London Road car park closed
Due to an ongoing police incident and crime scene, London Road Car Park will be closed today (Monday 14 October).
The Barking and Dagenham Community Safety Partnership (CSP) was introduced as a statutory framework through the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Amended by the Police Reform Act 2002 it outlines the legal requirements for responsible local authorities to follow.
The partnership is a multi-agency strategic approach responsible for addressing crime and disorder. The CSP develop and deliver policies, strategies and services to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, reduce re-offending and to make our communities a safer place to live, work and grow.
The Barking and Dagenham CSP membership is made up of representatives from the following organisations:
The CSP is accountable for a wide range of activities however the statutory duties of the partnership are as follows, Outlined in the LGA guide for policing and Crime Commissioners:
Every year the partnership is responsible for producing a Crime and Disorder Strategic Assessment to identify areas of focus for the partnership. Barking and Dagenham CSP have set number of priorities to reduce crime, reduce the fear of crime and increase community confidence. These are:
Barking and Dagenham have also worked with MOPAC to set regional priorities, these five priorities have formed the following CSP subgroups:
The Crime and Disorder Strategic Assessment is used to inform the three-year Community Safety Plan. The plan sets out the activities to address strategic priorities, monitor success of priorities and to improve community safety.
In 2012 The Mayor of London made a commitment to establish Safer Neighbourhood Boards (SNBs) in all London boroughs to give Londoners and victims a greater voice with regards to crime prevention and reduction.
SNBs are not statutory boards but work in partnership with Barking and Dagenham Police and the council's Community Safety Partnership to promote and improve community safety across the borough. The board holds four quarterly closed meetings and two open public meetings per year. We encourage members of the community to attend the open public meetings to ask any questions or raise concerns they may have.
The SNB report to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the local Community Safety Partnership board on the progress and discussions held at the board. The SNB has five key aims to achieve:
The Barking and Dagenham SNB Chair: Steve Thompson (MBE)
SNB members include Barking and Dagenham’s Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement services, Councillor Margaret Mullane, along with representatives from the following;
For more information on your local safer neighbourhood board or to find out when the next open public meeting will be held please contact: