Agenda and minutes

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Apologies had been received from Councillor Brabazon, Beverley Hendricks and Peter Shaw.

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 13 below).

There were none.

None were declared.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2022 as a correct record.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2022 be agreed as a correct record.

The Co-Chair, Ms Caroline Haines, welcomed everybody to the meeting.

Presentation by Nerissa Steel / Eduardo Araujo

Mr Geoffrey Ocen, Ms Nerissa Steel and Mr Eduardo Aruajo presented the item.  The meeting heard that:

·           This was a project that Haringey was committed to at the start for the last three or four years.

·           An important point of the discussion was having access to social care data for safeguarding purposes. Many community organisations that had access to systems containing data were not in-depth data systems, but were basic ones.

·           It was hoped that existing skills could be built upon from the start of the programme.

RESOLVED:

That the presentation be noted.

Presentation by Eduardo Araujo

Mr Eduardo Aruajo presented the item.

·      Hearing the voice of young people was a priority and was something that should occur more frequently.

·      There was a commitment to continue the work that had been done and further exploration would occur between the Haringey Community Gold service with the youth service offers and this would be reported to the Partnership at a future meeting.

·      The documentary regarding impact should be included somewhere in the papers or should be sent around to members of the Partnership.

·      The team was thanked for their effort and further efforts was being made to ensure that the work done complimented other work in the same area.

RESOLVED:

That the presentation be noted.

Presentation by Sandeep Broca  

Mr Sandeep Broca introduced the item.

·           Haringey was already one of the 12 BCU areas to have a reduction in robberies, but there were serious incidents of young people being injured in knife crime. Although there had been some progress on the matter, more work needed to be done regarding individual incidents.

·           There had been a key priority to reduce violence and robbery. A robbery focus group had been started in 2019. Tottenham Hale had a high case load of robberies but the focus group allowed greater capacity for partnership working and had played a part in sustaining the reduction in crime. 

·           The Police have a chairs group to discuss various matters relating to crime and drew 40 to 60 partners including local authorities.

·           Work was being done to reduce harm by preventing people from using drugs and alcohol and by tackling drug supply lines.

RESOLVED:

1.   That the content of the Community Safety Strategic Assessment, which highlighted the changes to crime performance in the past 12-months, 3-years and 5-years be noted.

2.   That any trends from the assessment that partners may wish to focus and engage on be addressed with officers.

Presentation by Rhona Hunt / Marco Bardetti

Superintendent Rhona Hunt informed the meeting that some work needed to be done to rebuild trust and confidence of communities regarding the Police in addition to working to tackle crime. There had been an impact on residents' experiences including issues that had been raised internationally in relation to policing. A resident's survey had been undertaken and residents had reported that they were mostly concerned with crime and antisocial behaviour. Residents had also indicated specific areas that needed to be targeted by Police such as resident safety after sunset.

A further presentation would be delivered at a future meeting which would specifically target trust and confidence. Feedback would also be delivered regarding experience of young black men and positive activity initiatives focused in local areas. Work was being done closely with the Community Safety Partnership to make improvements. Work has also been done in relation to mental health and this was in in conjunction with a multi-agency partnership. Officers were aware of the community provisions so they could be able to signpost people to them.

The meeting heard that:

·      There were still issues with stop-and-search (some people were repeatedly stopped and searched) and potential of individuals being strip-searched.

·      The Equalities Forum was working with the Police regarding the Police use of Mental Health powers.

·      Work would be done with Somali, Kurdish and Turkish communities so that underrepresented communities had their voices heard.

·      #Listen was a Metropolitan Police-wide initiative across every BCU. The individuals that would be involved included survey takers and observers, but more information would be provided on this in the near future.

·      There was a strong drive to have a push around recruitment into the Police force. There was a local outreach team who attended a recent event in Northumberland Park. Overall recruitment numbers had increased, but there was still an aim to attain a higher recruitment rate.

RESOLVED:

The presentation was noted.

Presentation by Rhona Hunt / Marco Bardetti

Mr Marco Bardetti presented the item.

RESOLVED:

The presentation was noted.

Presentation by Emma Cummergen / Jackie Difolco

MsJackoe Difolco presented the item.

The meeting heard that:

·      There had been some challenges in having all physical and mental health provisions being met. This included speech and language therapy. This was a key need for those aged 16 and over. There had also been increase in CAMHS. All other areas were well supported.

·      There had been some reductions in rates of first-time entry partly due to the coronavirus crisis. A large number of young people had been released under investigation and these were cases that had not yet reached a conclusion. This would be comparable to the pre-pandemic numbers.

RESOLVED:

The presentation was noted.

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

None.

None.

19 October 20222.