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Minutes: HINCKLEY AND BOSWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL
Joint Community Safety Partnership Overview & Scrutiny Committee
17 January 2017 AT 6.30 pm
Also in attendance: Councillor Lee Breckon, Joint Chair of the Blaby & Hinckley and Bosworth Community Safety Partnership; Inspector Dan Eveleigh.
Officers in attendance: Blaby District Council: James Edmondston, Rebecca Holcroft, Linda McBean, and Sarah Pennelli Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council: Rachel Burgess, Rebecca Owen and Sharon Stacey
1 Welcome and introductions
The Chairman welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the Joint Community Safety Partnership Overview & Scrutiny Committee, and all attendees introduced themselves.
2 Apologies and substitutions
Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors Aslam, Jackson, Maxwell, Moseley and Richardson from Blaby District Council and Councillors Bill, Bray, Crooks and Richards from Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council, with the substitution of Councillor Cartwright for Councillor Bill.
3 Declarations of interest
No interests were declared at this stage.
4 Blaby and Hinckley & Bosworth Community Safety Partnership update
Members were presented with a report which provided the background to the merger of the community safety partnerships, the structure of the partnership and information on performance, priorities, the action plan, challenges and successes. Attention was drawn to the strategic priorities and the importance of protecting vulnerable people, including a greater focus on more harmful crime (ie leading to injury).
Concern was expressed that there was uncertainty about the level of funding available for the next financial year from the Police & Crime Commissioner and it was suggested that a letter should be sent to the Commissioner from the partnership about the importance of early notice of funding. Members were reminded that the PCC was in the same situation as local authorities who, at this point in the year, were still finalising budgets for 2017/18. It was also noted that indication had been received that there would be a slight increase in funding, but this was specifically to deliver an extra element of work.
In response to a member’s question, the committee was informed that a ‘hate incident’ referred to an incident that was perceived, by the victim or someone else, to be based on someone’s prejudice against them. It was noted that there were very few hate crimes, but that reporting of hate crimes and incidents was increasing, which may be due to raised awareness of what constitutes a hate incident.
A member referred to cybercrime and child sexual exploitation and noted that these were not ... view the full minutes text for item 1. |
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