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Chief Inspector Mark McEwan Police Service of Northern Ireland
B District (South and East Belfast)
Overview of Public Disorder – June 2011
• On Monday 20 June 2011, after 9.00pm some of the worst sectarian rioting in almost a decade broke out at the Short Strand Interface.
• Around 500 persons gathered in the area.
• Residents reported their homes were being attacked by paint, stones, smoke bombs, fireworks and petrol bombs.
• Shots were fired and blast bombs thrown.
• Two males were taken to hospital with gunshot injuries to their legs.
• A police officer was taken to hospital with an eye injury.
Overview of Public Disorder – June 2011
• There were further violent disturbances on Tuesday 21 June 2011 and again on Friday 01 July 2011.
• A press photographer was shot in the leg at 11.50pm during the second night of rioting.
• Water cannon was deployed and 140 AEP rounds were fired.
• Risk of huge damage to relationships between communities and PSNI.
• The UVF was blamed for orchestrating the rioting. This is the first time PSNI publicly named a specific group for orchestrating public disorder.
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PSNI Statistics Linked to Disorder
During the week of June 20 - June 26 2011:
• 1,278 officers spent 15,627 hours policing the riots and disorder in East
Belfast.
• The estimate of the overall cost to the PSNI of policing these riots between
these dates was £336,231.
(The costs include duty time, overtime and other directly associated costs.)
• There was a clear need to find a multi-agency resolution.
Myhill Levels of Engagement
Personal
PartnershipProtective
Policing
with
the
Community
Professional
Engagement
Service
Delivery
Treat People
Fairly And
With Respect
Deliver a
High Quality
Service
Tackling Crime
and Protecting
the Public
Provide
Information To
the Community
Effective Joint
Problem Solving
Targeted
Patrolling/
Activities
Effective
Community
Engagement
Our Policing Commitments
User Satisfaction Surveys
Confidence Measures
Complaint Trends
Levels of Crime & Disorder
Individual Performance Review
STRATEGY STYLE THEMES ACTIVITIES ACCOUNTABILITY
Delivering Policing with the Community through Personal, Professional, Protective Policing
Policing with the Community Strategy
Community Engagement
• Increased police visibility – initially altering shift patterns to reflect demand.
• Longer term increased number of officers in local Neighbourhood Policing
Teams.
• With partner agencies, DOJ, Housing Executive, Housing Associations
addressed physical structures.
• CCTV, peace line, fire proof roofing, grills on windows, protective measures
in gardens – not everyone welcomed these measures.
Ongoing Community Engagement
• A door to door survey, delivered by NPT officers, to establish policing
priorities according to the wider community (Oct – Dec 2011).
• 340 responses.
• Independently analysed by the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
• Priorities were; antisocial behaviour, burglary, drugs, police visibility.
Ongoing Community Engagement
• Utilised platform for collaborative working to address priority issues.
• £35,000 investment into Alternatives NI Street by Street Project. Now
moving into Ballymacarrett area.
• £15,000 investment in Ballymacarrett Youth Centre.
• £25,000 investment into Doyle Youth Centre.
• Establishment of PACT – Partners and Community Together.
• Establishment of Pottinger Neighbourhood Facebook page
Safe Choices
• 180 Primary 7 pupils from five pathfinder schools attended a Safe Choices event, on Tuesday 29th and 30th May 2012.
• Event highlighted the impact of drugs and alcohol on individuals, families and the wider community.
• Delivered by a multi-agency partnership.
Pottinger Neighbourhood Police Team East Belfast Community Development Agency
FASA
Street by Street.
The Way Forward
• The development of a structured process for information sharing between
agencies.
• The establishment of analytical and tasking processes to identify priority
families and individuals for intervention.
• Based on Inverclyde/Glasgow Community Safety Services.
Thank-you