(None received for this meeting)
Minutes:
In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 5 (Urgent Items), the Council
received an emergency notice of motion moved by Councillor Helen-Ann Smith and seconded by Councillor David Hennigan as follows:-
“SAFER STREETS
Ashfield District Council notes that we were successful in securing £500,000 in Round 3 of the Home Office Safer Streets Fund. This Council further notes that Round 4 of Safer Streets Fund closes on May 13th, 2022. It is therefore urgent to complete the bid.
Ashfield District Council would like to thank staff in our Community Protection team for fighting for and securing large amounts of funding under Round 3 of the “Safer Streets” programme to improve local safety.
This year, Ashfield District has seen a 23.85% fall in Anti-Social Behaviour, in comparison to the previous year. (January 2020-January 2021).
Over the past year, Ashfield District Council has created the partnerships responsible for obtaining the approval for a Public Spaces Protection Order to manage localised problems - from street drinking, dog fouling to gating off areas renowned for anti-social behaviour.
That through joint working, Ashfield District Council has taken significant strides to reduce anti-social behaviour and to protect vulnerable people across the district through a host of measures and interventions.
This Council welcomes that:
· Task force groups that have been put in place to manage perpetrators of crime and anti-social behaviour and dedicated vulnerability programmes have been established to allow repeat victims to get the help and support they require.
· Further to this, this Council notes that specialist initiatives has been put in operation to divert young people away from anti-social behaviour through the use of youth diversionary activities and delivery of healthy relationship programmes within local schools. A dedicated safeguarding and disruption group has also been devised to help prevent exploitation, county lines and organised crime.
· Days of action and community events have taken place to build and foster positive relationships with members of the public.
· CCTV has been installed for 42 businesses across Sutton and new cameras have been confirmed for Kirkby and Hucknall to continue to prevent and detect anti-social behaviour and promote feelings of safety. This Council has installed ANPR cameras, 42 commercial CCTV devices, 8 deployable cameras across Sutton alongside 10 cameras in Kirkby over the past 10 weeks alone.
This Council re-affirms its commitment to fighting crime and anti-social behaviour, remains committed to ensuring the safety of its residents, congratulates the Community Protection Team and recommends that we prioritise completing the Round 4 Safer Street’s application before the 13th May 2022 deadline and continue to look for external funding to ensure safer streets across the Ashfield District.
Having been duly debated, the emergency motion was put to the vote and it
was
RESOLVED
that the Council re-affirms its commitment to fighting crime and anti-social behaviour, remains committed to ensuring the safety of its residents, congratulates the Community Protection Team and recommends that it prioritises completion of the Round 4 Safer Street’s application before the 13th May 2022 deadline and continues to look for external funding to ensure safer streets across the Ashfield District.