Agenda item

Report of the Head of Community Safety Team

The Group received a report of the Community Safety Team Manager that informed Members of the newly developed Prevent product for the business community.  The Group also received a short video presentation from the Community Safety Team.

The Community Safety Team Manager summarised the progress as outlined by the report in development of the Prevent strategy.  He explained examples of WRAP (Workshops to raise awareness about Prevent).

The Deputy Chairman explained to Members that there is increasing pressure on the City of London Corporation to deliver on Prevent issues in the light of recent high profile terrorist attacks.  Due to staffing shortages and changes over the recent period this has posed a challenge.  Nonetheless, the Corporation has still been able to complete a substantial volume of Prevent training.

The Deputy Chairman stated the desire to avoid allowing the strategy to exist merely as passive guidance, but rather to engage with direction by employing “train the trainer” sessions where possible.  He informed Members of the desire to use the City Corporation’s online training portal to provide an opportunity to roll out of training to all staff.

The Chairman asked if it would be feasible to create a product, if successful, that is available to external businesses.  The Deputy Chairman confirmed that this was likely to be a future aim.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted