Hello again,
First off all, the cycling on the pavement offences - we have issued five fixed penalty notices this week and will continue to target offenders. Please let me know of any areas you find a problem.
Partnership working is a large part of safer neighbourhoods, and that means quite a lot of meetings. This week I had an Anti-Social Behaviour Panel meeting with the council on Monday regarding a tenant, also at the meeting were representatives from homelessness, housing, council solicitor, mental health team, environmental health and it was decided to pursue eviction.
On Tuesday had a meeting with Swaythling Housing about neighbour problems, Thursday I had 3meetings. The first was the Northam Community Link AGM, followed by an anti-social behaviour conference for a youth. At that meeting were representatives from community safety, youth offending team, social services, education and it was decided to apply for an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO)for the youth. There is a lot of work that goes into the ASBO application. One of my team, PC Phil Warwick has spent over a week, stuck at the computer, getting details of each incident for the ASBO schedule.
Finally on Thursday was the management meeting of the Northam 521/City Reach youth projects. Again, we tend to think that youth clubs just plod along, but the management group have to look after all the financial side, and as both groups rely on funding, some of the team spend days and days applying for funding and are currently finalising a bid to the lottery.
Then Friday I have the Chapel development charter meeting. The charter is a document that shows the standards of service that each agency will agree to provide. Those meetings are just mine. Other things my team have done this week are:
The three Junior PCSO schemes have all had an event,
PC Simon Bradshaw completed a joint visit with the housing manager to a flat to advise the tenants of their obligations under their tenancy agreement - again anti social behaviour/noise etc - so it looks like there will be action there.
PCSO Mark Reynolds is meeting reps from the Rainbow Project and doing a home visits at one of the Rainbow homes - Rainbow provide accomodation for vulnerable youngsters and we have two houses in Northam.
PCSO Mike Kesslar-Lyne has visited a family that have moved into our patch and have a reputation for anti-social behaviour, so we visit and let them know we are aware they have moved in.
PC Caroline Woodfield has visited a youth who is on an Acceptable Behaviour Contract (ABC)-we visit them every week and try to help the child keep out of trouble and support the parents.
PCSO Kelly Drodge has held her first Police surgery at St Marys Primary School and we had the weekly police surgery at Northam Housing office on Thursday.
I am sure there is more that I have missed, but as you see, we keep quite busy.
See you next week.
Cheers
Dick
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Just to say I've now read this properly. It's interesting and informative. I've stuck you in my favourites - and AOL seems to think that the right place is between my RAC stuff and the AA route planner!
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