Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Safer Communities Section Manager.

A report on the introduction of the new Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 was taken to Strategy and Resources Committee on 29 September 2014. The Executive Councillor approved the recommendation at 2.1.4 in the report to “take the report to Area Committees and request that they review if any areas merit consideration for Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs)”.

In response to Members’ questions the Safer Communities Section Manager and PS Misik stated the following:

     i.        The Community Trigger gives communities an opportunity to ask for a review of how their anti-social behaviour case has been dealt with if they are not satisfied.  The threshold and procedure for making an application will be tested over the next 6 months.

    ii.        Evidence would be needed to support the three complaint trigger point.

   iii.        Police had been using the restorative justice options available to them.

  iv.        Factors taken into account when considering low level events, would include aggravating factors and the level of distress caused.

   v.        The new powers would be additions to the ‘tool bag’ of options open to the police.

Members suggested the following areas which might merit consideration for Public Space Orders:

  vi.        Councillor Sarris suggested, Maitlock Avenue, Mortlock Avenue, Green End Road and Cam Causeway where suggested and door to door begging had been an issue. The Safer Communities Manager said that the Safer Communities Team and the Police were aware these issues and were working to resolve them. Councillor Sales suggested, Fisher Street as an area of low level ASB. PS Misik would discuss this area with PS Wragg.

 vii.        Councillor Price suggested the area around the Tesco Express in Campkin Road and the MUGA in Nuns Way.

viii.        Alexandra Gardens.

Leila Dockerill expressed concerns about young people causing a nuisance on the walkways of flats. She suggested that the Police were not interested and took little action.

Doug Whyte requested a greater Police presence on the streets. He suggested that even in the City Centre, on a Saturday night, there was a lack of a Police presence.

Councillor Manning stated that this was a matter for the Crime and Police Commissioner.

Resolved (by 8 votes to 0 with 1 abstention).

     i.     The North Area Committee noted the new measures being introduced to address anti-social behaviour, as detailed in the attached report Officer’s; and

    ii.     Suggested that the following areas merit consideration for Public Space Protection Orders.

Cam Causeway

Mortlock and Maitland Avenue

Campkin Road

Alexandra Gardens