Gangs & County Lines – Prevent and Protect

Speaker:

Jennie Read joined Essex Police in 2002 as a civilian member of staff and has worked in various roles. She started her current role as Gangs and County Lines Officer in August 2019 and prior to that worked within the Exploitation Team to safeguard primarily High risk victims of exploitation. Prior to that she worked within the Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding Unit again working with High risk victims of domestic abuse, honour-based abuse, stalking and harassment in order to safeguard them.

The input will include the following:

• Attractions, vulnerabilities, behaviours and the risk posed to children and young people regarding gang and drug line activity

• The grooming process and the gang structure explaining each tier.

• Females and Exploitation
• What is a County/Drug line and the methodology used by gangs?

• What is Cuckooing and how gangs target vulnerable people in order to use their properties as a base to distribute drugs

• Examples of successful disruptions of gangs and drug line activity

• Trends and emerging issues

• How to report concerns regarding all of the above along with useful resources and signposting

Host or Publisher Association of Interpreters and Translators (AIT)