Fenland Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Monitoring Report

Fenland Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Monitoring report

To Fenland Strategic Partnership (FSP)

Date: 6th October 2005

From: Di Atkinson (FSP Support Officer, representing the CDRP Chair, Christine Greer)

Paper / presentation purpose

To update the Board on progress on the priority areas for action agreed for the Fenland Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Board members note the content of the report and make comment on any issues identified

CDRP Background

The Fenland CDRP (previously know as the Fenland Community safety partnership until august 2004, when its relationship to the Fenland Strategic Partnership “family” was confirmed). The Fenland CDRP is a statutory partnership developed as a requirement of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The CDRP does have terms of reference which are in the process of being revised. Appendix 1) existing terms of reference

All Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships are required to develop a strategy every three years. The priorities within the Fenland Community Safety Strategy 2005-08 were derived through a crime and disorder audit. The priorities are as follows:

 Drug and alcohol related crime  Domestic violence  Antisocial behaviour  Violent crime  Persistent and other priority offenders  Locality area – (specific crime types or hotspot areas)

Delivery framework

Operational sub groups with terms of reference and performance monitored action plans are either active or in development for each strategic development priority. The operational sub groups cover county-wide LPSA performance where relevant.

Hence there are five theme based sub groups and four town based crime and disorder community groups. Resourcing

Fenland is the only district in Cambridgeshire which has a Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme in operation.

Future Challenges

The CDRP has started to join up work with other Fenland Strategic themed Partnership Groups to ensure full communication and to avoid duplication e.g.

Young people’s health Children and Young People’s partnership Domestic Violence / ASB Health and Social Well-being Partnership

Progress against strategic development priorities

List of achievements on SSCF

Appendices

Appendix 1 CDRP terms of reference Appendix 2 Operational sub groups structure Appendix 3 Safer and Stronger Communities – mini Local Area Agreement report

APPENDIX 1

Fenland VISION

Crime & Disorder

Reduction

Partnership “The Fenland Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership will strive to improve community safety through the reduction of crime in the Fenland District Council area.”

TERMS OF REFERENCE

INTRODUCTION

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 places a new statutory duty on the Police, the District Councils and the County Council (the “Responsible Authorities”) to work in partnership with a range of other agencies to reduce crime and disorder within each District Council area. The Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) has been formed to carry out the provisions of the Act and to prepare and implement a joint crime and disorder reduction strategy for the Fenland District Council area.

To work in Partnership to reduce crime and the fear associated with it in the Fenland District Council area.

OBJECTIVES

In carrying out its work the CDRP will: 1. Commission a crime audit for the Fenland District area 2. Co-ordinate community consultation in order to formulate a three year community safety strategy 3. Review membership annually to ensure it reflects the necessary range of agencies across the district 4. Review progress of the delivery plan regularly and make changes as necessary 5. Communicate and share information about work relating to the specific community safety cross cutting priorities 6. Undertake work on the cross cutting priorities of other partnerships and support the Fenland Strategic Partnership in the Community Planning process. 7. Establish a Partnership pooled fund, develop a Finance sub group to assess applications 8. Adopt a problem solving approach, targeting crime reduction effort, in particular hot spot areas

9. Regularly review the work of the Priority Action Groups which are delivering community safety work at a local level 10. Ensure Crime reduction work is brought into the mainstream of individual partner organisations in line with Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 11. Develop a Communications Strategy.

Fenland

Crime & Disorder

Reduction

Partnership

METHOD OF WORKING

 The approach taken by the Partnership Group to decisions will be one of agreement by consensus rather than by majority voting. This reflects the equal status of the “Responsible Authorities” and the important role of other partners who are members of the Group.

 Members of the Group will need to report back to their constituent authorities or bodies for approval of key decisions with significant resource implications.

 Technical support will be provided through officers from the Police, the District Council and the County Council.

 The Group will adopt a problem solving approach that involves targeting crime reduction effort on priority areas and offences, and which introduces measures aimed at reducing opportunities for crime, and preventing the development of criminality.

 Implementation of the Community Safety Strategy will be through Priority Action Groups and community groups and through the adoption of an effective action planning process.

 The Partnership will seek to obtain financial resources for implementing the crime and disorder strategy from the public, private and voluntary sectors.

 The Partnership will monitor and evaluate the Community Safety Strategy Action Plans annually and make amendments to ensure continuous improvements.