Western Suffolk Community Safety Partnership

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What is a Community Safety Partnership?

Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) were set up under Sections 5-7 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1988 and are made up of representatives from the ‘responsible authorities’, which are the:

police

local authorities

fire and rescue authorities

probation service

health

Responsible authorities work together to protect their local communities from crime and to help people feel safer. They work out how to deal with local issues like antisocial behaviour, drug or alcohol misuse and reoffending. They annually assess local crime priorities and consult partners and the local community about how to deal with them.

Aim of the Partnership

To meet the statutory requirements of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and subsequent legislation.

To work collaboratively to prevent and reduce crime, disorder and the fear of crime, following an evidence-based approach, to promote the sharing of good practice and divert people away from crime and anti-social behaviour.

To promote a wider understanding of the contributions and responsibilities of individual agencies and develop a shared commitment to partnership working.

To encourage and support collaborative partnerships between local communities, statutory and non-statutory organisations.

To support non-statutory, voluntary and community groups.in accessing funding to deliver community safety projects that address the strategic priorities across the Western Suffolk CSP area.

Objectives of the Partnership

The Western Suffolk Community Safety Partnership (WSCSP) is a statutory body with a responsibility to:

Make an assessment of community safety issues

Produce a plan which responds to those issues

Review and report on progress against that plan

Carry out Domestic Homicide Reviews

The Partnership is made up of statutory representatives from the named Responsible authorities and include local councils in West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk and Babergh, Suffolk Police, Suffolk County Council, National Probation Service, Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service.

Domestic Homicide Reviews

Under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act (2004), the Community Safety Partnership has a statutory duty to create a Domestic Homicide Review in certain circumstances, to establish what lessons can be learned from a domestic homicide regarding the way in which local professionals and organisations work individually and together to safeguard victims.

The deaths of James and Elizabeth, February 2017

Be aware, names have been changed and some information has been removed in this report at the request of the Home Office, in order to protect vulnerable individuals associated with the case.

The deaths of Oscar and Denise, November 2014

Be aware, names have been changed and some information has been removed in this report at the request of the Home Office, in order to protect vulnerable individuals associated with the case.

Please note: There is a Reporting Restriction Order, made by the High Court of Justice Family Division on the 26 January 2015, in place on this case. For more information on this Order please contact Rudlings Wakelam Solicitors.