Pledge to stop County Lines

Pledge to stop County Lines

As widely published today in the British media, Boris Johnson, has pledged to stop to break up 2,000 “county lines” drugs gangs in a £300 million drive to rid the country’s streets of illegal narcotics. Among the measures in the strategy is an expansion of drug testing on arrest, with police encouraged to direct individuals who test … Continue reading Pledge to stop County Lines

Using domestic recording devices

It would help our communities a lot if our registered members and others could provide evidence of incidences captured on domestic recording devices. There are many areas in Tower Hamlets, which are not covered by Council CCTV and are abused by criminals. Many domestic recording devices can help provide footage of incidences of criminal damagetheftdrug … Continue reading Using domestic recording devices

Operation Sceptre

Operation Sceptre

Tower Hamlets Police have sent us an up-date on the result of operation sceptre, an initiative designed to ramp up activity to suppress knife crime and wider violence Met Communication A vast range of activity was carried out by officers across the Met, including targeted patrols in violence hotspots; warrants to target high harm offenders; … Continue reading Operation Sceptre

All faiths welcome

Also people who do not have a faith are welcome. The Tower Hamlets Interface Forum brought people from different religions and communities together with speakers from various organisations. It's really important that all stand together and repel attempts to attack communities or groups of another faith. Nothing should stop anybody to report suspicious behaviour to … Continue reading All faiths welcome

County Lines workshop

County Lines workshop

This workshop described the astonishing facts and figures about this criminal network. At least 3 Million people or 9% of the population used drugs last year45% of acquisitive crime is linked to drugsAround 50% of all homicides in 2018/19 were known to be drug relatedMore than a 1/3 of people in prison are there because … Continue reading County Lines workshop