Vanguard Plus
Nottingham City Council –
Ending Gang and Youth Violence Team
Sarah Day - Operational Manager
The Journey
• From 369 individuals to 450 to 780 to 150?
• Who, how and why?
• Definitions and Reality - Gangs, Urban Street
Gangs, Organised Crime Groups or Groups?
• Where are we now?
• Moving forward…….
The Team
Youth Offending Team seconded Case Managers –
Chris Gilzeane and Donna Brinklow
• Intervening and engaging with young people who are subject to
orders or custodial sentences made in the Youth, Magistrates or
Crown Court
• Interventions to address criminal and personal behaviours through
a range of service providers including statutory and Third sector
• Holistic work with families
• Safeguarding
• Accommodation
• Education, training and employment
• Physical and mental health
• Positive activities
The Team
Probation - seconded Offender Managers – Gareth Parker,
Michelle Kimberley and Chris Evans
• Intervening and engaging with adults who are subject to orders or
custodial sentences made in the Magistrates or Crown Court
• Interventions to address criminal and personal behaviours through
a range of service providers including statutory and Third sector
• Education, training and employment
• Mental health
The Team
Police Officers – Andy Coles, Becky Dalby, Amjid Majid and Gary
Godden
Andy Coles
Works jointly with Probation Offender Managers
to proactively engage with individuals in custody and the community to secure
compliance and reduce offending and risk
Becky Dalby
Works jointly with YOT Case Managers to provide support and engagement to
young people to develop positive relationships and secure compliance and reduce
offending.
Amjid Majid
Works with adults (who not open cases to Probation) to provide positive engagement
and diversionary opportunities - – provides support to key Third Sector providers and
EGYV funded projects
Gary Godden
Works predominately with adults (and young people as appropriate) who are not
open cases to Probation or YOT to provide positive engagement and diversionary
opportunities – provides support to key Third Sector providers and EGYV funded
projects
The Team
Enforcement Officers –
Jeff Surgay and Manjid Singh
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Jeff and Manjit identify suitable opportunities to utilise a
range of civil tools and powers to reduce gang related
activities and their impact on local communities - some
of the tools used:Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (with Parenting
Contracts as appropriate)
Notice Seeking Possession
Suspended Possession Orders
Gang injunctions
The Team –
Police Community Support Officers
Gaynor Mann, Trevor Parkinson, Millie Edwards-Cleaves and
Kelly Thomas
The PCSOs deliver awareness raising sessions to year 6 pupils
(ages 10/11) across the city primary schools looking at the issues of
guns, gangs and knives. The provide a link to the local
Neighbourhood Policing Teams and Family Community Teams and
make home visits to pupils who have raised issues or concerns in
the schools sessions.
When not delivering sessions in schools during term time the
PCSOs link with the Neighbourhood Policing Teams for their
locality and undertake patrols in areas associated with gang type
activities
The Team …..the end…
Sarah Day
Operational Manager - overall management of multi-disciplinary team
Jez Lyons
Seargent – responsibility for Police and PCSOs
Valari Mitchell-Clarke
Senior Probation Officer – responsibility for seconded Probation
staff and links to Nottinghamshire Probation Trust
EGYV Commissioned Projects
St Ann’s (Brewster’s Certified Marmion Gang)
Community Recording Studio in partnership with
Take One Studio
Radford – Take One Studio
Basford – African Caribbean and Asian Forum
Bulwell - African Caribbean and Asian Forum
EGYV Locality Hub Meetings
Purpose:To proactively review the risk posed by those individuals involved in gang
related activity and violence related offending and to have oversight to
reduce the risks they present to the community.
To provide support through appropriate interventions to reduce the risk that
identified individuals pose (where not subject to statutory court orders)
To provide preventative and diversionary intervention for those individuals
most at risk of involvement in gang related activity and offending.
To provide appropriate support to victims of gang related activity,
specifically knife, gun crime or gang related serious violence.
To prevent the trends developing further.
To provide an overview of the impact of gang and violence related
offending on the community.
To provide an overview of current tensions in relation to gang and violence
related activity in the community.
Successes…
• Supported a number of individuals to move away from
the area with an appropriate support package
• Supported a number of individuals into full time
employment
• Secured the compliance of key individuals identified as
suspects and/or offenders in relation to serious offences
• What sort of things have we paid for….beds, emergency
accommodation, emergency food, diversionary
activities, work wear, identification etc
Emerging issues
• Significant number of adults and young people
suffering from differing levels of PTSD
• Significant number of adults and young people
who have witnessed or experienced high levels
of violence involving weapons
• Significant number of individuals ‘selfmedicating’ with cannabis etc
• Need for more responsive mental health support
Referral routes
• Young Person’s Panel (Area based)
• Probation and YOT
• Direct – referral form to Vanguard Plus email
address
• By Phone 0115 844 5976
Contact details
operation.vanguardplus@nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk