Herefordshire Community Safety And Drugs Partnership

Introduction

Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership is a statutory, multi-agency partnership set up to tackle community safety and drug issues across the county. The Partnership aims to work together to make Herefordshire a safer place to live, work and visit, focusing on education, prevention, enforcement and treatment.

Herefordshire is a very safe place, with some of the lowest crime rates in the country. However, in any area there will always be some improvements that can be made to increase community safety. Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership focuses on:

• Reducing crime through offender management and other interventions.
• Reducing drug and alcohol harm
• Promoting and delivering increased road safety
• Providing community reassurance in anti-social behaviour, disorder and crime
• Multi-agency and community dynamic tasking and co-ordination

The following two subjects also fall into each of these categories:

• Young People (victims and offenders)
• Violent Crime

Current member organisations are:

• Herefordshire Council
• Herefordshire Housing (representing Registered Social Landlords)
• Herefordshire Primary Care Trust
• Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
• Herefordshire & Worcestershire Youth Offending Service
• West Mercia Probation Trust
• West Mercia Constabulary
• West Mercia Police Authority

Background to the Partnership

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 placed a statutory duty on local authorities and the police to act in co-operation with the Probation Service, health authorities and other relevant agencies, to work together to develop and implement a strategy for tackling crime and disorder in their area. This was later amended in the Police Reform Act (2002) to include the Police Authority, Fire Service and the Primary Care Trust.

As a result, Herefordshire Community Safety Partnership was established, and in 2004 it merged with Herefordshire's Drug Action Team to form Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership.

Resources

Herefordshire Community Safety and Drugs Partnership Strategic Plan 2008-2011

The Strategic Plan will be subject to full Herefordshire Council approval on 16th May 2008

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Herefordshire Crime, Disorder and Drugs Reduction Strategy 2005-08

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Audit of Crime, Disorder & Drugs within Herefordshire (2004)

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