The Community Safety Partnership (CSP) was made up of Responsible Authorities as outlined in the Crime & Disorder Act 1988 which included the Council as a key partner.

Each year the partnership had a statutory duty to carry out a Strategic Intelligence Assessment which reviewed existing priorities and identified any new or emerging priorities that the partnership should focus on.

All partners agreed the Strategic Priorities and set in the Partnership Plan (see Appendix A of the report) how the partnership would work together over the next twelve months to tackle crime and disorder and achieve its priorities. 

 The CSPs Strategic Priorities for 2016/17 were:

-       Protecting People from Harm

-       Domestic Abuse

-       Anti-Social Behaviour

-       Burglary

-       Community Engagement

A set of action plans had been developed which underpinned the delivery of the above priorities and set out how the partnership would work together to stimulate activity across the Borough.  This would focus on those activities that added value as a result of being delivered in partnership. 

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Wiles and SECONDED by Cllr Russell to approve the recommendations set out in the report.

A vote was taken by a show of hands and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

1.         For Members to endorse and support the work of the CSP through the Partnership Plan.

Reasons for recommendation

The Council was one of the key partners within the CSP and it was vital that this was supported by Members to ensure that it remained effective in tackling local crime and disorder issues that affect our most vulnerable residents were supported.