Met Police: All London boroughs to get senior officer

The plan is part of the Met's priority to have the strongest-ever neighbourhood policing.

Starting in March, the Met will put a senior police officer of Superintendent rank into each of London’s 32 boroughs as part of an overhaul of the current neighbourhood policing model.

The Superintendents will be at the forefront of the Met’s work to deliver London’s largest-ever neighbourhood policing with plans to create, better, more visible relationships with communities than want partnerships and solve problems that matter to them.

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The new scheme is part of the nine priorities that will deliver change and transformation for the Met and help to bring 'More Trust, Less Crime, High Standards'.

Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe, said: “Our neighbourhood teams will earn trust and confidence within their local communities through developing strong links with them.
“They will work with Londoners and use their policing powers to proactively identify, investigate and solve local crimes, anti-social behaviour and local problems.

“Communities need to feel involved in determining their policing needs and to know that the Met is there to solve the problems that matter to them - and we will be.”

The Neighbourhood Superintendents are set to continue to be the senior point of contact for strategic partnerships like local authorities, residents and community safety partnerships.

Met to recruit 500 Police Community Support Officers

The Met also shared that they have plans to recruit 500 more Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) following investment from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. 

Mr Khan said: "I’ve been very clear about the vital need to strengthen ties between the police and London’s communities – it must be the cornerstone of the Met’s efforts to keep crime down and rebuild public confidence.

“I welcome the Met’s plans to have a senior officer leading neighbourhood policing in every borough, creating better and more visible relationships with all the communities it serves.

“This is an important step forward which, combined with my proposals to fund 500 new PCSOs and invest record sums from City Hall in neighbourhood policing, will support Sir Mark Rowley’s plans to restore real neighbourhood policing in our city and help build a safer London for everyone.”