The
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 required the Isle Of Wight Council and Hampshire
Constabulary to work together with other statutory partners to tackle crime and
disorder on the Island. In April 1999 a
three year crime and disorder strategy was produced entitled “Community Safety
Protecting the Islands Future”.
That
strategy came to an end in March 2002 and this strategy continues on from the
original, identifying new priorities and actions to be delivered over the next
three years.
This
strategy outlines the aims of the Crime and Disorder Partnership, illustrates
some examples of best practice developed from the previous strategy and
provides some statistical information as to the current situation following an
audit on crime and disorder on the Island.
The
Crime and Disorder Partnership aims to reduce crime, disorder and the fear of
crime on the Isle of Wight and make the Island a safer place in which to live,
to work and to visit.
The
Partnership is made up of a range of organisations from the Island who meet on
an annual basis to both review the work undertaken in reducing crime and
disorder, and to influence priorities for the year ahead.
The
Partnership last met on the 22nd January 2002 and actions from the day have
been included within this document.
A
Strategy Group has been set up to ensure the effective delivery of the
strategy. Members of this group include
senior officers and elected members from the public, private and voluntary
sectors and include the following organisations:
Isle
of Wight Council
Hampshire
Constabulary
Health
Services on the Island
Housing
Partnership
Voluntary
Cabinet
Probation
Service
Isle
of Wight Partnership
Youth
Offending Team
Drug
Action Team
Domestic
Violence Forum
The
Crime and Disorder Team is a multi-agency team comprising officers from the
Isle of Wight Council, Police and the Rural Community Council. The team have responsibility for the
operational delivery of the strategy and any other additional requirements
under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
The
Team have carried out an audit of crime and disorder on the Island over the
last three years. Data for the audit
has been provided by members of the Strategy Group and has directly informed
the priority issues for the Crime and Disorder Partnership. The priorities are:
Multi-agency
Task Groups will deliver each of the above priorities and will report to the
Strategy Group on a quarterly basis.
Each task group will be responsible for implementing identified actions that effectively deliver the priorities, with appropriate timescales and targets. The action plans will be reviewed annually and new actions will be identified as appropriate.