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15 Policing & Safer Neighbourhoods - SAC 18 Apr 2016 PDF 154 KB
Minutes:
The Committee
received a report from Sergeant Horton regarding the policing and safer neighbourhoods trends.
The report
outlined actions taken since the Committee on 14 December 2015. The current emerging
issues/neighbourhood trends for each ward were also highlighted. Previous
priorities and engagement activity noted in the report were:
i.
Continue to target the
supply of controlled drugs (Class A).
ii.
Enforcement action against
inconsiderate/illegal parking around schools [in] the city. Also speeding.
iii.
Enforcement action
against cycling on the pavement[s] around the city. Also cycling at night
without lights.
The Committee
raised the following policing issues:
i.
School
children cycling on the pavement in Wulfstan Way.
ii.
Parking issues in
Bosworth Road.
iii.
Anti-social
parking around schools.
iv.
Parking
issues across the city in general. People had been given sufficient warnings to
educate them not to park illegally, SAC felt that enforcement action was now
appropriate.
v.
Requested
details on the number of enforcement tickets issued be
included in the next officer report.
vi.
Speeding
on Queen Edith’s Way and Hills Road.
vii.
Drug
dealing in the CB1 area.
Members of the public raised the following policing issues:
i.
Drug dealing in Godwin Way.
ii.
Anti-social
behaviour linked to commuters parking in Bosworth Way. Resident’s had safety
concerns due to speeding, blocking of access and damage to hedges.
iii.
Anti-social
behaviour linked to parking near the Queen Emma School. Commuters did not use
the designated drop-off point.
Sergeant Horton responded to issues raised
as follows:
i.
Civil enforcement officers were responsible for
parking enforcement in the city.
ii.
Asked for 3 Speed Watch volunteers in the south area.
Volunteers would monitor speeding and address it in areas such as Hills Road.
Action
Point: Sergeant Horton to seek response from colleagues about Councillor Taylor’s query about speed cameras data
monitoring.
Members of the public asked a number of
questions, as set out below.
1. Mr Deb said burglaries in Cherry Hinton where the majority
of victims were part of the Asian community was an
issue raised in December 2015. Residents felt there had been no progress since
raising the matter.
Sergeant Horton
asked for the victims contact details to be passed to the Victim Hub. He
understood that all necessary steps had been taken to investigate the crimes.
2. Mr Carpen said the Cambridge
Lakes site may be developed in future and so free up Police resources so they
did not have to deal with trespassers.
Sergeant Horton
said the site was private property so they should undertake security patrols to
protect it.
The following priorities were unanimously agreed:
i.
Continue to target the supply of controlled drugs
(Class A).
ii.
Road safety ( around parking ) to continue:
·
ASB parking around the city, particularly in
South Area near schools
·
Speeding
iii.
Anti-social behaviour at the Cambridge Lakes to
include preventative patrols, to target hot spot areas around the lake and
to speak to the management regarding the possibility of installing CCTV.