A representative from the Community Safety Partnership Board will attend the meeting in relation top concerns around safety and knife crime.
Minutes:
Chris Woodhouse, Strategic Partnership Manager attended to explain about the work of the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) in Bury.
It was explained that the Council was required by law to have CSP.
The CSP brings together different teams within the Council, Polic, broader justice partners such as the Probation Service, ither blue light organisations, the voluntary sector and the Safeguarding Partnership.
The CSP meets every two months. The Executive Directors are Kate Waterhouse and Chief Superintendent Kirsty Oliver.
The 4 key principles of the CSP were explained as:
· Prevent – stop from becoming involved in criminology
· Pursue – How offenders are pursued
· Protect – ensure the right systems are in place
· Prepare – make sure the right systems are in place and the right response if anything happens
The CSP produced a Community Safety Plan which set out the priorities as:
• Tackling offences against children
• Prevention of, and earlier intervention on, serious violence
• Domestic abuse in the context of the trio of vulnerability
• Supporting and safeguarding cohesive communities
• Ensuring resilient, safer places and spaces
Chris explained that there were many ways that crimes could be reported through reporting and support mechanisms:
It was explained that the CSP wants to ensure that young people are involved in the work of the partnership and the Community Safety Plan by continuing to talk to young people in as many different settings as possible.
Those present were given the opportunity to ask questions and make comments and the following points were raised:
· It was asked whether the Circles of Safety would be a recurring event.
Jen Mills explained that an online forum had been launched that would answer concerns and questions and help inform the Community Safety Plan.
· Tobias referred to Hate Crime and asked what was in place to combat this.
Chris explained that training was being provided to increase awareness of what hate crime is including challenging conversations, and micro aggression and cultures and cultural behaviours. It was explained that reporting of hate crimes was reviewed to look for patterns. There are hate crime reporting centres to support people. The Greater Manchester Hate Crime Plan had been refreshed earlier this year and Bury’s would be refreshed soon.
It was explained that the Elton High School had completed an excellent piece of work in relation the hate crime.
It was hoped that there would be a group of young people established to work in relation to hate crime.
Violet explained that she had attended a GMYC Women and Girls Against Violence Panel and felt that this would a good panel to link with.
Chris explained that a Women and Girls Equality Panel was in the process of being established and he would share information relating to this with the Youth Cabinet.
Tobias referred to domestic violence and asked what was being done to tackle this in Bury.
It was explained that there was a Domestic Violence Partnership Board,
there was education on how to recognise domestic abuse, support for victims was available and information on tackling perpetrators.
It was also explained that there were DV practitioners in MASH to help with families, children and young people.
It was agreed:
That Chris be thanked for the presentation.