Residents invited to put forward their views to Chief Superintendent David Bilson
Hounslow’s top police officer will talk about the borough’s response to knife crime at a special public meeting on Monday July 28th.
Chief Superintendent David Bilson, the borough commander for Hounslow Police, will attend the Hounslow Borough Community Police Consultative Group at Hounslow Civic Centre at 7pm.
People and representatives from local groups are welcome to attend and put forward their views about crime and policing in the borough.
They can also raise any concerns they have about community safety in their local area.
If you would like to find out more about the meeting, please call Frances Houston on 020 8583 2064, or email frances.houston@hounslow.gov.uk.
In a related issue, Hounslow Community Safety Partnership has moved to reassure parents, guardians and young people it is working hard to prevent knife crime in light of two incidents in the borough last week.
The partnership, which is a collaboration of organisations working for a safer borough, includes Hounslow Council, Hounslow Police and London Fire Brigade (Hounslow).
While there have been a number of high-profile incidents across London this year, Hounslow has not experienced a fatal incident, however we are not complacent and recognise we need to work hard together to tackle this problem.
Speaking on behalf of the partnership, Chief Superintendent David Bilson, the borough commander for Hounslow Police, said all agencies are working together to tackle the problem.
He said: “Within the Hounslow Community Safety Partnership, agencies that focus on providing support and protection to young people have been working together this year to develop a framework of nine key issues aimed at reducing youth violence.
“The intention is to take the widest approach to partnership working to prevent youth violence and keep our young people safe.
“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.
“We are also developing new work to focus upon 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. "
July 24, 2008