1. Changes to policing in Redbridge & London

2. The pilot in Redbridge started on 16 January 2017
Redbridge has been selected to be part of a tri-borough policing pilot with Havering and Barking & Dagenham
This is one of two pilots being tested in London – the other is Camden and Islington
The pilot in Redbridge started on 16 January 2017

3. The Met has to save around £400 million over the next 4 years
The aim of the pilots is to test whether, by combining boroughs, significant savings can be achieved and that the model will work across London
The 3 boroughs combined will be known as the East Basic Command Unit (BCU)

4. The Met hope to empower staff to make more decisions for themselves
All the resources of the 3 boroughs will be shared across the BCU. This includes people, technology, buildings and vehicles
The management structure will be streamlined to reduce management layers
The Met hope to empower staff to make more decisions for themselves

5. The East BCU will be headed by Chief Superintendent Jason Gwillim
Each borough within the area will have their own dedicated Superintendent
The Superintendents will have cross borough responsibility for one of the 4 delivery strands
Temp Ch Supt Mandy Beacher will be in Redbridge and will lead on Neighbourhoods

6. The 4 strands of BCU delivery will be: Neighbourhoods
Emergency response policing
Local investigation
Protection of vulnerable people

7. For Neighbourhoods these changes mean:
Each ward will have two Dedicated Ward Officers (DWOs)
DWOs will be able to build relations with local communities
DWOs will never be used for aid & removed from their wards
They will work with ward panels to establish local priorities
All Pupil Referral Units will have their own dedicated officer
Redbridge will also gain additional DWOs for the pilot who will be located in areas of highest crime rates
All DWOs have been selected and most are in place
Middle management structure to be finalised by end of February

8. Other changes will mean:
If an emergency call is made, nearest unit will be despatched, regardless of the borough it is from
At present, all 3 custody sites will remain open
Child abuse and domestic abuse investigations will be brought back into the borough
Redbridge will have its’ own Neighbourhood and Partnership Inspector

9. It is hoped that the changes will bring about:
A safer London with increased confidence in the police
Improved decision making
Making better use of the people in the Met
Increased efficiency & productivity
Safer communities
A modern and efficient Met

10. At the same time as the pilot is taking place in East London, Mayor Sadiq Khan is consulting Londoners on his draft Police & Crime Plan for
The previous plan from Boris Johnson focused on 20% crime reduction; 20% costs reduction; 20% increase in confidence

11. The draft plan for 2017-2020 is not target driven in the same way
Over the last 4 years the Met have been judged according to their performance against the MOPAC 7 – the 7 crime types identified as being most in need of reduction such as burglary, robbery, violence with injury etc.
Over the period of time that the MOPAC 7 were in place, Redbridge was the top performing borough across London

12. The new plan recognises that local communities are best placed to identify what crime types local police should be prioritising
Instead of setting specific crime reduction targets London wide, the Mayor wants this to be done in boroughs

13. Keeping children & young people safe
Instead, there will be 3 overarching priorities:
Keeping children & young people safe
Tackling violence against women & girls
Standing together against extremism, hatred and intolerance

14. The plan also talks about the changes it wants to see in the Met to deliver these new ways of working. The increase of DWOs is part of this.
Although the consultation document is 67 pages long, there is also an Easy Read version of 24 pages. Both are available to download at:

15. The documents can be downloaded from:
Closing date for the consultation is 2nd March
You can respond online at:
Londonvoice.org.uk/policeandcrimeplan
Writing to: Police & Crime Plan Consultation, MOPAC, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA