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Partners |
What can they contribute? |
What’s in it for them? |
Constraints |
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Fire Service |
An active role in
intervention and diversion programmes with convicted offenders and persons
at risk of offending
Initiatives to reduce & respond to arson incidents involving vehicles, litter and vacant properties. Powers to require rapid removal of vehicles deemed to pose a fire risk. Arson data Hoax calls data |
Reduction arson incidents
Reduction in hoax calls Fulfilling the requirements of S17/ Best Value
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No financial resources to
support initiatives outside core role
No legal obligation to become involved in diversionary crime reduction work
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Health Authorities and Trusts
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Data relating to incidence
and costs of criminal damage
Secure car parks |
Fulfilling requirements of
NHS Executive Controls Assurance Standard For Security Management
Incorporation of the A & E Dept. into community policing/crime prevention activity Pooling resources |
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Local Education Authority/ schools |
Truancy & exclusion data
'Alternative education/ vocational qualifications Targeted work with persistent truants excluded pupils & young people at risk of offending Education Welfare Service responsible for truants & excludees |
Support from others to cater
for/engage disaffected young people
Help in meeting literacy/numeracy etc targets Links with citizenship programmes etc. Fulfilling the requirements of S17/ Best Value Reductions in school truancy & exclusions Reductions in school vandalism/bullying Reassured pupils |
Pressure on staff and on the
curriculum
Pressure to raise academic standards |
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LA Environmental Services |
Rapid removal of abandoned
vehicles, using powers in Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978.
Street cleansing Improved lighting Maintenance of open spaces
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Prevention of repeat
incidents
Fulfilling the requirements of S17/ Best Value
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Separation of functions at
lower level
Services may involve several different service providers LA 21 sometimes confined to environmental protection/conservation |
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LA Finance |
Quantify losses to the
Council due to vandalism/criminal damage
Use insurance/risk management regimes to minimise losses. |
Potential savings.
Fulfilling the requirements of S17/ Best Value.
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LA Housing / Registered Social Landlords Many of these interventions are designed to reduce the incidence of anti-social behaviour which can be a catalyst for offences of arson Click here for further information on initiatives to reduce Anti-social behaviour |
Gather & share
information
Effective neighbourhood design and management. Housing stock security Resolve neighbour disputes which can be the catalyst for arson offences Good housing lettings policies aimed at meeting housing need & achieving stable communities where anti-social behaviour problems are minimised.Role for area managers & neighbourhood wardens in providing information / identifying and dealing with nuisance Victim & witness support |
Fulfilling the requirements
of S17/ Best Value
Increased housing lets, with more rental income, due to reductions arson and vandalism problems Fulfilling the requirements of S17/ Best Value Local communities have increased confidence in their housing service Lower repair costs, especially voids & vandalism |
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LA Leisure Services |
Role of Park Rangers
services in giving advice / encouraging reporting / gathering information.
Targeted outreach/diversion activities |
Fulfilling the requirements
of S17/ Best Value
Increased access to joint funding opportunities e.g. regeneration Increased individual & community confidence, contributing to improvements in health, employment & educational attainment Increased use of local leisure facilities, generating increased income. |
Concern not to fuel fear of crime/draw attention to the problem |
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LA Planning |
Can require a crime impact
analysis in any planning application
Crime prevention guidelines for developers Design improvements when neighbourhoods are redeveloped or are new build |
Better planned
neighbourhoods may experience less crime/anti-social behaviour problems
Fulfilling the requirements of Section 17/ Best Value Commitment in recent comprehensive spending review to require local authorities to screen planning applications for their crime implications with help from the police. |
Scope is greatest in new developments or major re-development |
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LA Regeneration |
Social & economic data
Anti-social behaviour reduction measures and socially inclusive programmes which impact positively on crime reduction as part of wider strategies for regeneration/neighbourhood renewal |
Less anti-social behaviour
will help to foster neighbourhood renewal, vibrant & sustainable
communities.
Fulfilling the requirements of Section 17/ Best Value |
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LA Social Services |
Targeted work with young
people at risk of offending, including young people in the ‘looked after’
sector.
Data on vulnerable people e.g. older people and people with mental health problems |
Compliance with DoH / Audit
Commission advice to develop more emphasis on prevention and family
support
Multi-agency support for vulnerable families Fulfilling requirements of section 17 / Best Value. Proposed new target to improve life chances of young people in the ‘looked after’ sector. |
Pressure of child protection
work consumes resources
Concerns over stigmatising vulnerable groups |
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Authority Transport Department
Public transport operators / Railtrack/ British Transport Police |
Data/intelligence
Law enforcement Public reassurance Advice on designing out crime Problem-oriented policing Local integrated Transport Plan incorporating security & safety |
Reduced criminal damage and
dumping of flammable materials in/on & around stations & bus stops
Increased passenger security/satisfaction. |
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LA Youth Service and voluntary youth services |
Youth diversion projects |
Taps into young people’s interests. Access to additional resources |
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Local businesses
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Sponsorship or help ‘in kind’ Discounts/promotion of approved security products |
Benefits arising from community involvement | Limited funds for
sponsorship
Other commercial pressures |
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Local Media |
Awareness raising
Deterrence Naming and shaming Data to identify suspicious cases Positive news stories |
Public interest | |
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Neighbourhood watch/ crime prevention panels |
Awareness raising
Intelligence-gathering |
Responds to public concern | |
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Police |
Data/intelligence
Law enforcement Public reassurance Advice on designing out crime Problem-oriented policing Intelligence-led policing Schools liaison Incorporate tackling criminal damage and disorder/arson objectives in Local Policing Plan/Force Strategy. Police-community liaison Can pick up children who are truanting from schools & return them to school or another safe place (in schemes agreed with the local education authority) under new powers of the CDA Act 1998. |
Help from other agencies to
reduce crime
Fulfilling the requirements of S17/ Best Value Potential impact on recorded crime Responding to public concern Public confidence in the police increases |
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Probation Service |
Work to challenge offending
behaviour.
Community service contribution to social & situational responses to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour |
Mobilising other agencies
for effective interventions to reduce rates of reconviction.
Opportunities to enhance offenders’ basic skills/employability. |
Only work with a relatively small number of persistent offenders |
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Youth Offending Teams |
Intensive work with young offenders/young people at risk of offending, e.g. Youth Inclusion Projects/ interventions linked to the range of new orders introduced in the Crime & Disorder Act. | Mobilising other agencies
for criminality prevention/ early intervention.
Opportunities to enhance young peoples’ skills/employability. |
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Victim Support |
Support for victims
Help in preventing revictimisation |
Keep victim perspective on local partnership agenda | Only know of victims identified by police |