Community Safety Partnership aims to reassure young residents
Alison Bennett
Thursday, July 24, 2008
A London borough is seeking to reassure young people and their families after two stabbings.
Hounslow Community Safety Partnership is a collaboration of organisations working together, including Hounslow Council, Hounslow Police and London Fire Brigade.
Chief superintendent David Bilson, the borough commander for Hounslow Police, said all agencies are working together to tackle the problem.
"Across the borough we are delivering high visibility policing to get knives off the streets, engaging with schools to ensure they are safe places for learning, and continuing projects that divert young people away from crime,” he said.
“We are also developing new work to focus on issues such as providing advice for parents, delivering school activities to educate about the harm from weapons and violence, and finding ways in which we can support young people to be confident to resist crime and seek opportunities to achieve their potential.”
Chief superintendent David Bilson, the borough commander for Hounslow Police, said all agencies are working together to tackle the problem.
"Across the borough we are delivering high visibility policing to get knives off the streets, engaging with schools to ensure they are safe places for learning, and continuing projects that divert young people away from crime,” he said.
“We are also developing new work to focus on issues such as providing advice for parents, delivering school activities to educate about the harm from weapons and violence, and finding ways in which we can support young people to be confident to resist crime and seek opportunities to achieve their potential.”
