Hart Borough Council
Councillors:
33
Wards:
11
Committees:
14
Meetings (2025):
60
Meetings (2024):
60
Meeting
Joint Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Committee - Hart
Meeting Times
Scheduled Time
Start:
Monday, 9th September 2024
7:00 PM
Monday, 9th September 2024
7:00 PM
End:
Monday, 9th September 2024
11:00 PM
Monday, 9th September 2024
11:00 PM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Confirmed
Date:
09 Sep 2024
09 Sep 2024
Location:
Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Hart District Council, Harlington Way, Fleet, Hampshire
Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Hart District Council, Harlington Way, Fleet, Hampshire
Meeting Attendees
Committee Member
Portfolio Holder - Parking and Community Safety
Officer
Executive Director - Community
Kirsty Jenkins
In attendance
Officer
Safer Communities Manager
Rachael Wilkinson
In attendance
Agenda
0
Attendees
Minutes
Elected Members:
Name Authority
Cllr Gill Butler Hart District Council
Cllr Tina Collins Hart District Council
Cllr Alex Crawford Rushmoor Borough Council
Cllr Steve Forster Hart District Council
Cllr Stacy Hart Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Cllr Halleh Koohestani Rushmoor Borough Council
Cllr John McKay Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Cllr Mark Vernon Hart District Council
Also Present:
Name Designation
CI Gillian Cox District Commander – Hart and Rushmoor, Hampshire Police
Kirsty Jenkins Executive Director – Community (HDC)
CI Scott Johnson District Commander – Basingstoke, Hampshire Police
James Knight Place Protection Manager (RBC)
David Lipscombe Community Safety Manager (RBC)
Kathy Long Committee Services (HDC)
Debbie Mason Community Safety Team Leader (BDBC)
Mark Ranola Community Safety Officer (HDC)
Eleanor Snookes Manager, Violence Reduction Unit, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Sue Watt Team Manager -Hampshire Youth Offending Team
Daniel White Safer Communities Manager (BDBC)
Rachael Wilkinson Safer Communities Manager (HDC)
Name Authority
Cllr Gill Butler Hart District Council
Cllr Tina Collins Hart District Council
Cllr Alex Crawford Rushmoor Borough Council
Cllr Steve Forster Hart District Council
Cllr Stacy Hart Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Cllr Halleh Koohestani Rushmoor Borough Council
Cllr John McKay Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Cllr Mark Vernon Hart District Council
Also Present:
Name Designation
CI Gillian Cox District Commander – Hart and Rushmoor, Hampshire Police
Kirsty Jenkins Executive Director – Community (HDC)
CI Scott Johnson District Commander – Basingstoke, Hampshire Police
James Knight Place Protection Manager (RBC)
David Lipscombe Community Safety Manager (RBC)
Kathy Long Committee Services (HDC)
Debbie Mason Community Safety Team Leader (BDBC)
Mark Ranola Community Safety Officer (HDC)
Eleanor Snookes Manager, Violence Reduction Unit, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Sue Watt Team Manager -Hampshire Youth Offending Team
Daniel White Safer Communities Manager (BDBC)
Rachael Wilkinson Safer Communities Manager (HDC)
1
Appointment of Chairman
To appoint a chairman for the meeting.
Minutes
Councillor Steve Forster, Hart District Council, was appointed Chairman for the meeting.
2
Apologies for Absence
To receive any apologies for absence.
Minutes
Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillor Marc Connor (BDBC), *Councillor Michael Howard-Sorrell (BDBC), Councillor Martin Tennant (RBC), Councillor Becky Williams (RBC), Inspector Lisa Eastlake (Hart District – Hampshire Police), Nikki Acott (Aldershot Garrison, MoD) and Jennifer Parsons (Head of Hampshire North and East Probation Delivery Unit).
*Councillor Stacy Hart attended the meeting as a substitute for Cllr Howard-Sorrell.
*Councillor Stacy Hart attended the meeting as a substitute for Cllr Howard-Sorrell.
3
Declarations of Interest
To declare disclosable, pecuniary and any other interests.
Minutes
There were no declarations of interest for this meeting.
4
Urgent Matters
To receive any urgent matters raised by the Committee.
Minutes
There were no urgent matters raised at the meeting.
5
Minutes of the Previous Meeting
To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 13th June 2023.
Attachments:
Minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on 13 June 2023, hosted by Rushmoor Borough Council, were agreed as a correct record.
6
Performance Review of Safer North Hampshire Strategic Community Safety Partnership
To receive the Safer North Hampshire Strategic Community Safety Partnership Report.
Attachments:
- Document Joint CSP OS Report - HART September 2024 FINAL accessibility amends - Copy 30 Aug 2024
Minutes
The report circulated to the Scrutiny Committee, presented an overview of the performance of the Strategic Safer North Hampshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP) for 2023/24. The Committee was asked to review the activities undertaken by the CSP as part of the Partnership Plan 2020-23 in relation to discharging its statutory functions as defined by Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The Committee was also asked to summarise the findings and any recommendations of this meeting for the respective councils to consider at their own overview and scrutiny meetings.
The report advised that the terms of reference for the CSP had been updated in May 2023. The purpose of the CSP was to promote and exercise collective responsibility within the partnership and to evidence a strategic approach towards identified priorities with an emphasis on reducing crime, disorder, antisocial behaviour and its associated impact on those within the geographical area of the Safer North Hampshire CSP. This would be achieved through the following key activities of the CSP:
· To ensure commitment and engagement to the CSP from statutory and non-statutory agencies, ensuring delivery at an operational level in line with the Strategic Assessment and Partnership priorities;
· To accept the findings and adopt the annual Strategic Assessment which informs the overarching strategic objectives for community safety;
· To receive and acknowledge the findings of the six-month review of the Strategic Assessment priorities to ensure that they are still the same and resources are being directed appropriately;
· To agree the Partnership Plan developed which will drive project and programme delivery across the Safer North Hampshire area over the coming three-year period;
· To manage the performance of approved activities and endorse strategic action required to tackle barriers to success where identified; and
· To identify synergies between the objectives identified in the Police and Crime Plan and the CSP priorities.
The Report also set out the Police and Crime Plan 2021-24 priorities of:
· 600 more police officers by 2023
· Improve police visibility – bringing policy to your community
· Tackle antisocial behaviour
· Zero tolerance approach on knife crime
· Prevent youth offending
· More customer focused police call handling
· Crack down on unauthorised encampments
· Improved outcomes for victims, including female victims of violence
· A voice for rural communities.
Rachael Wilkinson (HDC) introduced the report of the Chairman of the CSP, who was absent due to illness. The report gave an overview of crime and antisocial behaviour trends for the year 2023-24. It was noted that, across Safer North Hampshire, 24,752 crimes had been recorded compared to the previous year when 26,331 crimes had been recorded. In 2023-24 there had been decreases across most crime categories, including violence against the person with a 12% decrease, whilst other crimes such as theft had seen an increase of 12% and possession of a weapon a small increase of 1%.
The priorities that had been identified for 2023-24, which had been informed by issues identified and updated in the Strategic Assessment, were:
· Improving feelings of safety and health outcomes (public, virtual and private space)
· Serious violence
· Antisocial behaviour
· Domestic abuse
The Committee was advised that the CSP would work to improve member knowledge and understanding and improve accountability through attendance, actions and tasking. It was recognised that there was a positive appetite for partnership working, however the pressures on resources were significant and the gaps and how these impacted on timescales and outcomes needed to be understood. It was emphasised that the CSP was a partnership and not a local authority resource. Further engagement of non-statutory partners would be actively encouraged to further strengthen the partnership work to reduce crime and disorder as well as tackling antisocial behaviour and details of proposed engagement of partnership working were set out in the report.
The Committee reviewed the Joint Action Plan outcomes for 2023-24, which were set out by priority.
· Improving feelings of safety
Areas of discussion included:
- Members of the public witnessing more incidents of disruptive and aggressive behaviour both online and on the streets
- Good examples of communications by the police via social media platforms
- Antisocial behaviour and its links with poverty and food insecurity. It was agreed that partners would speak to health partners and feed back to the Committee on this subject.
- Positive feedback on seeing police officers in the wards and at residents’ meetings.
- How the CSP engaged with voluntary youth service providers
- The issue of misinformation being put out across all social media platforms and how the message of the need to use trusted sources could be put across
- Eleanor Snookes (eleanor.snookes@hampshire.police.uk) referred to the Choices Programme for pupils in years 6/7. which was run by the VRU at the OPCC which covered exploitations, knife crime, peer or peer violence and making difficult decisions
· Serious violence
Areas of discussed included:
- Dealing with protests and demonstrations, etc
- Restorative justice
- Sharing the Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan with the Scrutiny Committee
· Antisocial behaviour
Areas of discussion included:
- Antisocial behaviour and shoplifting and the use of the DISC system
- The possibility of raising awareness about the etiquette to be used by using e-bikes and e-scooters
· Domestic abuse
Areas of discussion included:
- Offering the “Think Safe” engagement opportunities to Year 6 pupils at private schools
- Outreach to the Nepali community
- Work being done to each men and boys affected by domestic abuse
The Committee RESOLVED that:
· the work of the Safer North Hampshire Community Safety Partnership be endorsed for 2023/24 in relation to the discharging of its statutory functions, as defined by Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; and
· the Committee Members summarise the findings and recommendations of the annual meeting for the respective councils to consider at their own overview and scrutiny meetings.
The report advised that the terms of reference for the CSP had been updated in May 2023. The purpose of the CSP was to promote and exercise collective responsibility within the partnership and to evidence a strategic approach towards identified priorities with an emphasis on reducing crime, disorder, antisocial behaviour and its associated impact on those within the geographical area of the Safer North Hampshire CSP. This would be achieved through the following key activities of the CSP:
· To ensure commitment and engagement to the CSP from statutory and non-statutory agencies, ensuring delivery at an operational level in line with the Strategic Assessment and Partnership priorities;
· To accept the findings and adopt the annual Strategic Assessment which informs the overarching strategic objectives for community safety;
· To receive and acknowledge the findings of the six-month review of the Strategic Assessment priorities to ensure that they are still the same and resources are being directed appropriately;
· To agree the Partnership Plan developed which will drive project and programme delivery across the Safer North Hampshire area over the coming three-year period;
· To manage the performance of approved activities and endorse strategic action required to tackle barriers to success where identified; and
· To identify synergies between the objectives identified in the Police and Crime Plan and the CSP priorities.
The Report also set out the Police and Crime Plan 2021-24 priorities of:
· 600 more police officers by 2023
· Improve police visibility – bringing policy to your community
· Tackle antisocial behaviour
· Zero tolerance approach on knife crime
· Prevent youth offending
· More customer focused police call handling
· Crack down on unauthorised encampments
· Improved outcomes for victims, including female victims of violence
· A voice for rural communities.
Rachael Wilkinson (HDC) introduced the report of the Chairman of the CSP, who was absent due to illness. The report gave an overview of crime and antisocial behaviour trends for the year 2023-24. It was noted that, across Safer North Hampshire, 24,752 crimes had been recorded compared to the previous year when 26,331 crimes had been recorded. In 2023-24 there had been decreases across most crime categories, including violence against the person with a 12% decrease, whilst other crimes such as theft had seen an increase of 12% and possession of a weapon a small increase of 1%.
The priorities that had been identified for 2023-24, which had been informed by issues identified and updated in the Strategic Assessment, were:
· Improving feelings of safety and health outcomes (public, virtual and private space)
· Serious violence
· Antisocial behaviour
· Domestic abuse
The Committee was advised that the CSP would work to improve member knowledge and understanding and improve accountability through attendance, actions and tasking. It was recognised that there was a positive appetite for partnership working, however the pressures on resources were significant and the gaps and how these impacted on timescales and outcomes needed to be understood. It was emphasised that the CSP was a partnership and not a local authority resource. Further engagement of non-statutory partners would be actively encouraged to further strengthen the partnership work to reduce crime and disorder as well as tackling antisocial behaviour and details of proposed engagement of partnership working were set out in the report.
The Committee reviewed the Joint Action Plan outcomes for 2023-24, which were set out by priority.
· Improving feelings of safety
Areas of discussion included:
- Members of the public witnessing more incidents of disruptive and aggressive behaviour both online and on the streets
- Good examples of communications by the police via social media platforms
- Antisocial behaviour and its links with poverty and food insecurity. It was agreed that partners would speak to health partners and feed back to the Committee on this subject.
- Positive feedback on seeing police officers in the wards and at residents’ meetings.
- How the CSP engaged with voluntary youth service providers
- The issue of misinformation being put out across all social media platforms and how the message of the need to use trusted sources could be put across
- Eleanor Snookes (eleanor.snookes@hampshire.police.uk) referred to the Choices Programme for pupils in years 6/7. which was run by the VRU at the OPCC which covered exploitations, knife crime, peer or peer violence and making difficult decisions
· Serious violence
Areas of discussed included:
- Dealing with protests and demonstrations, etc
- Restorative justice
- Sharing the Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan with the Scrutiny Committee
· Antisocial behaviour
Areas of discussion included:
- Antisocial behaviour and shoplifting and the use of the DISC system
- The possibility of raising awareness about the etiquette to be used by using e-bikes and e-scooters
· Domestic abuse
Areas of discussion included:
- Offering the “Think Safe” engagement opportunities to Year 6 pupils at private schools
- Outreach to the Nepali community
- Work being done to each men and boys affected by domestic abuse
The Committee RESOLVED that:
· the work of the Safer North Hampshire Community Safety Partnership be endorsed for 2023/24 in relation to the discharging of its statutory functions, as defined by Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; and
· the Committee Members summarise the findings and recommendations of the annual meeting for the respective councils to consider at their own overview and scrutiny meetings.
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