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The purpose of this report is to provide a strategic overview of the function and priorities of the Community Safety Partnership Strategy for the next 3 years. It also highlights key areas of concern identified across the community and the shared response of the community partners in tackling the issues identified, with the view to creating a stronger safer Brent.

RESOLVED:-

      i.        Cabinet agreed to refer the detailed Partnership Strategy on to Council for formal approval, having noted and approved the proposed actions and operations made in response to the priority issues of the partnership.

    ii.        Cabinet noted the information provided in the report and the Community Partnership Strategy 2018-2019 and agreed to consider this in their discussions on the Council’s wider operational developments aligned to existing challenges and progress.

Councillor Tom Miller, Lead Member for Community Safety, introduced the report setting out the strategic overview of the statutory functions and priorities of the Community Safety Partnership Strategy for the next three years.

He stated that a key element of the report was the shift towards further prevention and an even stronger, localised focus on the individual. In noting the increased concern in relation to knife crime Councillor Miller drew Cabinet’s attention to the growing need for an innovative and collaborative approach in order to tackle not only crime offending and victimisation but also the underlying issues of health and social injustice. It was stated that further to utilising additional police resources and predictive modelling systems, the strategy would also benefit from £2.3m in capital funding in deploying concentrated efforts towards reducing knife crime in the borough. Cabinet heard that alongside the Community Safety Strategy, the Council would also be consulting on a Community Cohesion Strategy – “Stronger Brent” and would be followed by an appropriate consultation and communications campaign.

In the subsequent discussion, Cabinet members welcomed the strategy and extended offers of support and cooperation. Cabinet noted the                   importance of detecting, reporting and preventing crime on all levels, highlighting in particular the need for a holistic, targeted and integrated approach as set out by the strategy.

RESOLVED:-

      i.        Cabinet agreed to refer the detailed Partnership Strategy on to Council for formal approval, having noted and approved the proposed actions and operations made in response to the priority issues of the partnership.

    ii.        Cabinet noted the information provided in the report and the Community Partnership Strategy 2018-2019 and agreed to consider this in their discussions on the Council’s wider operational developments aligned to existing challenges and progress.