Integrating neighbourhood policing and neighbourhood services is the title of a June 11 conference at Local Government Association (LGA), Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ.
Organisers say that in 2007 both Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s Review of Policing and the Crime and Communities Review argued that neighbourhood policing would only be successful where it was integrated with the other public services in an area contributing to community safety by tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. The interim Flanagan Review therefore recommended that neighbourhood policing needed to be integrated with neighbourhood management. The Crime and Communities Review took this recommendation further arguing that integration of policing with other services mean the police should provide the policing element of neighbourhood policing, with local authorities providing the neighbourhood element.
The Home Office has already carried out work with CLG on identifying examples where effective neighbourhood partnerships are already in place and working out the core principles that lead to good practice. Following its commitment in the Policing Green Paper the Home Office is now looking to promote the integration of neighbourhood policing with other local public services, starting a programme to promote best practice this year.
This one day conference will provide a unique opportunity to:
Find out about the government’s objectives of integrating neighbourhood policing and neighbourhood services;
Learn about the Home Office’s core principles which lead to effective partnership working at a neighbourhood level;
Hear from councils and police forces about what has worked for them; and
Explore the Home Office’s programme for promoting best practice in the coming year.
Speakers at the conference will include senior representatives from within local government and government, as well as from other organisations.
