Commissioning Document for Southend Borough Council for the Development of a Gangs and County Lines Action Plan 2018/19

The Home Office has been undertaking a significant work programme in the past few years looking at the issue of Drug dealing, youth violence and gang activity which has come to be known as County Lines. This activity has been of significant concern to the Council administration and elected members and in 2015, Southend underwent a Locality Review in Partnership with the HO, to identify how this phenomenon is impacting on Southend Borough. This Locality Review made recommendations about the actions that were needed...