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 out in their 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 2018/19 were:

·         Protecting People

·         Protecting Property

·         Protecting the Community

·         Protecting the Future

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

Ms Lilley praised the work of voluntary Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator Peter Salmon who worked alongside the team. 

Cllr Hossack alongside Ms Lilley credited Daniel Cannon for the production of the CSP Plan document. 

Members endorsed the work on the Partnership Plan. 

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Hossack and SECONDED by Cllr Mrs Davies to approve the recommendation in the report.

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

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 affected our most vulnerable residents.