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“Operation Curb”
The Metropolitan police service have this month announced a new initiative, “Operation Curb”, to tackle violence among young people.
Each of the 32 Boroughs across London will be proactively targeting known gangs in their areas and there will be more patrols by officers and PCSOs to offer reassurance to local communities.
Young people under 20 years-old who are involved in serious violence will be the focus of Borough intelligence teams, who will seek to engage with and work with the youths to reduce their risk of further offending or of becoming a victim.
Officers will continue to work on a London-wide basis, on an intelligence database, mapping and understanding who the individuals engaged in gang crime are, who their affiliates are, what drives them to commit crime, and what we can do to prevent them from getting involved in the first place.
Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of the MPS said;
“The current spate of teenage murders is completely unacceptable and I fully understand the fear and anxiety that they cause children, parents and the wider community.
“We are not prepared to tolerate this continued sequence of senseless killings and that is why today I am announcing a range of measures that will be put in place.”
“However this is not something that police can tackle in isolation, and families, schools, communities, and authorities amongst others have an extremely important role to play in preventing and tackling these dreadful crimes.”
Commander Shaun Sawyer, Head of the Violent Crime Directorate and Operation Curb said: “Recent tragic events involving young people across London have had an effect on all communities. This is an issue not just for those boroughs where young people have been injured or tragically murdered, this spans all areas of London.
“Operation Curb is about us getting into young people involved in serious crime, finding out what drives them into criminality, and what we can do with our partners to dissuade and prevent them from doing so.
“Those engaged in serious violence will end up damaging their lives, either tragically, or by being arrested and having to deal with a criminal record.
“This is not about criminalising or demonising young people, this is about stopping the violence and reducing the fear of crime.
“Operation Curb will remain in place for the foreseeable future and we will continue to stand alongside our partner agencies, as it is only with all of us working together that we will resolve this offending, which is blighting the lives of our young people.”
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