Issue - meetings

This report fulfils the statutory responsibility to scrutinise the work of the Community Safety Partnership (CSP), for the year 2017-2018.

The Committee received a report of the work of the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) for 2017-18. The Committee was requested to scrutinise the work of the CSP in compliance with the requirement placed on the Council by the Police and Justice Act 2006.

The Committee noted that the Borough was covered by the East Surrey CSP, which also included the Boroughs and Districts of Reigate and Banstead, Mole Valley and Tandridge. The current priorities of the CSP were antisocial behaviour, domestic abuse and rural crime. The Committee also noted that the Council intended to recruit to the role of Community Safety Officer, following the post becoming vacant earlier in 2018.

Inspector Joe Easterbrook (Surrey Police) was in attendance at the meeting and provided the Committee with a verbal presentation of the work undertaken by Surrey Police within the Borough of Epsom and Ewell during 2017-18. This included information regarding: performance indicators; projects and operations such as domestic abuse PCSO intervention, targeted antisocial behaviour and thefts from motor vehicles; unauthorised traveller encampments; Community Harm and Risk Management Meetings (CHaRMM) and Joint Action Groups (JAG).

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Noted the work of the CSP for 2017-18.