Agenda and minutes

County Councillor David Jenkins declared a personal interest, as his son is a police officer. 

Magistrate Pat Mungroo declared a personal interest as the newly elected Chair of Black Minority Ethnic (BME) for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Foundation.

The Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership accepted the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 1 February 2011 as a correct record, subject to the following alterations:

Item 79- In addition under reducing re-offending the proposal for IOM is that there will be two schemes, one covering Peterborough and one covering Cambridgeshire. The Cambridgeshire Scheme would have two local delivery units sitting underneath the management structure, one of which would cover the Southern part of Cambridgeshire (East Cambs, South Cambs and the City).

Item 84- A guidance note has been drafted for the County wide approach to road safety and includes reference to the distribution and use of the speed reduction stickers on bins. The Road Safety Partnership supports the plan but will not actively fund or commit resources to the initiative.

Matters Arising:

Philip Aldis reported that the cost to the District of the bin sticker initiative is approx £5000.

Philip Aldis and Councillor Ray Manning reported that contact would be made by the end of May with all Parish Councils about how they can order speed reduction stickers.

The Group agreed that the stickers would be of benefit at the entrance to and exit of villages in order to reduce speed as motorists pass through.

It was noted that the County Council Quarterly Performance Report had not been received despite efforts to contact Mike Soper and his team.

However, Inspector Chris Savage provided an update from the list of crime figures used to write the report.

The figures show that overall crime has reduced by 13.5%.

Serious Acquisitive Crime- reduction of 19%

Criminal Damage- reduction of 25%

Racially Aggravated Crime- reduction of 45%

Drug Offences- reduction of 25%

Detection rate (all categories)- 21%

Inspector Savage also reported that there had been a rise in Serious Sexual Offences, Shoplifting and Theft ‘other’ offences.

Simon Kerss explained that the rise in Serious Sexual Assault offences correlates with the creation of the Independent Sexual Assault Advocacy Group post at the County Council. A more pro-active response has been the focus and so the rise may be due to the improved methods for reporting such incidents.

Action: Helen Turner to obtain and circulate the Quarterly report.

Priority 1- Reducing Serious Acquisitive Crime

Chief Inspector Dave Sargent

No quarterly report was provided as the task group meeting was disbanded. See agenda item 8.

Action: Inspector Savage to request a report on burglary from Chief Inspector Sargent, despite the group being disbanded.

Priority 2- Reducing Re-Offending

Jenny Jolley

Philip Aldis provided an update in Jenny Jolley’s absence.

The PPO Coordinators for Southern and Central Divisions of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, along with Dick Moore (Head of ONS) have been proactively working to reduce reoffending. There has been a 46% reduction in offending across the divisions.

Action: Helen Turner to send Bridget Fairley a more in-depth report about reducing re-offending, which indicates value for money and savings made.

Priority 3- Reduce Domestic Violence

Chief Inspector Dave Sargent

The Group NOTED the recommendations.

Priority 4- Anti-Social Behaviour Q4

Inspector Savage

The Group NOTED the content of the report and acknowledged the good work put in to a complex case in Cambourne, which has now been closed, and positive feedback from residents has been received.

Update- Drugs and Alcohol Q4

Laura Hutson

The Group NOTED the content of the report but expressed concern at the lack of experienced representation at the meeting, to explain key areas of concern such as substance misuse.

Action: Helen Turner to request that experienced representation is made at meetings and that the quality of reports is improved upon to give more detail/context.

Update- Road Safety Partnership Q4

Matt Deacon

Matt Deacon explained that the 2010 casualty reduction targets were met, and a breakdown of stats and issues for South Cambridgeshire is to be presented at the next executive group meeting.

The Partnership is working to set up a Road Victims Trust for the South Cambridgeshire area though it was recognised that a lot of accidents involve residents of other counties, or ‘imported’ accidents.

State of the Partnership Briefing: Q4 2010/11

Simon Kerss, Domestic Abuse Partnership Manager

Simon Kerss reported that the NI32 repeat rate for Cambridgeshire performance target may be replaced with two targets, the first to increase engagement from 58%  ...  view the full minutes text for item 89.

• Funding to SCDC Affordable Housing to focus on ASB projects/issues- work is ongoing and an action plan is being followed and being reported directly to the executive group.
• Neighbourhood Panel Banner- work is ongoing and the banner will be designed by students.
• Contribution to enforcement action in Cow Fen Drove, Swavesey- incidents at the site have reduced.
• Tesco TV- an evaluation is to be put together.
• Fire safety ‘drive to arrive’ project- work is ongoing and the timetable for progress is to be met.

The Group NOTED the content of the report and decided to discuss the impact of the report at the next Public Service Board meeting. Helen Turner agreed to obtain a place on the agenda to discuss the effect of the new legislation on the CDRP.

The Group felt that it is important to simplify the process, learn lessons and to train Councillors as and when cases come up as the E-learning training only takes 30 minutes to complete.

The Group ENDORSED the recommendations.

The Group met on 6 April 2011 to discuss their terms of reference and to clarify their particular partnership stance in the face of financial reduction.

The Group APPROVED the recommendation that the Group take into consideration that crimes of this nature may be as a result of displacement in other areas and therefore a collaborative approach may provide a better solution on a case by case basis, more commonly referred to as a task and finish group.

The Group NOTED the content of the report.

The report states that from 13 April 2013, commissioners will have the responsibility for setting and allocating budgets. This may be brought forward a year.

Philip Aldis stated that copies of the Home Office document titled “A New Approach to Fighting Crime” are available and can be requested from Bridget Fairley, CDRP Partnership Support Officer.

Helen Turner outlined the content of the report and thanked those that had participated in writing it.

The report has already been circulated and comments from Community Safety Officers have been included.

The report provides a list of options of what could work though it needs input from Chairs and the Leaders Group prior to implementation.

There is still an opportunity to add to the review, Helen Turner requested comments be sent as soon as possible.

There is a meeting scheduled for 3 May 2011 to discuss the recommendations and options to take to the Board for consideration.

Restrict Report 

For this item, Bridget Fairley, CDRP Partnership Support Officer, left the room as discussion took place regarding funding for her post.

The Group APPROVED the four-part funding plan for April 2011 to March 2012 with a caveat that potential redundancy costs of approx £5,000 in the next financial year are ring-fenced from the CDRP Priority Fund.

A-     To allocate a total of £50,000 towards the continued funding and employment of the CDRP Partnerships Support Officer and the CDRP Anti-Social Behaviour Caseworker.

B-     To allocate £23,167 to a CDRP Priority Fund.

C-    To review how the CDRP operates and the resources required.

Part of the recommendation is to set up a CDRP Review Project Board, consisting of 3-4 CDRP Board members, with a Project Team (expected to be the Executive Group) carrying out tasks identified by the Review Project Board.

The Board was set up at the meeting and it was decided that the Board would consist of:

·         Jean Hunter, Chief Executive of SCDC

·         Chief Inspector Dave Sargent, Cambridgeshire Police

·         Councillor Ray Manning, Leader of SCDC and

·         CDRP Chairman Rick Hylton, Lead Officer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire and Rescue Service.

D-    To explore options for working with other CDRP’s in the County for sharing services and funding.

The Group also APPROVED all three recommendations.

Councillor Manning reported that Neighbourhood Panels are to be subject of a consultation as post-December; the future of the panels is unclear.

Suggestions included:

• Nominate a ‘member champion’
• CDRP take responsibility for overseeing the panel process

 A proposal is to be brought to the next meeting in July.

26 July 2011 

Need to formally note change of date of meeting in November to 25 October 2011.

The date of the next meeting was confirmed as 26 July 2011.