Agenda item

To receive any verbal updates from Partners and Community Groups present, including:

·       Police – Neighbourhood Teams

·       Fire & Rescue

·       Community Engagement Manager

To note the following written updates attached to the agenda:

a.     Police

b.     Fire

c.     Wiltshire Council Items for Information

d.     Care Commissioning Group

e.     Healthwatch Wiltshire

Note: Speakers are reminded that they each have a 3 minutes slot, unless they have previously discussed alternative arrangements with the Community Area Manager.

Police – Inspector Pete Sparrow & Richard Salter – Community Coordinator for Mere & Tisbury

There had been some changes in personnel – John Hutchings had been promoted which left the Salisbury and southern team running without a deputy.

Nichola smith PCSO for Wilton was undergoing her training as a regular Police Officer, leaving her area covered by PCSO Matt Smith. He has an interest in the Rural Crime aspect of Policing.

A Christmas campaign would start in Salisbury, targeting antisocial behaviour and shoplifting, trying to detect offences and deter this behaviour.

The three main key areas of work for us to focus on at the moment were catapults, poaching and thefts.

There had been some excellent CCTV footage from properties in this area which had been provided and resulted in some arrests. The provision of good quality home CCTV can greatly assist investigations.

Richard Salter – coordinator for the west sector.

Just returned from a three month secondment, to represent the West Sector for Inspectors Fee and Green.

Crime patterns in our area are similar to that for South Team. We are supporting Community Speedwatch, tackling hare coursing and lead thefts from church roofs, there was a lot of work going on behind the scenes on tackling this.

Pete – There was recent success with two arrests in Devizes, following an incident of theft of lead from a church roof. One was from Salisbury one from Chippenham.

Questions and comments:

·        Were Police able to alert locals of number plates and suspect cars to look out for? – Answer: We have in the past sent out messages through the Community Messaging system. Regular updates are sent out of persons or vehicles of interests.

The MoD police had returned to Salisbury Plain, at Westdown camp in Tillshead, where they now have a station. They have powers of arrest and investigation. Hoping to develop partnership work with them. Mark does send out a lot of info in to the community, I will check with him to see if you are on his list.

As well as the Community messaging, there is also the Rural crime partnership – using social media and whatsapp with the local gamekeepers and farmers.

Community Engagement Manager (CEM) Update  - Karen Linaker

Recent highlights on what has been going on in your communities:

•        Mere Community Area: children’s centre activities, literary festival, local fundraising events, fireworks, act of remembrance

•        Wilton Community Area: history festival, progressing new town team, neighbourhood plan, Christmas lights switch on and family fun event on 6^th December.

•        Tisbury Community Area: Hindon neighbourhood plan, Tisbury neighbourhood plan has been through the inspector - on 28^th Nov referendum goes out, Nadder Community Land Trust AGM, Tisbury Carnival, Silent Rhythm unveiled on 28 September, 0-5’s Scrapstore fun here at Nadder Centre, school carols at the Nadder Centre

•        South West Wiltshire - Community Safety Group – next meeting will be on 15 Jan 6.30pm, at Nadder Centre

·       Looking ahead to 29^th January area board meeting: Seeds 4 Success, the local youth network and health colleagues planning a young people’s mental health debate

·       We are trying to plan an event for March 2020, on employment and skills, working with schools and young people.

Decision

The Board noted the Partner Updates and written information items

Flytipping

It was noted that the Council was asking people if it is safe to do so, to take details of any incidents of flytipping and to report them, there were now rewards of £100 in successful convictions.