Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Anti-social behaviour regarding policing and safer neighbourhoods.

The report outlined actions taken since the last reporting period. The current emerging issues/neighbourhood trends for each ward were also highlighted (see Officer report for full details.)

The Committee discussed the following issues:

      i.          Continuing work with vehicle related issues.

     ii.          Reducing crime and ASB by young people. Operations Guardian and Springboard were in effect. Families and individuals were being visited by police.

   iii.          The Police sat on the Councils led peer group and places meeting which focuses on young people and hot spot locations. Targeted patrols were taking place by the police. There had been a drop in calls to these locations.

   iv.          Identified several outdoor spaces, multiuse games spaces that had a lack of lighting. This was having a negative impact on several children’s social groups during the winter and darker months. As a result, the council had funded portable LED lights at Trumpington Pavilion.

    v.          The council had been addressing ASB at Cherry Hinton Library and had attended meetings with Library Association, Police and CAMBAC to adopt a multi-agency approach to those issues. CCTV cameras have been installed both inside and outside of Cherry Hinton library.

   vi.          The peer group and places meeting took place. It was organised and chaired by the Council and was attended by police, fire and rescue, schools, social care, youth offending teams, Romsey Mill and housing associations. They looked at cases where young people have come to agencies attention around safeguarding, ASB and low-level criminality. All the agencies work together to try and resolve those issues.

 vii.          Councillors raised concerns that the police did not send a representative to the meeting.

viii.          Councillors felt that the lack of statistics in report was unhelpful. Felt it was more detailed prior to COVID.

   ix.          Stated that there was vandalism at Nightingale Garden and would have appreciated the opportunity to discuss this.

    x.          Happy to hear that CCTV cameras have been installed at Cherry Hinton Library.

   xi.          The Chair stated that he would find out why the police representative did not attend the meeting and would urge them to send a representative in the future.

 xii.          Councillor McPherson requested as the lead Councillor for community safety would like his comments noted. Councillor McPherson stated that he is disappointed that the police had not attended the meeting nor contacted anyone to say why they would not be attending.

xiii.          A Councillor asked why there was a lapsed police presence at new community college in Trumpington. Wanted to know if the police would be coming back.

xiv.          A Member of public stated that in his position at a governor at Trumpington Community College would be interested to find out about the police presence as well.

xv.          A Councillor wanted to enquire about parking of double yellow lines. Stated that this constitutes ASB. Said that County Council Parking Enforcement is responsible for this, not the police and wants to know who one needs to speak to in order to get Parking Enforcement to come to a specific area.