Regional Information - South East & South Central

Field Officer - Tim Peacock

	October 2008
	Five Prevent visits in five weeks! I consider myself very fortunate that when I sent out the details for the visits to Surrey, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Kent and the Met, they all chose different weeks. A big thank you to all the staff who have been involved in arranging and taking part in these visits. I have found it enormously interesting to see how much has been put in place in a relatively short time and I look forward to the sharing of good practice in due course. Some of the highlights from the visits include the new Active Citizen Database from Surrey, which allows the recording and grouping of KINs and the ability to automate the sending out of information by e-mail; mapping of Rich Picture data along with other information in Hertfordshire; Operation KIN in Northamptonshire, a real time, scenario based training exercise designed to build effective KINs and a team’s understanding of the relevance of their lists; a faith and culture handbook in Kent, giving information on all the major faith, ethnic and geographic groups; Operation Channel in the Met, where a partnership has been developed with a local Mosque which runs a programme of activities designed to reduce the risk of radicalisation. There is of course much more good work being done, but most forces recognise the fact that this is just the start of a long journey. Each community has the right to live in safety, free from crime and the fear of crime; to be accepted for who they are, regardless of any diversity issue; and to feel that what they say is significant. To this end Prevent work will play an increasing important role, alongside the currently better understood Contest elements of Pursue, Protect and Prepare. The relevance of Neighbourhood Policing to this work cannot be underestimated.

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