MPA Consultation, Diversity And Outreach Committee to visit Barnet

03/02
14 January 2002

The borough of Barnet is the location for the next Consultation Diversity and Outreach Committee when it meets at 6.00pm on 15 January 2002 at Avenue House 15 –17 East End Road, N3 3QE. 

The committee, which has responsibility for community consultation, crime and community safety and diversity in policing, holds its formal committee meetings in a different borough every two months.

Members of the public are also invited to attend. At the end of the meeting, there will be an opportunity to question members of the MPA on their responsibilities, bring local policing issues to their attention and raise specific issues with the local Borough commander.

Items on the agenda for the Barnet meeting will include an update on the implementation of recommendations from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report and a progress report on the Met’s Diversity Strategy action plan. The committee will also consider the Met’s Race Equality Scheme.

The guest speaker, Alison Kira, will give a presentation on ‘Barnet Action 4 Youth’. This will look at young people and crime, the activities of the organisation ‘Barnet Action 4 Youth’ and the work of Crime Concern Trust Limited. 

Peter Herbert, Deputy Chair of the MPA and link member for Barnet said:

“We are very pleased to welcome the Consultation, Diversity and Outreach Committee to the Borough of Barnet. Barnet, with 345,493 residents, has the largest population of all London Boroughs and includes residents originating from Asia, Africa and the West Indies as well as a large Jewish community. Barnet has a 25 percent black and minority population which is the third largest in London. 

“It is a borough of extremes – the second largest in terms of people aged 60 and over, and the number of people aged under 18. It is therefore particularly appropriate that we should welcome Alison Kira from ‘Barnet Action 4 Youth’ as our guest speaker at the meeting.

“Youth Involvement initiatives in the Borough include a schools programme with a sergeant and six officers who visit 22 of the 23 senior schools and all 106 primary schools on the borough. Police tailor their message to current crime trends – for example over 9000 mobile phone have been marked in schools over the year. Currently there is a great deal of work underway in the borough to reduce the rate of exclusion from schools.

“There are also exciting plans for the future, for example midnight basketball . As well as basketball coaching, participants will receive education in citizenship, looking at such issues as drugs, healthy lifestyles and behavioural management.”

David Muir, Chair of the CDO Committee said:

“The work of the Consultation, Diversity and Outreach Committee is vital in building effective partnerships with London’s diverse communities.

“We want a police service which has the confidence and trust of its local community. We have meetings in community venues to encourage local participation and greater understanding of the work of the Metropolitan Police Authority. Everyone is welcome to attend. 

“It is very important that the people of Barnet are able to contribute to the way their borough is policed and that they are able to let us know their opinions and concerns. “

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