Councillors raise concerns over shortfall in violent crime services for young adults
Cllr Sharon Patrick also reveals issues with ex-gang members being placed in hostels alongside former rivals
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New Year’s Day shooting: Dalston nightclub’s licence suspended over ‘security concerns’
Management pledges to work closely with police and neighbours
Town Hall ponders crime hotline for reporting suspicious activity
Council to explore ‘route for parents and members of the community to raise concerns’
‘Love Shouldn’t Hurt’: Hackney stands together to tackle domestic violence
Town Hall event marks local launch of 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence campaign
‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds
Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime
Dalston off-licence accused of selling smuggled tobacco – and alcohol to a minor
Illicit stash found in covert hiding place above staff toilet door
Hackney has ‘around 18 street gangs’ says anti-crime chief – and council uses Met’s controversial gang matrix
Cllr Caroline Selman says the police matrix supports Hackney’s Integrated Gangs Unit
Hackney youth worker says give people on police gang matrix apprenticeships
Deji Adeoshun of Hackney CVS says good jobs can save young men from a life of crime
Labour and Lib Dems clash on knife crime policy – as Caroline Selman says proposals are nothing new
Hackney Liberal Democrats say Violence Reduction Unit would ‘treat violence like a disease’
Hackney crime chief says cuts to blame for Tower Hamlets police merger
Cllr Selman said she would work to ‘minimise the impact’ on residents
Hackney police to merge with Tower Hamlets as Met looks to save £325m
Basic Command Unit will share police officers, buildings and resources
Road closures: Residents complain of ‘shocking crime rise’
Council says police data does not show a problem amid concern over new traffic plans
Mangle E8 acid attack: Arthur Collins found guilty of ‘barbaric’ act
He threw acid over a group of clubbers in London Fields last Easter
CCTV cameras on Hackney estates are working 99 per cent of the time
Concerns about broken cameras were raised at Mayor’s Question Time
Armed police captured on video pointing assault rifles at two men holding their hands up
Incident follows just a few days after 20-year-old Rashan Charles died following police chase
‘He didn’t need to be dead’: Hackney Heroine speaks out ahead of ‘justice for Rash’ police station vigil
‘It’s not just another young man who has died, it’s a bigger problem of failing these kids in the community’