Issue - meetings

This paper outlines a review to date for the council funded 12 Met Patrol Plus s92 officers’ known as the Partnership Tasking Team, deployed to prioritise and police the Safer Brent Partnership priorities and support wider Police Tactical Tasking Coordination Group borough priorities. The report also requests Cabinet to discuss future funding for this resource post 31 March 2019.

It was RESOLVED:

10.1    That the Partnership Tasking Team’s activities and future funding for this resource, post 31 March 2019, be reviewed and discussed.

Councillor Tom Miller, Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities, introduced the report which outlined a review of the Council-funded 12 Met Patrol Plus s92 officers’ known as the Partnership Tasking Team. He explained that these officers were deployed to prioritise and police the Safer Brent Partnership priorities and support wider Police Tactical Tasking Coordination Group borough priorities.

Councillor Miller stated that the first year review of the Partnership Tasking Team programme had shown great successes around the Safer Brent Partnership priorities, especially for those who had seen an increase trend in activity, namely Anti-Social Behaviour, Gangs and Violence with Injury and Reoffending.

Councillor Miller stated that there had been a development journey undertaken by the team to increase their knowledge and competence in tackling other hidden crime types such as domestic, sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation; to ensure that the borough’s priorities were tackled robustly to make Brent a safer place for all.

It was RESOLVED:

10.1    That the Partnership Tasking Team’s activities and future funding for this resource, post 31 March 2019, be reviewed and discussed.