Agenda item

To note the written updates attached to the agenda and to receive any verbal updates from representatives present.

a)    PCC – Precept Consultation

Public consultation survey (open from 5 January to 2 February)

- https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PNHBKSG

PCC Precept Video - https://youtu.be/eRMtE_YxdWk

b)    Police CPT – written update attached   website

c)     Fire

d)    Salisbury City Council – paper attached

e)    Salisbury BID – website

f)      Maltings & River Park – paper attached

g)    Safer & Supportive Salisbury – paper attached

h)    Champions Update

Note: Speakers are reminded to limit verbal updates to 3 minutes.

The Board noted the written updates and papers from Partners and Community Groups included in the agenda pack.

The following presentations and updates were then received:

The Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner

Deputy PCC Jerry Herbert gave a presentation on the annual Precept proposals.

The precept was increased last year, with additional money and the additional officers that came as part of the ‘Boris Bobbies’ scheme, into our Rural Crime team. There would be a total of 65 additional Officers by the end of the financial year. Up to 1050 Officers in total from the 934 two years ago. A vast amount of those Officers were going into the Community Police Teams.

Other areas of Policing which had received an uplift were Cyber-crime, dealing with crime prevention and investigation.

A flat cash settlement from the Home Office would pay the basic costs, beyond that there would be a shortfall of around £3m, that was driven by the fact that the Home Office funding did not pay for the 50% of last years pay award which fell into the next financial year, the increased costs of running the Police Aviation service or the national Police technologies.

The only way to keep the force running at the current level was to rise the precept. A £15 increase a year, which worked out as £1.25 a month for a band D property. Without this they would have to cut Community Policing

It was expected that there would be an add 48 officers in the new financial year.

The Commissioner has just launched a consultation period, running from 5 January 2021 to 2 February 2021. Please could you spread the word on the consultation as would like as may contributions as possible. It offers the chance to contribute your thoughts on what you think the local priorities should be.

Police

Inspector Pete Sparrow highlighted some points as detailed in the written report attached to the agenda.

Questions:

Cllr Rogers gave thanks to Inspector Sparrow and his team for the professional way they handled enforcement work especially those businesses serving food.

Answer: Inspector Sparrow outlined the key principles which were to engage, explain, encourage then lastly to enforce.

Cllr Douglas also thanked the Police teams for their work.

Safer & Supportive Salisbury

Anne Trevett, who was recently recognised in the new year’s honour list, gave an update on the work of Safer & Supportive Salisbury.

Work included the production and circulation of a series of newsletters to 250 recipients. These newsletters had been well received and included vital and local information brought together in one place.

At the start of the pandemic, the group had received lottery money, which was the only funding in to the organisation. It hoped to replicate that in the future.

One the AB funded project was the Hidden Figures project, in February 2020 which was awarded £5000, towards the cost of the first figure. Figures were hoped to be available at a cost of approx. £1000 each.

Champions Updates:

Older Persons Champion, Irene Kohler, outlined that she had been a champion for 3 to 4 years. One of the most important things about the role was that as being new to Salisbury, firstly she set about getting to know what was going on and what to do to make a difference.

I developed the Silver Sunday Programme in 2018, to coincide with the International Older People’s Day. This was an introduction to new activities and other older people by a series of free taster sessions.

We created a short film of older people in lockdown and highlighted how they were helping to support others during the lock down. We took tea to 170 people in their homes during the restrictions.

Carers Champion, Helen Dowse, outlined that she had taken over in Autumn 2019 and was also a volunteer with, Carer Support Wiltshire, SDH and Salisbury Medical Practice.