Transcript Transforming the CDRP s approach to neighbourhood based operations

Sustainable Neighbourhood
Action Projects (SNAPs)
Transforming the CDRP’s approach to
neighbourhood-based operations
Damian Dallimore – Salford Community Safety Unit
Beat Sweeps (2005-08)
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Beat Sweeps ran in Salford for over three years
Led by GMFRS
Week of action
Partnership approach
Defined geographical area (usually sub-ward)
Made significant contribution to reductions in ASB
Desire from CDRP to build upon this model
Focus on sustainability beyond initial week of action
What Did Beat Sweeps Look Like?
• Started from a position of arson reduction
• Partnership defined by forward-thinking services – not
always based on demand / intelligence
• Action plans not always clearly defined
• Publicity was limited
• Residents not always aware of Beat Sweep – minimal
consultation
• Additional costs incurred by the involvement of some
services
Transforming Beat Sweeps
• CDRP asked for a rethink of Beat Sweeps
• Cover an entire ward
• Broader set of outcomes beyond just crime / arson
reduction
• Better buy in from partners
• Intelligence-led
• Improved engagement with residents
• No additional costs wherever possible
• Sustain the positive outcomes beyond the initial week
of action
Aims and Objectives
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Reduction in crime
Reduction in ASB
Reduction in arson (NI 33)
Improve public perception of ASB (NI 17)
Build upon existing partnership working in
neighbourhoods
Branding
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The term ‘Beat Sweep’ is ambiguous
Synonymous with enforcement activity
Promote prevention and intervention approaches
Focus on sustainability
Changed the name to ‘Sustainable Neighbourhood
Action Projects’ or ‘SNAPs’
Priority areas
• Working at a ward level
• Analysis of areas of need, focusing on:
– Levels of recorded crime;
– Levels of recorded ASB;
– High Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) score;
– Low scores in public satisfaction surveys.
Targeted areas
• To date the following wards have been targeted:
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Winton
Broughton
Langworthy
Ordsall
Little Hulton
Irwell Riverside
Walkden North
Weaste & Seedley
Swinton North
Boothstown & Ellenbrook
Planning cycle
• Initial planning meeting eight weeks prior to operation
• Partnership focuses on following themes:
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Crime and disorder.
Anti-social behaviour (including arson).
Children & young people.
Drugs and alcohol.
Environmental improvement.
Community cohesion and sustainability.
• There is a lead officer for each theme, tasked with
developing a SMART multi-agency delivery plan
Engagement Strategy
• Leaflets delivered to every property before and after
each SNAP
• Local press opportunities
• Website – including SNAP blog
• Engagement with children & young people
• Posters
• Community meetings & residents’ groups
• Residents encouraged to get involved
Results (after 8 SNAPs)
• 90 arrests for a variety of offences.
• 36 vehicles seized for no tax or insurance.
• 34 drugs warrants executed of which 28 resulted in arrests for
drugs offences.
• Several cannabis farms have been identified including two with a
street value of over £20,000 and one with a street value of
£11,500.
• 185 tonnes of bulky waste - including refrigerators, settees and
other household goods - have been collected and disposed of free
of charge.
• Graffiti removed from approximately 460 sites.
Results (cont.)
• 143 Fixed Penalty Notices issued for a range of offences including
dog fouling, littering and driving offences.
• Fire and rescue service has conducted over 1750 home fire risk
assessments in the homes of vulnerable people, giving out free
smoke alarms and offering fire safety advice.
• Over 650 young people have participated in some form of
statutory or voluntary youth provision, many of whom doing so for
the first time.
• Twelve new alley gate schemes have been introduced, with many
more existing schemes repaired or improved as a result of an
inspection.