Detective Superintendent

Damian Allain

To tackle gang criminality in London by effective enforcement, suppression and proactive policing, working

with partners to prevent offending and build safer communities.

Mission Statement & Terms of Reference

Trident – History and evolution

• Late 1990s : Series of brutal murders in black communities with significant community concerns

• 2000 : Operation Trident launched• 2004 : Operation Trafalgar (non-fatal shootings)• 2008 : SCD8 Trident – Shootings Prevention and Investigation• 2012 : SC&O8 Trident Gang Crime Command• 2013 : All homicide moves to SCO1

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Impact of Gangs in London

C088067 27/09/2012

Map showing the 18 Ending Gang

and Youth Violence (EGYV)

Boroughs and London Gang

territories.

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The Trident Approach

OCGM

Matrix

GRITS

Trident Proactive

Central Gangs Unit

Trident Reactive

Op Boa

Partnership

OCG

URBAN

STREET

GANGS

Barking and Dagenham

KG

BarnetSX

BexleyRY

BrentQK

BromleyPY

CamdenEK

W'm

inster

CWCroydon

ZD

EalingXB

EnfieldYE

GreenwichRG

HackneyGD

Hamm

ersmithFH

HaringeyYR

HarrowQA

HaveringKD

HillingdonXH

HounslowTX

Islington

NI

Ken & Chel BS

KingstonVK

LambethLX

LewishamPL

MertonVW

NewhamKF

RedbridgeJI

RichmondTW

SouthwarkMD

SuttonZT

TowerHamlets

HT

W'hamForest

JC

WandsworthWW

Local Policing Model (LPM) & Trident Area Structure

Ending Gang and Youth Violence (EGYV)

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Ending Gang and Youth Violence priority areas

Metropolitan Police Force Area:

Barking & Dagenham, Brent, Camden, Croydon, Ealing,

Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith &

Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham,

Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest,

Wandsworth, Westminster

West Midlands Police Force Area:

Birmingham, Sandwell, Wolverhampton

Merseyside Police Force Area:

Liverpool, Knowsley

West Yorkshire Police Force Area:

Leeds, Bradford

Greater Manchester Police Force Area:

Manchester, Oldham, Salford

South Yorkshire Police Force Area:

Sheffield

Derbyshire Police Force Area: Derby

Nottinghamshire Police Force Area: Nottingham

EGYV Priorities 2013-2014

• Partnership working and information sharing

• Youth violence and health

• The criminal justice response

• Women, girls and gangs

• Understanding what works

• Prevention and routes out of violent lifestyles

• Understanding and responding to the links with organised crime

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ASBOs

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Prisons

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MPS Approach - Prevention & Diversion

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Safe and Secure

Empower Programme

Any questions?