Agenda item

The Commissioner of the City of London Police to be heard.

The Sub-Committee received an update of the Commissioner of the City of London Police and the following points were made:

·         A review of Operation Luscombe had been undertaken on 26 September 2021 to compare performance with the same period in 2017 which was prior to the establishment of Operation Luscombe.  During the period 1 August to 30 September 2021, there had been 16 reports to the City of London Police which represented a 41% reduction on the 27 reports made during the same period in 2017.  Since 1 September 2021, 73 tickets had been issued of which 51 were “green” invites to attend the bi-weekly intervention hub, 12 were “amber” Community Protection Warnings and 10 were Community Protection Notices, with Criminal Behaviour Orders also used where appropriate, such as where individuals were involved in begging.  At every stage of issuing notices individuals were invited to attend the bi-weekly intervention hub where they could access support homelessness outreach and support services, and a significant proportion of those receiving notices had not come to notice again. 

·         In response to the success of Operation Luscombe, a further three years of funding had recently been agreed for the bi-weekly intervention hub.  Operation Luscombe had also benefitted from increased digitisation by the City of London Police and was now accessible via front-facing devices used by the Sector Policing Team and Partnership and Intervention Hub.  Other Police Forces were working to establish Operation Luscombe in their own areas and were seeking support and advice from the City of London Police.

RESOLVED, that the update be noted.