Officers from the Safer Neighbourhoods Teams to update meeting on policing and ward priorities.
Minutes:
PC Rebecca Lamb from Rotherhithe Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) informed the meeting that their ward priorities were burglary, drug dealing and using, and anti-social behaviour. She informed the meeting that the SNT was patrolling estates, and had changed their shifts to respond to the needs of the community. They had also referred young people to London Outreach, an organisation which took young people on outdoor trips and taught them useful skills. She invited residents to visit the SNT webpage for surgery details. In response to a question about staffing levels, she responded that two Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) had left, but a new PCSO and constable had started recently. There were currently no changes to the staffing levels proposed. In terms of the hot spots her team were focussing on, these were around Albion Street and Tissington Court.
PS Sharon Morgan, from the Surrey Docks SNT, informed the meeting that the team had been short-staffed since December, but that a new a constable had now been appointed, and that they were waiting for a start date. In the intervening time, the team was working closely with the volunteer constables.
The chair reminded the meeting that the police always had a surgery before the community council meetings from 6.30pm.
Councillor Livingstone said that the SNTs in Southwark had done a very good job, and welcomed the fact that the structure of the teams would not change, as had happened in other boroughs. He went on to warn residents that robberies from vehicles in Silwood Street and on the Tissington estate were on the increase.