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Mainstreaming Community Safety: The Corporate Approach
Mainstreaming Community Safety: The Corporate Approach
The Highest Level: The Corporate Approach
This section goes beyond the ways in which different services can mainstream crime and disorder reduction to consider what is involved in developing a ‘whole organisation' approach to mainstreaming.
A
whole council approach might mean implementing some or all of the
following:
Building community safety into corporate plans such as the Community Plan
Making sure that the Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy is complementary to statutory plans (such as the Children’s Services Plan) which largely determine service objectives, and that these take account of relevant issues identified in the Crime and Disorder Audit
Using a cross-cutting Fundamental Performance Review to look at the way community safety is addressed across the organisation, perhaps as part of Best Value
Adopting 'improving community safety' as a corporate objective so that it features in all service business plans
Making sure that members and staff know what community safety is all about and how they can help to achieve it
Creating a safe and secure working environment that reflects the commitment to community safety
Developing corporate decision-making processes to consider the implications for community safety of all policy and service developments
Having the right information systems throughout the organisation to plan and manage community safety activity, assess the risks and costs of crime and disorder and analyse expenditure on community safety
Identifying and overcoming barriers to effective joint-working between departments and other partner agencies
Developing a clear and targeted communication strategy to promote community safety
Last update: 17/08/03