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Community Engagement


Public confidence

The Government has set every police force a target to raise public confidence. In the City of London, this proportion of people surveyed agrees that the police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in their area:

Area Proportion
City of London        65.8%

This is the result of a face to face survey that was conducted in the City of London.

The City has a resident population of less than 8,000, but provides policing services to more than 300,000 workers, commuters and visitors to the City. To obtain representative views from the community it serves, City of London Police commissioned an independent research company, Maven, to conduct street interviews of workers, residents, students and others who regularly visit The City.

Policing Pledge

Following recommendations arising from an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) and a public consultation exercise, a revised, refreshed, City of London Policing Pledge was launched on 26 April 2010.

The Pledge is a set of national standards outlining levels of service the public who live, work or visit the City can expect from their local police force. The previous Pledge statement has been reduced from twelve points to ten points, bringing the City in line with national standards, and the new Policing Pledge leaflet has been jointly signed by Chairman of the Police Committee Simon Duckworth and Commissioner Mike Bowron.

A publicity drive to promote greater awareness and understanding of the Policing Pledge is currently under way, starting with an internal communications campaign within the Force. This will be followed up throughout May and June with PR and Marketing activity to promote the Pledge among various City communities.


Further details are available on the Force’s website.

Policing Plan

The City of London Police’s Strategic Plan and Local Policing Objectives are contained within the Force’s Policing Plan 2009-12, which can be can be downloaded from the Force's website.


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