Issue - meetings

This report fulfils the statutory responsibility to scrutinise the work of the Community Safety Partnership (CSP), for the year 2018-2019.

The Committee received a report fulfilling the statutory responsibility to scrutinise the work of the Community Safety Partnership (CSP), for the year 2018-2019.

Inspector Joe Easterbrook (Surrey Police) provided the Committee with a presentation of the work undertaken by Surrey Police within the Borough of Epsom and Ewell during 2018-19. This included information regarding: performance indicators; projects and operations such as partnership working, domestic abuse, serious organised crime and counter terrorism; local policing priorities; additional resources following a 10% increase in the Surrey Police element of Council Tax.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Surrey Police local ward meetings. A Member of the Committee informed the Committee that local Surrey Police ward meetings had not been held in their Borough Council Ward recently. It was noted that Inspector Easterbrook would follow this up with colleagues to make sure that such meetings were held. Local police officer contact details would also be circulated to Councillors.

b)            Chessington Road JAG. The Committee considered issues relating to antisocial behaviour in a section of Chessington Road. The Head of Community and Wellbeing and Inspector Easterbrook would consider whether it would be appropriate to arrange a Joint Action Group (JAG) to address these issues.

Following consideration, it was resolved:

(1)      The Committee noted the work of the CSP for 2018-2019.