Agenda and minutes

To approve as correct the minutes of the meetings held on 3 February 2015 and authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting held on 3 February 2015 were agreed as a correct record, subject to the amendment in minute 29 to read ‘Superintendent’ not ‘Inspector’ as the correct rank for Superintendent Burden, and signed by the Chairman.

To receive a presentation from Trudi Penman.

Officers delivered a presentation on the work underway to update the Statement of Licensing Policy to accord with new Strategy approved last March. The aims of the strategy were:

·         Reduce age restricted sales, particularly in the vicinity of schools and colleges;

·         Licensing and Planning regimes to be more joined up;

·         Control the availability of alcohol after pubs close to reduce anti-social behaviour;

·         Control Street drinking;

·         Control Cumulative Impacts;

·         Reduce the level of drug use on licensed premises;

·         To ensure we have a well informed Licensing Sub-Committee;

·         To ensure the effective use of data to inform interventions;

·         To ensure a consistency in approach to tackling problems associated with licensed premises;

·         To reduce littering and urinating in the streets;

·         To invite Community Safety and Streetcare to the Responsible Authority meetings; and

·         To have a Licensing Policy that was fit for purpose.

TheSub-Committee noted the presentation

To receive a presentation from Diane Egan.

The Sub-Committee received details of the funding received from MOPAC for 2014/15. This funding was guaranteed for both 2015/16 and 2016/17. The funding received had been for the following projects:

·         Street Triage - £30,000

·         Improving support for Domestic Abuse - £70,000

·         Integrated Management – Rent Deposit Scheme - £32,400; and

·         Gangs prevention - £96,000.

All projects were proceeding well and officers were confident that all outcomes would be achieved.

The Sub-Committee noted the report.

To receive a presentation from Diane Egan.

Officers had submitted a report dealing with the initiatives to tackle burglary within the borough. The statistics showed that the various initiatives were proving to be successful with a 14.5% reduction over a rolling twelve months. The borough had also been seeing a year on year reduction in the winter burglary peak.

The report demonstrated the success of the Safe Zones approach and highlighted for members the areas were efforts needed to be concentrated.

The Sub-Committee noted the report.

To receive a presentation from the Metropolitan Police.

As requested at the last meeting of the Sub-Committee the Metropolitan Police provided details of the definitions that were in effect from April 2014 under the Home Office Counting Rules for Recorded Crime. Comparisons were provided of performance in borough compared to the East cluster and the Metropolitan Area.

The Sub-Committee noted the presentation.

To consider the attached report.

The Metropolitan Police had recently published its findings on the first phase of the review into neighbourhood policing in London.  The key findings of the review were:

·         Neighbourhood policing under the Local Policing Model (LPM) was distinctly different to the previous ward-based 1:2:3 delivery model, which had been identical across all London wards irrespective of demand profile or threat, risk and harm indicators.

·         Under the LPM, neighbourhood police officer posts had increased by 2,600 officers (138%).

·         The roles and responsibilities of neighbourhood officers had increased.

·         The Dedicated Ward Officer (DWO) shift pattern could be better aligned to their core roles and responsibilities.

·         The brand and clarity of neighbourhood policing needed strengthening.

·         32% of neighbourhood constables were student officers in their first two years of service.

The key recommendations of the review were:

·         The shift patterns for Dedicated Ward Officers would be adjusted to reflect their engagement role.

·         DWOs would only be required to do central aid duties on New Year’s Eve and for Notting Hill Carnival.

·         The neighbourhood shift pattern would change to reflect the role of neighbourhood officers and to increase visibility.

·         Non-emergency calls would be the responsibility of the nearest available unit and not just neighbourhood officers.

·         Safer Neighbourhoods name to be readopted as this was recognised by the public.

·         Review impact of aid on neighbourhood policing (phase 2).

The Sub-Committee noted the report.