Agenda item

Report of the Head of Planning and Service Strategy – presented by the Community Safety Manager, Planning and Service Strategy.

The Chairman asked the Community Safety Manager, Caroline Duckworth to speak to Members as regards an update from the Safe Durham Partnership (SDP).

Members noted that many of the issues discussed by the SDP Board had been touched on during the meeting, including the issues of OCGs and cybercrime, with the latter having a Task and Finish Group, chaired by DCI D Ashton, which worked to an action plan looking at raising awareness, especially within specific groups within the public, private and voluntary sectors.  Councillors noted Get Safe Online events, with over 500 people having attended events at Durham Town Hall and an event being held this week at county Hall.  

The Community Safety Manager noted that other issues discussed at the SDP meeting included: the Multi-Agency Intervention Service (MAIS) Review, with the Neighbourhood Protection Manager to speak to the Committee on this in more detail at the January meeting; SDP Governance Review; Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, focusing on 6 key drivers; collaboration between the CDDFRS and Durham Constabulary; funding; and Durham Constabulary and Durham County Council having signed up to a Concordat on Children in Custody. 

The Chairman thanked the Community Safety Manager for her update.

Resolved:

That the report be noted.