It will also replace smaller crime-related bodies to develop a unified approach to tackling serious crime in the capital.
The board aims to identify priority crime issues that London public services must jointly work together to tackle; streamline existing boards; identify and target use of best practice; strengthen relationships between criminal justice organisations, crime prevention and community safety activity and co-ordinate funding programmes; and maximise the value from each organisation’s limited resources through joint planning.
Johnson said: "Tackling crime will always be my top priority as mayor and this new crime reduction board will deliver the joined-up collaborative work we need to make a great impact. The links between education, youth justice, boroughs and crime prevention services are clear and for the first time all the key players will be sitting round a table delivering work in partnership. Londoners deserve a cohesive approach to fighting crime and I am confident this is exactly what we will be able to deliver."
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