Welcome to April’s newsletter.
When I took over as Borough Commander here at Bromley in January the intention was
that it would be a temporary posting until a new Borough Commander had been selected.
However, I am very pleased to announce that I have now taken the post permanently.
I am delighted to have been chosen to lead the Police on this borough, and am confident
that by working together with our borough partners, and you, the community, we can
make Bromley even safer.
Since last month’s newsletter we’ve had a major announcement from New Scotland Yard
regarding a new investment in neighbourhood policing beginning this Autumn, which sees
an extra 2,000 officers in neighbourhood policing teams after the Olympic and
Paralympic games, along with a new set of promises in how we serve and protect the
communities of London. Neighbourhood policing will be the foundation of our total war on
crime and our total care for victims. Our refreshed approach to local policing will see us
being more visible to the public, more flexible in how we use our resources, and more
focused on meeting the needs of victims and people affected by crime.
Our new policing model will see a number of firm commitments to the public - We will
increase visibility in neighbourhoods by putting significantly more uniformed officers where
the public want to see them; We will operate with greater pace, flexibility and momentum,
while leadership will be more visible and more intrusive; We will seize every opportunity
to cut crime, tackle offending and support victims; And we will speak to and listen to
people, and respond to their concerns.
More information about the new local policing model will be announced in due course,
I’ll keep you updated. There’s been some concern recently regarding PCSO numbers
on our Safer Neighbourhood Teams but let me reiterate that there are no plans to reduce
the number of PCSOs serving on our Safer Neighbourhood Teams. Bromley - like other
boroughs - is seeing some PCSOs start their training to become police constables.
However there is a corporate PCSO recruitment process to recruit 500 additional PCSOs.
To date this has attracted a huge response from members of the public, with over
3,700 people requesting application packs. There will be a short term ebb and flow
during this process and therefore across the MPS all PCSOs not in core roles will be
redeployed to fill any vacancies that arise in our SNTs.
We’ve had some fantastic results recently, making some great arrests in respect of
burglaries and robberies. The suspects are currently making their way through the
Criminal Justice System. Others have already been convicted and sentenced and
just last Friday we conducted our latest ‘Operation Cubo’ day of action, seizing
a further seventeen uninsured vehicles from drivers. Our war on crime will continue
relentlessly over the coming months.
Steph Roberts
Borough Commander
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