Neighbourhood Policing Week a huge success across East Area.

Well done to officers from East Area Command who have carried out a very successful neighbourhood policing week that has included 430 activities with 43 arrests across Havering, Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge.

Our local Safer Neighbourhood Teams and frontline officers on Response Teams do an extremely difficult job everyday in our community and their role is vital.

The week saw a combination of high visibility patrols that were increased across all three boroughs-with the focus of the week being concentrated on the following:

Early intervention and problem solving to prevent and reduce crime and ASB, improving trust and confidence in policing, wellbeing of staff and officers and of course violence against women and girls.
There were 43 arrests across the boroughs of Havering, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham. These included 9 high harm offenders and 5 in relation to violence against women and girls offences.
The arrests ranged from possession of offensive weapons, failing to appear at court, drink drive and racially aggravated public order, breach of closure order, possession with intent to supply Class A and aggravated vehicle taking.

There were also 55 weapon sweeps. The sweeps were conducted in areas with intelligence around knives being secreted, anti social behaviour and drugs, but other areas were looked at such as the surrounding of schools to ensure pupil safety.

Over 60 violence against women and girls initiatives were carried out including 10 ‘Walk and Talks’, 17 high visibility patrols, 2 Project Vigilant patrols and 9 violence against women and girl stalls to offer crime prevention advice and reassurance. The licensing team also carried out various visits to venues enforcing the ‘Ask for Angela’ campaign.

There were 19 faith engagement events across the BCU with engagement from leaders of the Hindu, Jewish, Sikh, Muslim and Christian faiths. The activity included senior leadership team tours of certain venues, crime prevention advice, and general discussions with the community. Officers also showed their respects at Holocaust Memorial Day.

78 external partners were invited to join the officers on various activities. Members included IAG chairs, councillors, police leadership team from schools, council leaders, MPs and SNB members, with some joining us on patrol.
We were also joined by Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe, who attended a Youth Independent Advisory Group at Romford Town Hall whereby young people discussed issues such as violence against women and girls, stop and search and general points around how to report incidents to police.

The licensing team conducted around 25 initiatives including crime prevention advice around drink spiking, reviewing licensing applications by conducting intelligence checks, ensuring off licenses are not selling alcohol to know street drinkers that cause ASB, proactive work around venues advertising later close times than the license agrees and advice around ‘Ask for Angela’ campaigns.
37 youth engagement events across the week of action from anti-robbery assemblies to secondary school pupils, foot patrols around school venues, youth care homes, ASB advice whilst on public transport, police cadet activity on positive involvement with youth and knife arch at Havering Sixth Form College.
The BCU were also supported by the MO7 Taskforce with engagement from TSG at Dagenham and Redbridge Football Club, mounted branch conducting patrols of Farnham Road in Harold Hill whereby over 100 members of the community engaged with the Police and horses. The Marine Policing Unit attended Raphael’s Park in Romford whereby they conducted an underwater search for any weapons whilst engaging with members of the public.

A/Superintendent Lisa Butterfield who led the project for every BCU across the Metropolitan Police said: “This week highlighted the vital work that neighbourhood officers, police community support officers (PCSOs) and volunteers do to protect the public and keep people safe. I am extremely pleased with the joint efforts of all my officers not only across my BCU, but the entire Met.”

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