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February 2012  

Anti Social Behaviour Public Meeting

Date: 23rd February 2012, 7pm – 9pm

Location: Sangam Centre, 210 Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 0AP

Do you have concerns about anti social behaviour, crime and safety in your local area? barnetcommunity safety and engagment group

Barnet’s Community Safety Engagement Group (CSEG) aims to bring together community and voluntary organisations, neighbourhood watch schemes, citizen panels, tenant/resident associations, faith groups, community sports clubs, youth projects, civic societies who have an interest in community safety and policing, or who are engaged in community safety work and initiatives.

The Community Safety Engagement Group is funded by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC) and has the direct involvement of the Barnet Police and the local authority. Participating in the group and its activities gives you the opportunity to meet your local police officers to raise issues, discuss concerns, find out about what’s being done and come up with solutions.

This FREE event is designed to bring together people who have an interest in community safety issues and give them the opportunity to become involved and contribute to the Community Safety Engagement Group for Barnet.

Refreshments will be provided.

If you would like to attend the meeting please email Anahied.Hatamian@CommUNITYBarnet.org.uk or call 0208 364 8400 for further information.

Supported by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.

Muslim Women’s Meeting

Date: 8th March 2012, 4pm – 6pm

Location: Ayesha Community School, 10 Montagu Road, Hendon, London, NW4 3ES

Do you have concerns about crime and safety in your local area? barnet community safety and engagment group

Barnet’s Community Safety Engagement Group (CSEG) aims to bring together community and voluntary organisations, neighbourhood watch schemes, citizen panels, tenant/resident associations, faith groups, community sports clubs, youth projects, civic societies who have an interest in community safety and policing, or who are engaged in community safety work and initiatives.

The Community Safety Engagement Group is funded by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC)and has the direct involvement of the Barnet Police and the local authority. Participating in the group and its activities gives you the opportunity to meet your local police officers to raise issues, discuss concerns, find out about what’s being done and come up with solutions.

This FREE event is designed to bring together people who have an interest in community safety issues and give them the opportunity to become involved and contribute to the Community Safety Engagement Group for Barnet.

Refreshments will be provided.

Please note this meeting is open to WOMEN ONLY.

If you would like to attend the meeting please email Anahied.Hatamian@CommUNITYBarnet.org.uk or call 0208 364 8400 for further information.

Supported by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.

Goodbye to MPA and Hello to MOPC

On 16th January 2012 the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) mopcceased to exist and many of the functions of the MPA were transferred to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC). Here is a message from the Greater London Authority's (GLA) website about the MOPC.

(More information can be found on their website). 

About MOPC

London is leading the way by making the Mayor responsible for supervising the Met Police and replacing the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC).

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime has been set up in response to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act (2011) which reforms the accountability of police services and replaces police authorities across England and Wales with elected individuals. The rest of the country will elect their Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in November 2012.

The MOPC is headed by the Mayor or, by his nomination, the appointed statutory Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. This means that the Mayor is directly accountable for policing performance in London. The MOPC makes this process and accountability clearer and gives Londoners a further voice in how their city is policed.

Through the MOPC the Mayor and Deputy Mayor will be directly accountable for police performance in the capital, setting the Met Police’s strategic direction and allocating resources. Operational policing will however remain the responsibility of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe.

The London Assembly will scrutinise the work of the MOPC through a new body, the Police and Crime Committee (PCC).

The Police and Crime Committee (PCC)

The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee (PCC) examines the work of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and reviews the police and crime plan for London. The Committee can also investigate anything which it considers to be of importance to policing and crime reduction in Greater London and make recommendations for improvements.

All Londoners to come and find out more about the MOPC and tell us what you think our priorities should be for crime, policing and community safety.

You can also find out what MOPC means for you and how you can get involved.

MOPC Road Shows

The MOPC road shows will be taking place on:

  • Saturday 4 February 2012, Croydon
    Venue: Croydon Jury's Inn - Conference Room
    Address: Wellesley Road, Croydon CR0 9XY (Google maps)
    Event start time: 9:30am
  • Saturday, 18 February 2012, Hounslow
    Venue: Hounslow Civic Centre
    Address: Lampton Road, Hounslow, TW3 4DN (Google Maps)
    Event start time: 9:30am

There will also be an MOPC event for crime and policing professionals at City Hall on Monday 20 February 2012.

Register today. 

Hate Crime Event - It's NOT OK!

Many people with learning disabilities are verbally or physically abused because of their disability. It can happen at home, on the street, on public transport or at work. This is called Hate Crime.mncap

Many people don't know what Hate crime is and who to tell about it if it happens to them. Barnet Mencap want people to know that Hate Crime is not OK so we are holding a Hate Crime Event for people with learning disabilities living in Barnet. The event will be on 28th March 2012 at North London Business Park.

If you would like to attend the event please call Shelley Gibbons at Barnet Mencap on 020 8349 3842 / or email: shelley.gibbons@barnetmencap.org.uk. 

Free Regional Briefing Events for VCSE Organisations Working on Community Safety

In 2012 major changes will come into force that will impact on voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations involved in community safety.  In November 2012 elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will replace navcapolice authorities in England and Wales. The PCCs’ responsibilities will include setting local community safety priorities and funding community safety activity to meet the priorities. There will be changes to existing funding and commissioning structures for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations working in community safety.

Free Regional briefing events for VCSE organisations working on community safety are taking place across the country.

These events will explore the opportunities and challenges presented by this new landscape and provide further information about the support available through the Safer Future Communities project. The events are open to VCSE organisations working on community safety

For provisional programme and bookings please visit their website.