Stronger Communities and the Director of Public Health had met and that VAWG or youth violence had been identified as the likely topic for a joint meeting of the CSP & HWB, but that this may be further informed by the agenda item on Haringey Together at this meeting.

·         The AD Stronger Communities confirmed that the Bridge Renewal Trust had a programme on the challenges faced by Covid-19. It was anticipated that the programme would be reviewed during autumn 2020 and this would be brought back to the CSP going forward. In relation to a request for a case study, it was noted that there were a number of videos that officers were in the process of editing and this would form part of the feedback on Haringey Community Gold to the CSP.

·         A film was presented to the last meeting, which was well received and was also shown on BBC news. It was noted that the film had not been taken up by any production companies.

·         In relation to the ‘Green Book’, it was confirmed that the Bridge Renewal Trust has undertaken a community briefing and workshop for voluntary organisations. There was also a request for a follow up meeting to take place and it was being explored whether this could be undertaken virtually, in light of Covid-19.

·         It was noted that a discussion on youth offending and the Youth Justice Board would be brought back to a subsequent meeting of the CSP. (Action: Clerk).

·         An agenda item on re-housing of families and young people in the community under the threat of violent reprisals including colleagues from Homes for Haringey would also be brought back to subsequent meeting. (Action: Clerk).

 

RESOLVED

 

That the minutes of the meeting on 26th February were agreed as a correct record.

135.

Membership and Terms of Reference pdf icon PDF 374 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

That the Membership and Terms of Reference were noted.

136.

Crime Performance Overview pdf icon PDF 197 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Panel received a presentation which provided a crime performance overview for the period of March and April 2020, as compared to the same period in 2019, in order to gain an understanding of the changes during lockdown. The presentation was introduced by Sandeep Broca, Intelligence Analysis Manager as set out at pages 27-34 of the agenda pack. The following arose during the discussion of the presentation:

a.    The Partnership enquired about what the impact of coming out of lockdown on crime levels in the borough was anticipated to be. In response, the partnership was advised that that officers had undertaken some modelling on the Partnership’s priority crime types and it was expected that there would be a small increase in some of those crimes. It was anticipated that levels could spike to slightly above what would be normally expected, as people began using transport hubs etcetera, but that any spike would level off.

b.    The Borough Commander advised that she was keen to prevent spikes in crime when the lockdown was lifted from increased footfall and that Police colleagues had reinforced patrols at a micro-beat level at known hotspot locations to prevent this. Analysis of the data from these patrols was being undertaken and would be used to further inform development of this strategy. The Borough Commander advised that it was encouraging that crime numbers were still down following the recent ease of lockdown restrictions. The police had also sent letters out to the youth offending cohort, signposting them to services within the borough and support them to move away from criminality.  

c.    The Borough Commander commented that the Met Commissioner had established a violence suppression unit in each borough and the Haringey and Enfield unit was called the north area tasking team, which comprised of 40 officers who all had very good local knowledge and would be used a localised problem solving team.  

d.    The Partnership sought assurances around increases in domestic violence during lockdown and the fact that this was not reflected in the data. In response, the Borough Commander acknowledged that the numbers had not risen as much as would have perhaps been anticipated and that this may be because victims of domestic violence were still at home with their abuser and were waiting for lockdown to be lifted. The Police have sent out clear messaging to the public around domestic violence and the support/reporting mechanisms in place even during lockdown. There was anecdotal evidence of some increases in reports to third-party support agencies but that these had not translated into crime reports. In order to anticipate that expected increased demand post-lockdown, the Borough Commander advised that she had put some additional resources into to the safeguarding team.

e.    In relation to reports around gangs involved in county lines activity using the lockdown to recruit young people, the Police advised that they didn’t have any specific intelligence on this but were aware of these reports. It was suggested that many young people were grateful of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 136.

137.

HARINGEY TOGETHER - RECOVERY AND RENEWAL pdf icon PDF 346 KB

Minutes:

Section 1: Reflections on Covid-19

Sanjay Mackintosh opened the session by describing the aims, objectives, and methodology of Haringey Council’s Recovery and Renewal programme. In the process of resetting our strategic priorities for a post-Covid-19 world, the Council is having conversations with partners about how they perceive the change that has taken place and what their priorities will be going forward. This specific conversation is happening to reflect the clear ways in which Covid-19 has impacted aspects of community safety.

Members of the CSP were asked to reflect on what has changed for people in Haringey over the last three months.

In terms of community safety metrics, recorded volumes of most crime types in Haringey have reduced. A notable exception to this is domestic abuse, and it is likely that the drugs trade has changed rather than necessarily scaled down. 

Several members of the CSP noted changes in community relations. There has been increased solidarity and cohesiveness within Haringey’s communities, with more support being offered to more vulnerable people on a voluntary basis. This has enabled partners to collaborate with communities more effectively, build trust, and have a dialogue that has led to a better understanding of vulnerability in the community. In this way food poverty and digital poverty have become more visible and CSP partners have been able to better understand feelings within communities about what has happened. Several members of the CSP noted that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on more vulnerable communities, and BAME communities in particular, both in terms of safety and in terms of the economic impact.

Members of the CSP highlighted that the partnership has worked more effectively together since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been apparent that partners have invested more time and energy in working together to face the challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic has presented, resulting in stronger relationships between partners. 

Members of the CSP were asked to reflect on what they anticipate happening over the next three months in terms of community safety.

In terms of criminal activity and community safety, several CSP members noted that they expected to see increased levels of crime and anti-social behaviour, potentially to levels above those recorded before the beginning of lockdown. This may lead to increased numbers of people entering the criminal justice system. However, CSP members were asked to note reductions in non-domestic violence with injury and robbery in the period before the beginning of lockdown and the potential for those reductions to be sustained.

A clear concern among CSP members was the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on household finances. This is likely to increase in the coming months, potentially leading to increases in acquisitive crime and engagement in other forms of criminal activity. There may also be increased pressure on young people to engage in criminal activity to financially support families, particularly as exploitation may become more common as schools and other public spaces re-open.

CSP members also noted the potential  ...  view the full minutes text for item 137.

138.

Performance Reward Grant 2018-2020 - Programme Delivery Report pdf icon PDF 86 KB

Minutes:

The partnership received a programme delivery update on the Performance Reward Grant 2018-20. The report was introduced by Joe Benmore, Interim Head of Community Safety & Enforcement and was included in the agenda pack at pages 55-60. The following was noted in relation to the discussion of this item:

  1. It was noted that the total grant awarded to Haringey for 2018-20 was £471k, split across the five different priority areas. The funding was divided into £260k revenue funding and £211k in capital funding. To date, committed spend was around £400k, with an underspend of £49k in capital and £22k in revenue spend. One example of underspend in the capital funding was a project to purchase phones for victims of DV, being replaced with an app, which cost less.
  2. In response to a question, officers advised that plans were in place to re-profile the unused capital spend into a number of different broad intervention areas. Officers have submitted these proposals to MHCLG and requested a steer on whether there were any restrictions on how the money could be spent.

RESOLVED

  1. That the Partnership note the project delivery and spend outcomes achieved at the end of the two year funding period 2018-2020.

 

  1. The Partnership further notes that we are awaiting a decision as to whether we will be able to slip capital and revenue spend into the 2019-2020 financial year.

 

139.

CRIME-STOPPERS

Minutes:

This item was deferred to the next meeting. (Action: Clerk).

140.

New Items of Urgent Business

To consider any new items of Urgent Business admitted under Item 3 above.

Minutes:

N/A

141.

Dates of Future Meetings

To note the dates of future meetings set out below:

 

6th October 2020

15th December 2020 (TBC)

24th February 2021

 

 

Minutes:

6th October