Issue - decisions

Matter for Decision:

A draft of the Community Safety Plan 2011-14 (updated for 2012) was presented to the January Community Services Scrutiny Committee for comment. The Community Safety Partnership Board who are the owners of the plan accepted the Committees suggestion and have incorporated them into the final plan presented as Appendix A of the Offier’s report.  The final plan is presented for endorsement by the Community Services Scrutiny Committee and the Executive Councillor for Community Safety. 

Decision of Executive Councillor for Community Development and Health

The Executive Councillor resolved to:

Endorse the proposed priorities and amendments to the Community Safety Plan 2011-2014 (updated for 2012) agreed by the Community Safety Partnership and set out in section 3.2 of the Officer’s report.

Reason for the Decision:

Cambridge Community Safety Partnership developed a new Plan in April 2011.  That plan has been updated for 2012/13 following a Strategic Assessment by the County Research Team. The recommendations in the Strategic Assessment are that the priorities of the Community Safety Plan 2012/13 should remain similar to those in the current plan, that is, reducing:

               I.      Alcohol related violent crime

          II.      Anti-social behaviour

       III.      Repeat victims of domestic violence

      IV.      Re-offending

The amendments to the current priorities were discussed at the January Scrutiny Committee. 

Any alternative options considered and rejected:

Not applicable

Scrutiny Considerations:

The committee received a report from the Safer Communities Manager regarding the Cambridge Community Safety Partnership Plan.

The committee expressed support for the priorities.

The Scrutiny Committee considered and endorsed the recommendations in the report by 9 votes to 0 (unanimously).

The Executive Councillor for Community Development and Health approved the recommendations.

Conflicts of interest declared by the Executive Councillor (and any dispensations granted)

N/A