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Name | Agency |
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Cllr Laura Beddow | Dorset Council, Chair |
Temporary Chief Superintendent Richard Bell | Dorset Police |
Jan West | NHS Dorset |
Joe Ennis | Probation Services |
Name | Agency |
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Desney Rendle | Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner |
David Webb | Youth Justice Service |
Cllr Molly Rennie | Dorset Domestic Abuse Forum |
Name | Agency |
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John Newcombe | Dorset Council, Community Safety, Place |
Anna Eastgate | Dorset Council, Place Services |
Andy Frost | Dorset Council, Community Safety, Adults and Housing |
Diane Evans | Dorset Council, Community Safety, Adults and Housing |
Ian Grant | Dorset Council, Community Safety, Adults and Housing |
Kelvin Connelly | Dorset Council, Children's Services |
Lisa Reid | Dorset Council, Children's Services |
1.1 Due to changes at Dorset Council, Cllr Laura Beddow had taken over as the Chair of the Community Safety Partnership in line with the group’s terms of reference.
1.2 It was agreed that Temporary Chief Superintendent Richard Bell would continue as Vice Chair during 2023/24.
2.1 Members of the group considered an updated terms of reference that incorporated new responsibilities relating to serious violence. The terms of reference were agreed subject to any comments from Dorset Council’s Legal Team.
3.1 The Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Community Safety Partnership had requested changes to the Pan Dorset Reducing Reoffending Strategy 2023 to 26 that had been agreed at the last Dorset Community Safety Partnership meeting.
3.2 It was agreed to circulate the final strategy to Community Safety Partnership members once it had been amended.
4.1 Members of the group considered work on Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs).
4.2 Di Evans updated the Partnership on the status of Domestic Homicide Review's including those which were marked complete, those currently with the Home Office Quality Assurance Panel, those that were ongoing, and those that did not meet the Domestic Homicide Review criteria or had been passed to other Community Safety Partnership's to deliver.
4.3 Di explained there was a back log with the Home Office quality assurance process which was causing some local delays with reviews.
4.4 Di also explained to the group work to engage families, which was a vital part of the Domestic Homicide Review process.
4.5 Community Safety Partnership members considered a summary of learning points coming out of Domestic Homicide Review's, particularly those reviews that were complex and those that included older people. The summary included identifying trends across Domestic Homicide Review's as well as learning from case reviews from outside the area.
4.6 The group discussed the local approach to working with the Coroner given the lack of clarity / detail in statutory guidance. Di explained that she worked closely with the Coroner’s office to ensure processes were joined up and effective.
4.7 Di gave an update on the Community Safety Partnership response to consultation on certain aspects of Domestic Homicide Review's and confirmed the Home Office would be conducting a full review of statutory guidance later this year.
4.8 Members of the group considered the work of the Domestic Homicide Review Action Planning Group. There was now a formal action planning log that allowed partners to look at learning trends, track progress against actions and demonstrate achievements.
5.1 John Newcombe provided the group with an update on partners’ work to tackle local priorities, which included a summary of the co-ordination, oversight and progress of specific local priorities as identified at the area Partnership Co-ordinating Group (PCG) Meetings.
5.2 John highlighted issues around addiction and mental health and the impact these had on local issues. John was seeking case examples to help understand the challenges and inform how partners address them.
5.3 Headlines from Partnership Coordinating Group's included:
5.4 There was a discussion around challenges in taking forward analytical work to help understand issues and measure impact, particularly around repeat offenders. Partners recognised it had been an ambition of the Community Safety Partnership for some time to improve collaboration on analytical work and committed to trying to achieve that.
5.5 Richard Bell mentioned issues around youth violence that had been reported in the media and outlined how the Police and Council were working together to manage repeat offenders.
5.6 Members of the group discussed youth justice outcomes. David Webb ran through some of the challenges around timescales and delays in getting cases to court but went on to explain there didn’t appear to be an issue with getting the correct outcome once things had got to court. Partners were looking at developing an approach through their serious violence work to use funding to help coordinate intelligence prior to court to help speed things up.
5.7 Partners discussed the national Police initiative ‘right care, right person’, which was likely to be agreed in September and then adopted by individual forces. The change will involve Police Forces no longer attending some incidents relating to mental health and broader health and social issues. It was explained the approach was being enacted to reprioritise Policing towards tackling crime and to ensure wider health and social care issues were being picked up by the most appropriate agency.
5.8 Everyone agreed it was important to find ways to manage the impact of this policy change and be prepared. John Newcombe agreed to lead this work linking in with key contacts in the Police and partners.
5.9 Richard Bell informed the group that the Police and Crime Commissioner intended to encourage the use of Community Triggers (now called Anti Social Behaviour Case Reviews) via the National Action Week for Anti-Social Behaviour. John Newcombe explained that the number of Community Triggers fluctuates from time to time and was currently relatively low. There was a discussion on the impact of community triggers, given the time involved in completing them verses the outcomes achieved.
5.10 David updated the group on a new pilot coming to Dorset called Immediate Justice. Work was happening outside of the Community Safety Partnership to go through the detail of how the initiative will work in practice. David raised some concerns about the ethos of the scheme, which felt punitive and in conflict with the approach taken locally (i.e. reparative).
5.11 Members of the group discussed the various initiatives currently being released by central government (such as the Turnaround Project, the Serious Violence Duty etc) and the fact they don’t seem to have been considered alongside one another. Partners felt it was important to come together and ensure things were joined up.
6.1 Andy updated the group on partners’ work to tackle strategic priorities.
6.2 Since the last meeting, a significant amount of time had been spent organising partners’ response to the new serious violence duty and ensuring it aligned to existing delivery planning work.
6.3 This work had involved developing the evidence base, co-ordinating delivery plans, liaison with the Home Office and Crest and working with Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC).
6.4 Additional activity undertaken since the last meeting included:
6.5 In addition, time had been spent preparing for the arrival of the barge to house asylum seekers at Portland Port.
6.6 In terms of performance, Andy reported that Domestic Abuse Incidents and Domestic Abuse Crimes had reduced. Serious Sexual Offences had increased compared to the same time last year. Richard Bell explained that arrest rates for domestic abuse had gone up. This was positive and demonstrated the effectiveness of work to target offenders.
6.7 It was recognised that for some time, partners had wanted to develop a more detailed analysis of issues and performance to inform and direct their work. Andy informed the group that following a successful recruitment process, the intention was to develop this work with a focus on four main areas:
6.8 Ian Grant gave an update on partners’ domestic abuse whole systems work which was welcomed by members of the group.
7.1 Di Evans gave an update on progress against the new serious violence duty.
7.2 Since the last Community Safety Partnership meeting partners had:
7.3 Priorities over the coming months included:
7.4 Ian Grant gave an update on delivery planning work, explaining it would be used to help determine how funding should be allocated.
8.1 Andy updated the group on partners’ response to the Government’s consultation on Community Safety Partnership’s.
9.1 Andy explained the work being undertaken to prepare for the barge that will house asylum seekers at Portland Port. Work, including any community safety aspects, was being co-ordinated through a dedicated multi-agency forum.
10.1 Members of the Community Safety Partnership agreed the Forward Plan.
11.1. Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner to provide details of a funding opportunity to members of the group outside of the meeting.