Lambeth's local strategic partnership, Lambeth First, has given the green light to Young & Safe in Lambeth, a strategy designed to reduce young people's involvement in gangs.
The plan will bring together the council, police, youth offending team, local people and voluntary groups. It sets out a series of initiatives to combat gang crime including the creation of an intelligence unit to share information between agencies. The youth service has also been given £1.7m to create new programmes for young people.
The idea is similar to the Association of Chief Police Officers' youth toolkit (CYP Now, 30 January-6 February).
Chief inspector Sharon Rowe, of Lambeth Police, said the strategy would provide more youth crime prevention services and help the police engage further with young people. She said Operation Layer Cake - where officers return to back-to-basics policing and engage with young people in particular areas - would be expanded.
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