The AGM for the Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) panel for Purley and Woodcote ward is tomorrow Thursday 19/1 at 7:00pm at Christ Church Purley (opposite Rotary Field), so this is a final reminder.
Funding for the Met Police mostly comes from the Mayor of London (who gets his income from the annual GLA "precept" which is added to Council tax bills), and from central Government. The Mayor's Office for Police & Crime (MOPAC) sets the operational priorities for the Police which are currently:
Reducing and preventing violence
Increasing trust and confidence (in the Police)
Better supporting victims of crime
Protecting people against exploitation.
See https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-and-strategies/mayors-office-polic… for more information.
One part of MOPAC's role is to oversee the SNT ward panels, which exist in every ward across Croydon and indeed across London. The panels typically consist of 10-20 local residents who meet their local police every quarter. The sergeant typically provides information about local crime statistics and trends, and members in turn advise the police on what they think the policing priorities should be for the next quarter. There's also a Safer Neighbourhood Board which consists of the chairs of the ward panels and which meets occasionally to discuss borough-wide issues.
The SNT ward panel meetings offer a golden opportunity for residents to find out at first hand what's going on in the ward and to influence future police priorities, for example between catching burglars, preventing ASB or catching speeding drivers, so I hope that lots of residents will wish to attend. Every ward in the borough has a ward panel and this one is specifically for Purley & Woodcote ward residents, so please only attend if you live (or represent a business) in the ward. You can find out which ward you live in here: https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors
This particular meeting is also an AGM, so there will be an election for the positions of Chair & Secretary of the panel, I hope to see lots of you at the meeting, and please contact me in advance if you have any questions.
Cllr Simon Brew: [email protected]
