Agenda item

Verbal report of the Manager of the Community Safety Team.

The Manager of the Community Safety Team updated the Group on the current staffing within his Team and expressed the hope that there would now be a degree of stability of personnel. He also outlined recent events that the Team had been involved in, including raising awareness of child sexual exploitation ‘Operation Make-safe’ and an event concerning Dementia.

The Assistant Town Clerk explained the general responsibilities of the Team and the associated responsibilities which were held more widely within the organisation. In response to a question concerning the establishment of one contact telephone number for the public to use when reporting an incident, he agreed that there was a need to ensure that an excellent and easy to use service was provided.