AGENDA ITEM 6

Community Safety & Criminal Justice Board (CSCJB)

3 November 2016

Report to the Community Safety Partnerships

  1. PURPOSE

1.1To present the first report to the Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) setting out progress in the delivery of delegated functions.

  1. DECISIONS REQUIRED

2.1That members of the group comment on the appended draft report so it may be finalised and submitted to the Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset CSPs.

  1. BACKGROUND/INFORMATION

3.1The Community Safety & Criminal Justice Board (CSCJB) is accountable to the Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset CSPs and must report to them formally on progress twice a year.

3.2Reports should cover progress in the delivery of the functions delegated to the CSCJB by the CSPs. It is suggested that reports also detail progress against pan-Dorset performance and actions since this is also within the CSCJB’s remit.

3.3One of the main reasons for establishing the CSCJB was to create a closer link between partnership work on community safety and criminal justice. An explanation on progress with the development of those working links would be a useful inclusion in the reports.

3.4Theprogress reports can also be taken to other relevant groups including local authorities’ statutory Crime and Disorder Committees.

3.5A first report from the CSCJB has been drafted and is appended. Members of the CSCJB are asked to comment on the report so it can be finalised and submitted to the three CSPs during their autumn round of meetings.

  1. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

4.1.None.

  1. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

5.1The Dorset, Poole and Bournemouth Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) are accountable for statutory duties placed on CSPs. The partnerships have, however, delegated a number of functions to the CSCJB to deliver on their behalf.

5.2The CSCJB reports twice a yearto the three CSPs regarding progress and delivery of the delegated functions.

6.RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

6.1The functions delegated by the three CSPs to the CSCJB need to be completed in order for the CSPs to fulfil their statutory duties.

7.EQUALITIES IMPLICATIONS

7.1None.

8.CONCLUSIONS

8.1The CSCJB must report formally to the three CSPs twice a year on progress in the delivery of delegated functions.

8.2The reports also provide partners with the opportunity to report on progress in the delivery of pan-Dorset actions and performance and work to develop closer links with criminal justice partnership work.

Author:CSCJB Officer Support Group

Contact officer:Andy Frost

Community Safety Team Manager

Dorset County Council

01305 224331

Background Papers:None

Pan-Dorset Community Safety & Criminal Justice Board

Report to the Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset Community Safety Partnerships

November 2016

  1. Background

1.1Partners established the pan-Dorset Community Safety & Criminal Justice Board (CSCJB) in April 2016.The purpose of the Board is to coordinate the activityof community safety and criminal justice partners at a strategic level.

1.2The CSCJB reports to the statutory Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) in Dorset, Poole and Bournemouth and delivers a number of functions on their behalf.

1.3The terms of reference for the group state that the CSCJB will report to the CSPs twice a year regarding the progress and delivery of the delegated functions.

1.4The CSCJB is also responsible for progressing shared actions and performance against community safety priorities and for developing closer working links to criminal justice partnership work.

1.5This first report from the CSCJB to the three CSPs covers progress to date.

  1. General Progress Update

2.1The pan-Dorset Board is still new having had only two business meetings to date.

2.2Despite this a number of important pieces of work have been initiated. These include:

  • Understandingand clarifying partnership arrangements to tackle modern slavery and sexual exploitation.
  • Identifying the strategic work of other partnership bodies and the impact it has on community safety priorities e.g. Drugs & Alcohol Strategy, Health & Wellbeing Strategy.
  • Understanding partners’ commissioning activity and how it impacts on community safety priorities.
  • Bringing the processes for developing 2017 Community Safety Plans and the Police and Crime Commissioner’s next Police and Crime Plan into closer alignment.
  • Mapping the work of other partnerships to help clarify who is doing what and avoid duplication.
  • Agreeing a process for developing three year strategies to tackle domestic abuse and sexual violence.
  • Agreeing to rationalise structures by combining the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy Groups.
  • Considering an updated sexual violence problem profile for the pan-Dorset area.
  • Agreeing new governance arrangements for the Reducing Reoffending Strategy Group which will now report to the CSCJB rather than the Dorset Criminal Justice Board.

2.3The CSCJB’s forward plan sets out its work programme for the remainder of 2016/17. The work programme is provided for information at appendix 1.

  1. Delegated Functions

3.1Legislation places a number of statutory duties on CSPs. Although the three CSPs in Dorset retain accountability for these, they utilise the pan-Dorset CSCJB to deliver some of them on their behalf.

3.2The table at appendix 2 sets out the delegated functions and progress made by the CSCJB in their delivery.

  1. Actions and Performance

4.1The CSCJB leads on a number of actions and performance measures that are common across all three partnership areas. A list of the actions and measures is provided at appendix 3.

4.2Progress against actions and measures is managed through quarterly performance reports.

4.3Performance highlights include:

[To be added when Q2 performance report is available]

4.4Areas for improvement include:

[To be added when Q2 performance report is available]

  1. Linking Community Safety & Criminal Justice Partnership Work

5.1One of the main reasons for establishing the CSCJB was to develop closer working links between partners’ work on community safety and criminal justice.

5.2The CSCJB has already begun to better understand partnership work to improve criminal justice and has lent its support on work relating to court listings.

5.3Partners intend to incorporate criminal justice performance into their quarterly reports.

5.4As mentioned previously in this report, through mutual agreement, partners havedecided the Reducing Re-offending Strategy Group should report to the CSCJB rather than the Dorset Criminal Justice Board.

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Community Safety & Criminal Justice Board – 2016/17 Forward Plan

[to be added following agreement at the CSCJB meeting on 3 November 2016]

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November 2016 Update on Functions Delegated to the Pan-Dorset Community Safety & Criminal Justice Board

Statutory Duty / Details / November 2016 Update
Annual Partnership Strategic Assessment (PSA) / In accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, as amended,
and any other relevant statutory guidance / Work scheduled to begin November 2016 and complete January 2017.
Community Safety Plan / In accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 as amended,
and any other relevant statutory guidance / Updates to existing Community Safety Plans were completed by the CSPs prior to the establishment of the CSCJB in April 2016.
Community Engagement and Consultation / In accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 as amended,
and any other relevant statutory guidance / To be covered as part of the PSA process.
Information Sharing Protocol / In accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 as amended,
and any other relevant statutory guidance / Existing information sharing protocol in place (Dorset Information Sharing Charter).
Reducing Reoffending Strategy / In accordance with the Policing and Crime Act 2009 as amended, and any other relevant statutory guidance / It has been agreed the pan-Dorset Reducing Reoffending Strategy Group should report to the CSCJB (rather than the Dorset Criminal Justice Board).
This enables the CSCJB to oversee work to develop a Reducing Reoffending Strategy which will be informed by partners’ latest PSA and completed April 2017.

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Pan Dorset Community Safety and Criminal Justice Board (CSCJB) Performance Measures and Actions – Reporting Grid

2016/17 Priorities / Performance Measures / Theme / Delivery Group / Actions
1 / Serious sexual offences, (particularly against under 18’s) / Total Serious Sexual Offences
SSO – Victim Aged 18 and Over
SSO – Victim Aged 17 and Under
SSO – Positive Outcomes (number & %)
Number of domestic abuse related sexual offences / Pan Dorset Sexual Violence Strategy Group /
  • Maximise awareness of sexual abuse issues amongst professional’s Inc. service provision available.
  • Work with the Dorset Safeguarding Children's Board (DSCB) to address serious sexual offences against children and young people.
  • Ensure that Sexual Violence victim support services are fit for purpose, meet needs and achieve outcomes for victims / survivors of sexual violence.
  • Formulate the new pan-Dorset Sexual Violence Strategy, examining the links to domestic abuse and whether these can be strengthened at a strategic level.
  • Develop our methods of analysing serious sexual offences through data from partner agencies.
  • Supporting the refreshed pan-Dorset Sexual Violence problem profile 2016/17.
  • To include; analyse differences between areas, and the reasons for these differences, as the core element of the Sexual Violence Problem Profile 2016/17 refresh.
  • Ensure services are in place to encourage prompt reporting and maintaining victim’s engagement throughout the criminal justice process.
  • Ensure that sexual violence risk factors are taken into consideration in the MARAC and other domestic abuse processes.

2 / Domestic abuse-related violent crime / Total Number DA Incidents
Total Domestic Abuse Violent Crimes
Number of Repeat Victims of DA Violent Crime
MARAC Referrals
Positive outcome numbers for domestic abuse crimes / Pan Dorset Domestic Abuse Strategy Group
Reduce Reoffending Strategy Board /
  • Maximise awareness of domestic abuse issues amongst professionals and the public. For professionals, this will include raising awareness of the MARAC process.
  • To also include ensuring that services are aware of honour-based violence and forced marriage issues and know how to respond;
  • And Publicise issues around coercion and control offence.
  • Evaluate the MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference) process to ensure it is effectively meeting the outcomes of high risk victims of domestic abuse and their families.
  • Ensure that domestic abuse victim support services are fit for purpose, meet the needs and achieve outcomes for victims / survivors of domestic abuse.
  • Proactively reduce the reoffending rates for perpetrators of domestic abuse through existing integrated domestic abuse perpetrator programmes.
  • Domestic Violence Protection Notice’s (DVPNs) / Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) – ensure that a process is in place to engage with the victim, that the chain of events that needs to happen and what initiates it is understood, and that a protocol is shared with relevant partners.
  • Review approaches to domestic abuse and substance use for both victims and perpetrators to inform local practice and pathways, including potential for sharing information – Link to the Bournemouth, Poole & Dorset Alcohol & Drug Strategy 2016-2020.
  • Establish a consistent and effective approach to Integrated Offender Management (IOM) across the area – Link to the Bournemouth, Poole & Dorset Alcohol and Drug Strategy 2016 – 2020.

3 / Antisocial behaviour / Total ASB Incidents;
Percentage of respondents who agree that Police and Council are dealing with ASB and Crime in their area (Dorset Police Community Safety Survey).
Number of ASB incidents split by category – Personal, Environmental and Nuisance / Pan Dorset ASB Group /
  • Continue to monitor the use of the ASB tools and powers pan-Dorset to share good practice and identify what works well.

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