VIDEO: Redbridge Town Centre Police Team launched.

Monday 14 of February saw the launch of a new dedicated Redbridge town centre policing team. The team consists of 25 officers led by Inspector Ross who will be out proactively tackling any town centre issues, particularly focusing on violence against women and girls.

The new team were joined by Redbridge Leader of the Council, Councillor Jas Athwal outside of the Town Hall yesterday.

Ilford Town Centre is a busy and vibrant area that will benefit from a dedicated policing presence. The officers will patrol areas of high demand at the busiest times to tackle the issues that matter the most to Redbridge communities. Their duty times will support them having the greatest possible impact on crime and public safety and will form part of the Met’s mission to drive down violent crime.

Redbridge’s Town Centre Team of 25 officers;  1 Inspector, 3 Sergeants and 21 Police Constables, will provide an opportunity to deal with many of the issues that matter to the local community.

Stephen Clayman, BCU Commander for Redbridge, Havering and Barking and Dagenham said: “This is great news for Ilford. We’ve got 25 officers whose job will be to make town centre safer, reassure our local community, and look after our residents, visitors and business owners. 

“These officers will be supporting our Safer Neighbourhoods Team in supressing violent crime, and using data gathered from our SaferStreets reporting mechanism to address areas where people feel that police presence is needed. I know that the community want to see more police officers on the beat, so please say hello when you see them.

“The new team has a broad range of experience and they will get to know what some of the local issues are and take action where they can and I hope that their  presence in the area will help local residents, visitors and business owners feel safe and reassured.”

Great work by East Area police.