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Contact: James Goodwin 01708 432432 Email: james.goodwin@havering.gov.uk
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MINUTES OF THE MEETING PDF 78 KB To approve as correct the minutes of the meetings held on 18 October 2012 and authorise the Chairman to sign them.
Minutes: …Subject to the following amendments, the minutes of the meeting held on 18 October 2012 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
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INTEGRATED OFFENDER MANAGEMENT To receive a presentation from Lucy Satchell-Day, Assistant Chief Officer, London Probation Trust.
Minutes: Lucy Satchell-Day, Assistant Chief Officer (ACO) for the London Probation Trust attended the meeting to deliver a presentation regarding Integrated Offender Management (IOM). Lucy had filled the position of ACO since July 2012 and was responsible for both Barking & Dagenham and Havering.
IOM was supported by the Ministry of Justice and Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MoPAC) and built on the work with Prolific or Priority Offenders (PPOs). The approach aimed to extend multi-agency work to a greater number of offenders. Using this approach it was anticipated that the incidence of re-offending would be reduced by aligning and streamlining responses by different agencies, identifying gaps and achieving efficiencies.
Under the IOM system the Investment in Community approach to working with Offenders was adopted, rather than relying on short term custody. This is on the basis that offending is a community issue, not just an issue for the Criminal Justice System. It is about a local response to local problems and as such it is a key priority in the Havering Community Safety Plan.
In Havering there were currently 52 Offenders in the IOM Cohort. These were selected using criteria agreed by the Havering Reducing Reoffending Group. The main targets were those who were at risk of re-offending. The criterion used to identify high risk offenders was regularly reviewed.
The Committee were advised that the program had delivered:
The Committee were concerned at how those offenders with mental health issues were dealt with given recent information that between 15% and 20& of the prison population had mental health problems. Lucy accepted there was a problem but believed with the right partners on board they should be able to make the right referrals.
The Committee agreed that the issue of prisoners with mental health issues be referred to the Health OSC and Health and Wellbeing Board.
A number of challenges for IOM were identified. These included;
Whilst Havering did not have a gang problem the challenge was to ensure one did not develop. Other boroughs did move gang nominals into the borough. The Council needed to work with these individuals to ensure they did not import the gang culture in to the borough. The Committee noted the presentation and thanked Lucy for her time.
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LOCAL POLICING MODEL - UPDATE To receive an update, if any, from Chief Superintendent Mike Smith, Borough Commander, Metropolitan Police.
Minutes: The Borough Commander advised that there was no update on the new Policing Model. Discussions were on-going between the Metropolitan Police and MoPAC and it was unlikely any decisions would be made until December. If there were any significant changes before the Committee’s next meeting a special meeting could be arranged. |
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PROTECTION OF OLDER PEOPLE PDF 178 KB To receive a report from Community Safety.
Minutes: Officers provided the Committee with an overview of the recent Havering Community Safety Partnership (HCSP) work programme to prevent older people becoming victims of crime in Havering. The statistics provided showed that with the exception of the 50 to 54 age group the percentage of victims in all age groups older than fifty was less than the percentage of population. Even with the 50 to 54 age group it was only 0.04% higher that the percentage of residents. Of these victims 31.5% were victims of burglary with a further 11.9% being victims of theft from a motor vehicle. During the year from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2012 there had been 32 distraction burglaries of which 23 of the victims were female.
Whilst distraction burglary was not a priority in the Community Safety Plan all victims received a high level of support from both the police and victim support.
The initiatives developed by the HCSP included:
The Committee noted the report. |
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TOPIC GROUP To receive an oral update.
Minutes: The Committee were provided with a verbal update on the work of the Domestic Violence Topic Group since the last meeting. The Topic Group had received presentations from Pupil Services and the Homelessness Team in Housing. The Topic Group heard of the obstacles which faced parents when they moved to a refuge and then to a secure location. For many children this meant moving school at least twice.
The Homelessness Team advised the Topic Group of the procedures they followed when they were approached by a victim of Domestic Violence. This depended on whether the victim was a Social Housing Tenant or a private house owner/lessee.
It became clear that there was no communication between Housing and Pupil Services to ensure victims are treated in a holistic way.
The Topic group also received a brief presentation from Family Mosaic.
The Committee heard that the Topic Group would be visiting the Family Centre in Croydon and inviting representatives from the London Borough of Hackney to the next meeting to discuss the work of their Triage Centre.
The report was noted. |