22 Future of the Parks Constabulary
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Received a report
outlining measures to modernise the Borough’s Parks
Constabulary with a view to increasing public awareness and
safety.
Agreed, in order to
raise the profile of the service and assist in achieving the
Council’s Community Priority of “Making Barking and
Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer”:
- To change the name
of the service to the ‘Parks Police’ and issue blue
lights for use on Parks Police vehicles;
- To transfer the
two night constables onto day shifts and contract out the night
shift duties;
- Upon the
retirement of the current Corporate Security Manager that this role
is merged with that of the Parks Constabulary & Security
Manager to form the new post of Corporate Security & Parks
Police Manager; and
- That batons will
not be issued to Park Constables at this time, in light of the
advice from the Community and Open Spaces Policing Associations
(COSPA) and the Metropolitan Police.