Report – Cipher 3 Services for Communities (various service areas) Police Scotland Scottish Fire and Rescue Service NHS Lothian Dunedin Canmore Housing Association Edinburgh Leisure Community Learning and Development Pentland Crime Prevention Panel City of Edinburgh Council Veronica Wright Community Safety Manager – South West 23 September 2013 Report - Cipher 3 Recommendations 1. To agree to continue with the Cipher model but in a more streamlined way (Consider using the Street – a – week model) 2. To develop a model which represents the main focus of partners remits and deliver on pre determined Key Performance Indicators for those partners 3. To revisit Cipher 3 in 6 Months ( December 2013) and focus on environmental issues (Including dog fouling initiative ) 4. Communicate by all appropriate mediums any Cipher actions and outcomes pre and post operation Background Launch 29 April 2013 Period of Cipher 3 29 April 2013 to 26 May 2013 Cipher 3 is the third multi-partner project, which was launched on the 29th of April by Councillor Elaine Aitken one of the councillors who covered the footprint of Cipher 3 supported by the partners including the Pentland Community Safety Panel The main aim of Cipher 3 was to improve the quality of life for all who live or work in the Oxgangs Area (Footprint area – see appendix 1) Following on from the recent successful Ciphers 1 and 2 in the Calders and the Gorgie Dalry and Fountainbridge areas of the city, the South West Community Safety Team, working in partnership with Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Dunedin Canmore Housing Association NHS Lothian, Edinburgh Leisure, Community Learning and Development and the Pentland Crime Prevention Panel carried out high profile activities in the Oxgangs area. It was designed to combat a wide range of anti-social behaviour issues in the area such as violence (including domestic abuse), dog fouling, fly tipping, smoking related litter, graffiti and noisy neighbours. These activities started on the 29th of April and included: Joint patrols of the Police and Environmental Wardens including the Council’s Mobile CCTV Joint work with the Community Safety Teams and Police Scotland Fire safety inspections and information on Fire Safety via the Scottish Fire and Rescue Services 2 Road shows/drop-in surgeries across the area to work with the community on issues they see as relevant to them and ensure they mirror what the partners are already working on Used the Street – A – Week model where partnership intelligence had identified areas within the Oxgangs area (see footprint ) where there have been a greater level of ASB or vulnerability had been identified A health promotion event which aims were to raise awareness and deliver information of local health related services and to conduct a Health Inequalities consultation creating a base line for future recordings and statistics Provide diversionary activities for young people delivered through local youth groups and Edinburgh Leisure and were part of the Oxgangs Primary School Fair Day and also had events in the 2 community centres and Oxgangs Library Environmental inspections including an Environmental Visual Assessment (EVA) A spring clean week with an emphasis of educational and increased recycling in Mid May and a Community Clean up on the 17 May Visits to businesses by Trading and Licensing Services and Environmental Wardens Surgeries re Welfare Reform and any subsequent advice /support we could give There was also an initiative to target Bogus Callers Publicised events via twitter and various partnership websites Financial Apart from a contribution from the partners totaling £1000 for publicity posters leaflets etc Activities associated with Operation Cipher were contained within each partners` normal budgets Appendices As part of this report appendices are attached which show the footprint where Cipher 3 operated and the timetable of events Appendix 1 Cipher 3 Footprint Appendix 2 Timetable of Activities – 4 weeks Appendix 3 Environmental Visual Assessment (EVA) Appendix 4 Dog Fouling Initiative – leaflet Further details on Cipher 3 – Contacts Services for Communities - Community Safety (Veronica Wright /Paul Saunders) Services for Communities - Trading Standards (Clive Johnston) 3 Police Scotland (Stephen Dolan / Robert MacKenzie) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (Colin Donald ) Lothian Health Board Health Promotions (Heather Levy ) Dunedin Canmore (Euan Dollar ) Community Learning and Development (Andrew Stephenson ) Pentland Crime Prevention Panel ( Councillor Elaine Aitken) 4 Summary of Key Facts - Consultation and Engagement Posters (Advertising Cipher 3 were positioned in) Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre Pentlands Community Centre Oxgangs Library Tescos Morrisons Scotmid - Oxgangs Road North Convenience Store at Firrhill Park Broadway Convenience Store Locations 29 April 2013 Tescos 4 May 2013 Morrisons 23 May 2013 Oxgangs Library 15 May 2013 Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre 11 May 2013 Oxgangs Primary School Surveys completed 64 Partners Police Scotland Community Safety Team / Trading and Licensing Standards Scottish Fire and Rescue Dunedin Canmore (relevant to their properties) Lothian Health Board Community Learning Development Issues identified Dog Fouling Littering Youth issues Neighbour complaints Parking Bogus callers/cold callers Vandalism Outcome of Feedback surveys - Extract Top 4 NAMED HIGHEST NUMBER OF STREETS ISSUES MAIN ISSUES Colinton Mains (various) 12 6 Dog Fouling Oxgangs Avenue 6 3 Antisocial behaviour & 2 dog fouling Firrhill Crescent 6 3 Dog Fouling Firrhill Drive 5 None specific - various 5 Summary of Key Facts – Publicity Cipher 3 was publicised via the various council websites (Pentlands Neighbourhood Partnership and Community Safety and Trading Standards websites) and the Edinburgh Evening News (See links below) The launch press release was also run by The Evening News and The Edinburgh Reporter http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/police-target-oxgangs-in-crackdown-1- 2912847 http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20055/south_west_neighbourhood/1984/south_west-community_safety Facebook The photo album of the launch was viewed by in excess of 200 people and the link tweeted out We also promoted the Cipher page on the website through Facebook this was viewed by approx 218 people Created link to Facebook page and provided weekly updates Set up-twice a week articles from information and tweets. Twitter Tweets from the launch were re-tweeted by Community Safety, Police, Fire & Rescue Service, SCORE Scotland, The Edinburgh Reporter and Dads Rock Edinburgh Tweeted what we did in the area including photos and updates on positive stories Three tweets were posted per day @ 9:00, 12:30, and 16:30 - targeting commuters. Created Dog Fouling Posters which targeted the local park as part of the Cipher 3 footprint 6 Summary of Key Facts – Partnership Outcomes Streets – a – Week (how many) 4 Locations Oxgangs (x2) Firrhill Colinton Mains Dates of Street- a – week 1 - 22 May 2013 (all Wednesdays) Households contacted 2582 Partners Police Scotland Community Safety Team Scottish FireService Trading and Licensing Standards Dunedin Canmore (relevant to their properties) Council – Services for Communities Community Safety and Environmental Wardens Staff worked on Cipher 3 events and activities for a total of 144 hours There was a reduction of 43% in environmental issues /complaints on dog fouling and litter, including smoke related litter over the period of the operation ASB complaints including noise reduced by 56% The CIMS assessment in June 2013 for Ward 8 was 74% (2% above City Wide performance target) Developed a Graffiti Directory to identify council/private properties and to explore all resolution tools Developed and used templates e.g. the Environmental Visual Assessment (EVA see Appendix 3) for systematic use of identifying assessing and resolving environmental and safety issues in a neighbourhood Summary of Environmental Work As a large area of the Cipher 3 footprint is seen as “green” it was felt that this should be reflected in the operation and so it was decided to include certain activities as follows Spring Clean Week – see attached 7 Estates inspection - see below Environmental Visual assessment (EVA - see Appendix 3 ) Community clean up –see below Parks inspection in preparation for a parks quality audit in June 2013 Dog Fouling Initiative in Colinton Mains Park – including the creation of Dog Fouling Posters with reference to the initiative in Colinton Mains Park- see Appendix 4 Spring Clean Week Estates Inspection – Extract from May 2013 SPRING CLEAN WEEK - 13 May - 17 May 2013 Count MAIN ISSUES RAISED Housing repair 3 Pothole 3 Fly tipping 3 Roads/Footpaths defects 2 Park Inspection 2 The skip was located at Oxgangs Grove from 7:00am - 3:30pm. The skip was emptied each day Approx 8 tones of unwanted household items was collected In addition to the above Environmental Wardens patrolled for 31 Hours some jointly with the Police over the period of Cipher 3 Issued 9 Fixed Penalties for dog fouling (via DF Initiative) littering domestic waste and litter Carried out a dog fouling initiative in the Colinton Mains Park and surrounding streets resulted in a 52% reduction of incidents of dog fouling – measurement of dog fouling intervention in controlled and non controlled zones – separate report available – leaflet as Appendix 4 Community clean up – took place on 17 May 2013 at Oxgangs Broadway. Staff from the Environmental Wardens and members of