Chairman Rick Hylton welcomed everyone and asked the Board to check they had copies of all three CDRP priority summaries provided by Inspector Chris Savage, to be discussed under item 8 on the agenda.

The Chairman explained that the Update on Changes to the CDRP Legislation Report (item 6) would be discussed prior to the Recommendations from the CDRP Review Group report (item 5) as item 6 would provide some background information to better understand the content of item 5. 

Apologies for absence have been received from Chief Executive Jean Hunter. 

Apologies for absence have been received from Chief Executive Jean Hunter, 

Michael Soper, Paul Howes, Matt Deacon, Hannah Waghorn, Susie Talbot and Tom Jefford.

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

b) County Councillor Mandy Smith declared a personal interest as a member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board and the Safer and Stronger Communities Overview Committee. Councillor Smith also declared a personal interest as her husband is a farmer.

c) 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 26 April 2011 as a correct record.

Matters Arising:

89. Actions 1, 2 and 3 completed

94. Rick Hylton reported that the Peer Review report had been received following a meeting between the District and Statutory Organisations. The discussion at the meeting concerned how to take forward the majority of the recommendations. The exception being the proposed structure following the merge of CSP’s. However the Strategic Group is still in place to take the remaining recommendations forward. 

The four principles outlined in the background information have been set for the Executive Group to look at in response to the reduction in funding. The Executive Group currently consists of Chief Executive Jean Hunter, Lead Officer Paul Howes, Chief Inspector Dave Sargent and Councillor Tom Bygott.

The Chairman suggested that the District Tasking and Co-Ordination Group set out the terms of reference and reporting requirements, which can then be brought to the CDRP Board meeting in November 2011.

Philip Aldis referred to the diagram on page 9, which proposes how the new Group could function.

Key themes emerging from the detailed debate include the need for accountability; that the practicalities and relevant attendees be looked at; that constant, emerging themes be looked at in detail and that consideration is given to holding Board meetings every six months instead of yearly.

The Board noted the need for more detail and a dynamic, flexible approach, supported by Members, to tackle key issues. Integrated strategies would ensure improved groundwork.

Leigh Roberts explained that a pilot on information-sharing is being carried out by Fenland District Council.

A request was made for email communication to take place prior to the October meeting to report on the aims and progress of the District Tasking and Co-Ordination Group.

The Chairman noted that Jean Hunter, Chief Executive, had agreed to Chair and therefore steer the District Tasking and Co-Ordination Group discussion and progress.

The Board APPROVED the recommendations, subject to further detail being brought back to the next meeting in November.

Philip Aldis went through the content of the Summary of Changes table in the report and explained that the full wording is available by visiting www.legislation.gov.uk and searching for Statutory Instruments “2011 number 1230” and “200 number 1830”. Philip reported that this effectively frees up the CDRP to manage locally and that this document provides the background information to item 6.

Jenny Massie outlined the content of the report, drawing particular attention to both proposals for reporting requirements that could be overseen by the monthly Tasking Group.

The Board agreed the proposals based on performance reporting occurring on a quarterly basis.

The Board also suggested that the report be integrated into the decision making process when preparing the Terms of Reference for the October meeting. 

Leigh Roberts went through the content of the report before Inspector Chris Savage explained the distinction between burglaries defined under the ‘farm crime’ category.

Inspector Savage presented some further analysis into the cause of the increase in ‘theft and handling stolen goods’ offences relating to farm crime.

He explained that the increase is due to the use of the ‘handling stolen goods’ charge as an alternative to ‘theft’, when not enough evidence is available. This category is then created post-charge.

He highlighted that the figures referred to a small number of crimes across a large area and that the only issue of note was the theft of irrigation equipment that RCAT have been investigating. Crime prevention advice has been issued.

CDRP Priority 1: Reducing Farm Crime

Inspector Savage outlined the content of the report and explained that the focus was on preventative work to raise awareness. Pro-active patrols have been carried out and Automatic Number Plate Recognition Systems have been used to target repeat offenders.

CDRP Priority 2: Road Safety

Lyn Hesse outlined the content of the report and highlighted the restructure of the County Council Road Safety Services as a concern for the partnership to note.

Lyn reported that the Anti-Drink Drive event held at Bar Hill Tesco was a success, and also identified the need to monitor the effectiveness and actual engagement with the public.

CDRP Priority 3: Anti-social behaviour

Inspector Savage explained that despite initial success with the individual mentioned, unfortunately the lady has since been re-arrested.

The pending ASBO for the persistent hare courser was due to be looked at on the day of the CDRP meeting.

Inspector Savage asked members of the Board to note that partnership attendance at the task group continues to be patchy. He urged members to ensure consistent, relevant attendance from members at senior level in order to engage in suitable discussions.

Reducing Re-Offending- Q1 2011-12

The Board noted the content of the report and the IOM updates.

Drugs and Alcohol- Q1 2011-12

The Board noted the content of the report.

Bridget Fairley outlined the content of the report in Simon Kerr’s absence paying particular attention to the emerging issues section of the report.

At this point Councillor David Jenkins declared an interest as a member for Histon and Impington wards.

Councillor Mandy Smith then also declared an interest as a member for Bourn ward.

Action: CI Dave Sargent agreed to liase with Bridget Fairley to establish if 2001 census data was used to compile the report and if the figures are still relevant.

a)      2010-11

b)      2011-12 

A)     2010-11

Bridget Fairley updated the Board on the progress of funding and explained the following:

Neighbourhood Panel Banner- project complete

Tesco TV- Evaluation is in progress but will not be repeated in the future.

Road Safety Fire Service Drive to Arrive Project is proceeding and the evaluation report will be circulated when received.

Bridget also reported that evaluation and detail was built in to Appendix A, which will be updated on a six monthly basis.

B)    2011-12

Bridget Fairley updated the Board on the progress of funding and reported that the next SSCF funding will amount to 50% (£20,500), leaving £46,000 available to the Partnership from April 2012. Future funding can come from the £26, 272 remaining.

Leigh Roberts went through the content of the report and led a debate on how best to consult with the community. The Board agreed that a process and timescale should be agreed for consultation, and carried out via focus groups, surveys, neighbourhood panel information and magazine articles.

The Board also agreed to consult with Parish Councils directly and chase non-respondents to get an overall representative sample of views.

Chief Inspector Dave Sargent presented the plan in order to inform and highlight key issues to the Board. The plan went live in April 2011 and a concise leaflet is available that summarises the Plan, available on request. The Forward Plan is available on the Police Authority website. 

None noted. 

Need to formally note change of date of meeting from 25 October 2011 to 15 November 2011

Need to formally note the change of date of meeting from 25 October 2011 to 15 November 2011.