Disrupting Organised Crime Groups from the Ground Up
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Disrupting Organised Crime Groups From the Ground Up Colleen Martin Assistant Director, Supporting Communities Context and Perspective Liverpool City Region – 6 local authorities, 2 police forces – 130 identifiable OCGs varying levels of activity – 2600 plus OCG nominals – 150+ high risk – Challenge to map female involvement Liverpool – Approx. 65 OCGs – Four priority areas (was five) – X% of ‘Troubled Families’ have OCG links – Liverpool OCG activity affects almost every Force in the country – 22% of OCG nominals are part of a ‘troubled family’ Meeting the Challenge • Stronger Communities • Avoiding the Void • Ounce of Prevention - Pound of Cure • Engaging The Unusual Suspects Stronger Communities – Norris Green Detailed Problem Profile • Extremely high levels of deprivation • High child poverty levels • Worklessness is high and in some areas of the boundary 40% of all working age adults are workless. • Over half of the properties in the Norris Green ward are owned by Registered Social Landlords • The area has the second highest number of young people classed as NEET in Liverpool • The rate of troubled individuals higher than Liverpool Engaging Community and Building Confidence • Quarterly DISARM of local partner officers and voluntary sector • Problem Solving Group and Work Programme • Task and Finish Groups (DV and hate crime) • Additional resources targeted in area • Local Intervention Team – 11 families • Critical Incident Guidance • Communication with Community “We’ve reclaimed Norris Green” Baseline Position Picture 18 months on Higher rates than Liverpool for: • Violence with Injury rate now • violence with injury lower than Liverpool rate (more • gun crime serious reduced by 1/3) • Firearms discharges • Gun crime rate now level with • drugs offences Liverpool • Hotspot area for domestic violence • Reduction of 78% Firearms and offences increasing Discharges • Lower rate of drugs offences than Liverpool • No longer DV hotspot • Reduction in NEET numbers Avoiding the Void Op Camaro, Lancia, Scarva… • Targeting the Gang’s hierarchy, from those at the top to street level dealing • 45 people convicted which targeted serious and organised crime in the Toxteth area • Scarva – Anfield/Everton – 131 years sentenced Stopping the Hydra • Detached youth work organised for post operation period • Community Action Days rolling programme • Community Info Slips • Closure Orders for Premises • Landlord Licensing Enforcement • Evictions of OCG nominals by Registered Providers • Dispersal Zones/PSPOs • Building Trust and Relationships between partners and with community Ounce of Prevention Pound of Cure Family Engagement and Breadth of Offer The Unusual Suspects Working at a City Region Level enables a different approach, sharing good practice and a wider range of partners: • Environment Agency – OCG Waste Disposal and Involvement in Community Action • Royal Navy – Youth Engagement Offer • UK Visa and Immigration • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority • DWP • CPS • Titan/GAIN Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet & Maximising Resources • Operation Haggrid • Targeting at the Appropriate Level • Child Exploitation – Offender Targeting • Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking • Joint Commissioning • GANGS – Get Away n Get Safe • Campaigns and messaging • Plays.