A Strategy to Reduce Crime, Disorder

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A Strategy to Reduce Crime, Disorder
Anti-Social Behaviour
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Anti Social Behaviour
arassment larm istress
H A D
Definition Any Harassment, Alarm or Distress
caused to any person outside of their own
household
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Where we started!

• Anti Social Behaviour impacts upon every agency
  organisation and results in misery for all
• Different methods structures for dealing with
  these issues
• Individuals problems are often only identified
  once within criminal justice system. Once
  convicted these are harder to address

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Partnership is the key

• Community
• Health Authority
• Housing
• Local Authority
• Probation
• Education Authority
• Neighbourhood Watch
• Police
• Fire Service
• Voluntary Sector
• More

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Structure Principles

• Focused on the causes
• Referral based structure
• Only agencies refer e.g. Nurses
• (AE / in the community), Parks Dept,
• Housing Dept, Environment,
• Fire Services, etc
• Common sense approach

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Agency Referral Form
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Structure Step 1

• Ref. Partnership office
• Input to database
• Letter to subject
• (parent / guardian)
• detail incident request that it does not
  continue
• Warning of consequences
• FAST TRACKED if necessary

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Structure Step 2

• Ref. Partnership office
• Input to database
• Letter to subject detailing incident requesting
  that it does not continue
• Warning of consequences
• Subject visited by
• Relevant Officer from the Partnership
• Risk assessed

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Structure Step 3

• Ref. Partnership office
• Input to database
• Letter to subject detailing incident requesting
  attendance at case conference
• Warning of consequences

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Structure Step 3

• Ref. Partner Agency
• Acceptable Behaviour Contracts ABC
• Parenting Issues
• Peer Pressure Role Model
• Needs based Education
• Intervention / Diversion
• Housing Injunction Eviction

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Structure Step 4

• Ref. to partnership office Input to database
• Breach of ABC / PCA
• Poss. Revisit Step 3
• Housing Injunctions / Evictions
• Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
• Removing criminals from their community

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The Co-ordinator

• 50/50 Local Authority and Police funded ( 1st )
• Integral link to partners
• Responsible for referrals input to database
• Objective view
• Validity and grading check
• Letter generation
• Problem Oriented / Intelligence Led
• Data Protection compliant

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Benefits

• Fast Collation of Evidence / Intelligence
• Early identification of potential offenders
• Problem locations identified
• Improved targeting of resources
• Policy change across agencies
• Cost effective
• Evidence for Magistrates applying ASBO
• Agency Community
• Community ownership

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Number of referrals 751 1st Letter
738 2nd Letter
79 3rd Letter 13 4th
Letter 0 Questionnaires
17 ABCs
21 ABSOs 2 No.
Subjects 1084

Period 1.1.03 to 28.02.04
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Goal

• The ultimate goal being to work with the
  individual, stop them offending and assist them
  in achieving their full potential in society.
  Thereby benefiting the community as a whole.

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Questions Please

• Contact Details
• Sergeant Bryan Heard
• South Wales Police
• Direct Tel [phone]
• Mobile [phone]
• Email
• Bryan.Heard_at_south-wales.pnn.police.uk