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Community Safety. Cllr Vanier Deputy Leader Cabinet Members for Communities 2.10.14. Community Safety. Legislation Priorities Some of the funding streams Projects Anti Social Behaviour Action Team Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator Questions. Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
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Community Safety Cllr Vanier Deputy Leader Cabinet Members for Communities 2.10.14
Community Safety • Legislation • Priorities • Some of the funding streams • Projects • Anti Social Behaviour Action Team • Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator • Questions
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 • Community Safety Partnerships where established under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 which was amended by the Police and Justice Act 2006. • The 1998 Act sets out who the responsible authorities are and the various duties. Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, as amended by the Police and Justice Act 2006, requires responsible authorities to consider crime and disorder (including anti-social behaviour and other behaviour adversely affecting the local environment): and the misuse of drugs, alcohol and other substances in the exercise of all their duties, activities and decision making. • This means that in all policies, strategies and service delivery there is a need to consider the likely impact of crime and disorder. The Act also saw the establishment of the Youth Offending Service.
Community Safety Strategy 2013 -2017six priorities • Outcome One - Rebuild and improve public confidence in policing and maintaining community safety. • Outcome Two - Prevent and minimise gang-related activity and Victimisation • Outcome Three - Break the cycle of domestic and gender-based abuse by working in partnership to promote healthy and safe relationships • Outcome Four - Reduce re-offending with a focus on 16 – 24 year olds • Outcome Five - Prevent and reduce acquisitive crime and anti-social behaviour (to include residential burglary, personal robbery, vehicle crime, fraud and theft) • Outcome Six - Deliver the PREVENT strategy in Haringey.
Funding • MOPAC £800k • MAC-UK £1.6m • Home Office £85k • Core funding £440k
Projects • Muslim Network Project • Domestic Violence Intervention Project • BCRP for Wood Green (to be developed) • MAC -UK
ASBAT • Working with Enfield to identify and prosecute sex workers Northumberland Park • Love Lane Estate- CCTV being used to identify and prosecute drug dealers (7 ASBi’s obtained so far) • Wickes- continue to work with UKBA and Police- recent eviction of migrants in garages at Russell Road • Holcombe Market- to carry outreach work with HAGA re street drinkers • To deliver 4 outreach sessions on hard to reach estates with victim support • To continue working with the safer transport team re Ducketts Common. 9 ASBO’s secured and various arrests and prosecutions carried out by Police. • To continue to deliver ASBAT schools programme and build on positive feedback from teachers and pupils.
Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator • The Council fund the post of Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator, which is based with Haringey Police. Historically NHWs focused on their local street/area, but the Coordinator now actively encourages NHWs to ‘adopt’ their local green space • 374 Neighbourhood Watch coordinators are in communication with the Coordinator on a regular basis, who in turn disseminates information to their members. • 13% of NHW coordinators are not on email and are communicated with by post or phone • 244 Watches (78%) have completed the new NHW registration form; leaving 68 Watches (22%) still to complete the form. This form requests Watches to include a park within their Watch area and update the number of members/households covered. This requires a visit by a Safer Neighbourhoods Team Officer. • 202 Watches (83% of those that have completed the form) have agreed to include a named park in their Watch
Legislation to be aware of: • Community Trigger- ASB, Crime & Policing Act 2014 - in force, October 2014 • Disclosure Scheme (Claire’s Law) - Multi agency group set up to review disclosures under “right to know”, cases at MARAC to be considered as standard for investigation by the police CSU DI • Protection Orders (Go Orders) – not yet implemented by the Met, London wide. Awaiting update late Sept 2014 from Met Police. • Prevent (Crime and Disorder Act) – Autumn 2014
Acronyms/ Explanations • Channel Panel – multi agency process, which provides support to those who may be vulnerable to being drawn into violent extremism • CTLP – Counter Terrorism Local Plan • MARAC - Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (DV high risk victims) • MAPPA - Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (Probation) • IDVA - Independent Domestic Violence Advocate • IOM/OM – Integrated Offender Management • IGU – Integrated Gangs Unit • MASH - Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (Safeguarding children) • MASE – Multi Agency Sexual Exploitation • BCRP – Business Crime Reduction Partnership