Agenda and minutes

Jackie Addison, Chair of the LCPCG

The Chair thanked everyone for attending, and for coming early to add handprints to the 10,000 banner, and support their campaign which is continuing with an event later this week, which includes a Speak Easy at Second Wave in Deptford.  She thanked Tayo Disu and Simon Jones for their part  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

Apologies were received from the following LCPCG members:

Russell Nyman (Police Borough Commander), Florence Emakpose (LCPCG Strategy Group), Mahad Abdullahi (LCPCG Strategy Group – arrived late), Joan Ruddock MP, Heidi Alexander MP, Gurbaksh Garcha, Samantha Popely, Anthony Scully, Lucy Olofinjana, Sarah Denton, Cllr Britton (arrived late) Cllr Adefiranye,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

The minutes from the last ordinary meeting on 5th February 2013 were agreed by members.  LCPCG Vice Chair, Royston John noted that there are still vacancies for Independent Custody Visitors in the borough and discussed the benefits that they bring. 

LCPCG has received a membership application from Walk In Space (representative Simon Jones).  LCPCG’s Strategy Group has considered the application and reviewed their constitution, and recommends that both applications are approved.

The application was approved by the members present.

Simon Parfitt and Ian McLone will discuss the roll-out of TASERs to local police across London.  As instructors in Taser training, they will also tell us about why Tasers are used, how they work, and what officers will need to consider before using a Taser and how Taser use  ...  view the full agenda text for item 5.

Sergeants Simon Parfitt and Ian McLone, TASER instructors from the Metropolitan Police Service, addressed the meeting.  They gave a presentation which included a powerpoint display, a short film and circulating some demonstration TASERs around the audience.  Questions and discussions took place throughout the presentation and key points are noted  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Geeta Subramaniam-Mooney, Head of Lewisham Council’s Crime Reduction Services and Supporting People, will update the meeting.

Geeta Subramaniam-Mooney, Head of Lewisham Council’s Crime Reduction and Supporting People services, addressed the meeting. This item was taken after Item 8.  Ms Mooney noted that in relation to the increase in Serious Violence there is long term work happening, with partners including Schools, Fire Service, Probation and others.  She  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Superintendent Mickey Gallagher will give a verbal update to the meeting, as well as discussing the attached presentation on recent crime figures and why these have changed.

Superintendent Mickey Gallagher addressed the meeting on behalf of the Borough Commander for Lewisham Police.  He spoke to the crime figures presentation which was included in the final version of the meeting papers.  He acknowledged that the presentation did not include all the agreed categories and format.  Such as:  Serious  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Members of the audience will have the opportunity to put questions to Supt Gallagher and Ms Subramaniam-Mooney.

Audience members had questions about burglary hotspots cutting across ward boundaries, cuts to youth services and youth clubs, citizens contributing  “intelligence” to police, making decrease in Gun Crime sustainable, negative experiences of Stop and Search by audience members, negative experience of Police Complaints system by audience members,

Mr Gallagher’s responses  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

Emmanuel Imuere, Chair, will give an update about the recent work of the Lewisham Stop and Search Scrutiny Group.  Their new website is www.lewishamstopandsearch.co.uk

Emmanuel Imuere, Chair of Lewisham’s Stop & Search (S&S) Scrutiny group addressed the meeting.  Key points covered include

·             The new website www.lewishamstopandsearch.co.uk has received nearly 2.5 thousand visitors and they want to elaborate on the Know your Rights and Complaints sections. 

·             There has been a reduction in Section 60 Authorisations  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

Lewisham CPCG have been in touch with the Independent Custody Visitor team at MOPAC, and they kindly provided us with the attached documents:

a)     Report summarising recent work of the Lewisham ICV panel

b)     Information/Application form for potential ICVs

c)      Poster/flier for display on community notice-boards

No other business was raised.  The Chair thanked all the speakers and the meeting was closed at 9.44 pm.