Issue - meetings
Safer Streets
Meeting: 07/02/2024 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 40)
Safer Streets
Purpose
To provide the Committee with an update on the Safer Streets project. Information is contained within the Community Safety Partnership Plan.
Recommendation
That the Committee scrutinises the Safer Streets project update and agrees any recommendations it wishes to make to the Executive.
Invited
Councillor Geoff Saul, Executive Member for Housing and Social Welfare
Emmylou Brossard, Safer Communities Officer
Minutes:
The Safer Communities Officer provided an update on the Safer Streets project which was focused on rural acquisitive crime. £202k had been provided across the whole project but £45k had to be lost from the year 2 budget. A Rural Crime Advisor was being recruited by Thames Valley Police and would be working across the district to engage with communities and victims and understand the issues. An administrative officer was also being recruited to deliver the project implementation.
The Committee asked questions and noted that:
· While equipment could be tagged, much of the equipment that is stolen goes abroad immediately.
· There was a need for the Rural Crime Advisor to engage with local farmers, young farmers and parish councils.