Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from the following:

Stephen McDonnell              - Joan Hancox substituted

Barbara Nicholls                   - Lisa Redfern substituted

The Chair will consider the admission of any items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be considered under Item x below).

There were no items of urgent business.

Members of the Board must declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests with respect to agenda items and must not take part in any discussion with respect to those items.

There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 1 March as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 1 March 2012 be confirmed as a correct record.

Matters arising

HSP07 – this action had been completed and details were reflected in the report for item 9, Delivery and Resource Plans 2012-13

HSP12 – this would be updated at the next meeting.

To agree the terms of reference for the Partnership for the new municipal year.

Claire Kowalska introduced the report as set out.  The Terms of Reference had been updated and would be reveiwed on an annual basis.

RESOLVED:

To agree the Terms of Reference for the Community Safety Partnership.

A verbal update will be provided by the Borough Commander Haringey MPS.

Sandra Looby, Borough Commander, advised that there had been no significant change to threat levels.

A significant amount of work was currently being carried out with employment agencies around false documentation.

RESOLVED to note the update.

NOTED the report as set out in the agenda pack.  There were 30 days until the torch entered the borough.  There was a delivery action plan in place to effectively managing stakeholder interest - key activities were to establish 2012 network, update feedback, deliver activities and events.  There was also a Gold group (senior management board and other agencies) and the ‘BOCC’ – a 24/7 operated activity.

There was particular focus on youth provision, Public realm (the ‘look and feel’), the readiness of council services – business continuity.

RESOLVED to note the update.

Claire Kowalska - Community Safety Strategic Manager – introduced the report as set out in the agenda papers.  The main purpose of the report was to endorse 3 main plans – Strategic partnership plan; Serious acquisitive crime plan; and Anti-Social Behaviour and hate crime.  There were other plans in existence, which would support safety outcomes.  A domestic violence plan was in draft form only and would be submitted with the minutes.  A hate crime plan was under development and will be brought back to the October CSP at the latest.

Progress would be monitored against an agreed set of key indicators, by a newly formed performance monitoring group.

RESOLVED:

i)          That the delivery plans be endorsed in line with the current strategic outcomes and the responsibilities stated,

ii)         That the resource plan for 2012/13, noting a 50% reduction in the Community Safety fund be agreed.

(To be tabled)

NOTED the tabled item – Community Safety Strategy Indicators (June 2012)

A discussion took place and the following was noted:

·        Clarity is required on the fire service targets:  could be arson-related or a reduction in accidental fires in dwellings – to be pursued

·        Knife crime should be separated into two sub-sets – general knife crime, and whether a knife is used to injure

·        Objective 4 – ‘reduce repeat offending’ – needed to be more specific

·        It was suggested that sanctioned detections for DV may not be the best partnership targets so alternatives should be investigated

·        A substance misuse target, probably linked to reducing acquisitive crime, awaits final agreement between DAAT and MPS.

The Chair suggested that as the next Community Safety Partnership meeting was not until October, that the decision be delegated to the Performance Monitoring Group so as not to delay the implementation of the targets.

RESOLVED

That the final document be signed off by the Performance Monitoring Group before the next meeting of the Community Safety Partnership in October 2012.

Sandra Looby explained that the four quadrant neighbourhood teams are in place with more police officers on the ground overall and a degree of flexibility according to need. Induction was underway.  This did not mean that there have not been cuts and would not be more.  The key will be in using all existing assets to better effect including across the frontline and wider partnership.

RESOLVED to note the update.

Howard Jones – Consultant, Children & Young People’s Service – introduced the report as set out in the agenda papers.  Since the report had been circulated the borough had 286 families who met at least 2 of the national criteria, with approximately 40 meeting all 3 criteria.  The focus was on those families facing the biggest challenges.

Extra capacity was required to drive the process – the service would investigate the most effective ways of working with partners.  A new team would be appointed shortly.

The Chair requested that a regular update be provided to the Community Safety Partnership.

RESOLVED that the update be noted.

Ann Lippitt – Project Director – provided a presentation the Tottenham Regeneration plan.  Copies of the presentation are available on request.

The following responses were provided to questions from the floor:

·        There would be clear targets for the area – jobs; quality housing; investment and public realm – and it was important that people were engaged in the project once more.

·        Tottenham needed to be a place that people wanted to visit, and attractions provided.

The need for a bespoke session with criminal justice partners was raised.  This would be used to look in more detail at what can be achieved collectively in the regeneration area and what the contributions and commitments around safety outcomes should be.  The Chair asked the Community Safety Manager to work with the Tottenham Team to plan a session sometime in September. 

RESOLVED to note the update and plan joint session

NOTED that a review meeting was in the process of being set up following a recent domestic homicide.  A Project Manager and Chair had been identified and the review is on track to meet key deadlines.

Libby Blake – Director, Children & Young People’s Service – introduced the report as set out in the agenda papers.  Additional monies had been provided, and diverse activities would be available over the Summer for young people in the borough as well as an 83 page booklet of summer activity. Plans were in place to look at how to invest money over the next two years and Community Safety staff will be part of the project group.

RESOLVED to note the update.

NOTED.

NOTED the report as set out in the agenda papers.

To consider any new items of Urgent Business admitted under Item 2 above.

There were no such items.

To raise any items of AOB.

There was no other business to discuss.

To note the dates of future meetings set out below:

NOTED the dates of future meetings as below:

18 October 2012

21 March 2013