IMPROVED POLICING FOR EARL'S COURT: PUBLIC SERVICE PROTECTION ORDER (PSPO) UPDATE
FROM CLLR HAMISH ADOURIAN - 20.09.2024:
As part of the ongoing Earl’s Court Action Plan, the Council is launching a coordinated Month of Action starting on Monday, 23 September to address a range of issues, including anti-social behaviour, crime, unlicensed premises, noise and rough sleeping. The Police, alongside teams from across the Council, including the Street Enforcement Team (SET), Private Sector Housing, Outreach & Support, amongst others, will be carrying out patrols and planned activities across Earl’s Court.
We have had great success with past intensive Months of Action in Earl’s Court, with the impact lasting far beyond the month itself. The Council has also been working with the Police to put in greater permanent resources and additional joint patrols with the SET to ensure greater visibility and enforcement of the PSPO.
We now have 2 dedicated PCs in the ward and four PCSOs, with up to 3 extra PCSOs providing additional support to cover shifts. A third PC is also due to be appointed for Earl’s Court. This will be the highest complement of dedicated Police resource that Earl’s Court has had for some years.
Weekly pop-up events will be also be held around the ward in September and October (dates to be confirmed) to hear from residents, offer advice, and to provide updates on actions being taken to combat ASB, crime and environmental issues.
I will update more as the Month of Action continues.
Best wishes
Cllr Hamish Adourian
Earl's Court Ward Councillor
ECSRA has been concerned about the increasing levels of anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Earl’s Court which was highlighted in the ASB Petition which attracted over 1000 signatures (published by The Earl's Court Safer Neighbourhood Team Ward Panel in association with Earl's Court Square Residents' Association and Nevern Square Conservation Area Residents' Association) which was presented to our MP, Felicity Buchan, in 2021.
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Earl's Court Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)
Sgt Oliver Jennings Poole
PC Helen Hall
PC Ben Hunter
PCSO Danny Wright
PCSO Richard Burnett
PCSO Faizul Islam
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RBKC - STREET ENFORCEMENT TEAM (SET)
- A new Street Enforcement Team (SET) has been set up. The team replaces what was previously RBKC’s separate community warden service and waste enforcement teams to form one joined up group of officers who have the skills and powers to enforce against a wider variety of issues, so anti-social behaviour and environmental crime can be tackled more effectively.
- Working right across the borough 26 SET officers will be enforcing to make our streets safer and cleaner. Earl’s Court will have two dedicated SET officers with others able to be rotated, depending on need.
- The role covers a wide range of street enforcement activities, and they link directly with both the Police and other Council departments where necessary.
- Stuart Priestly (Chief Community Safety Officer from RBKC's Community Safety Team) confirmed, an increase in the number of fines issued for problems like waste dumping in certain hotspots around Earl’s Court.
- Any report, whether waste, graffiti or other ASB, etc, that the public submit via the RBKC website will be sent directly to one of the SET officers to pick up and investigate.
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR (ASB) PETITION 2021
Published by: The Earl's Court Safer Neighbourhood Team Ward Panel in association with Earl's Court Square Residents' Association and Nevern Square Conservation Area Residents' Association:
ECSRA has been very concerned about antisocial behaviour (ASB) for some time and has joined with the Earl’s Court Safer Neighbourhood Team Ward Panel (of which I am a member) to organise a Petition which was presented to our MP, Felicity Buchan, and the Council as ASB and shoplifting are not included in the Met Police statistics for the Earl’s Court area. Therefore, Earl's Court is not treated as a priority by the Met, Earl’s Court SNT Police Team and Kensington and Chelsea Community Safety Team. Yet, these are the very issues that impact on the day-to-day lives of many residents and should be incorporated into the police crime figures so that the level of crime is more accurately reflected.
We would like to stress that this Petition is non-political and we hope it will unite our community with a common aim. The Petition is GDPR compliant and was collated by Professor Michael Hough – who launched the British Crime Survey for the Home Office where he worked for 25 years. He is now based at Brasenose College, Oxford, and has previously lived in Earl’s Court and done surveys for RBKC and Notting Hill Housing. Our aim is to be transparent and above board and ensure all data is safeguarded.
Chrissie Courtney - Chair
Earl's Court Square Residents' Association.
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