Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Committee considered a report of the Commissioner of Police which set out proposals for the Community Remedy document (CRD).

Members raised a number of concerns about the poor response and the limited scope of the consultation exercise. It was therefore agreed that the consultation process should be rerun, this time with a much broader approach. 

As part of this further work it was requested that consideration be given that Community Remedies should not apply in the following circumstances –

-       Radical and religiously aggravated offences

-       Where the individual has received more than one Community Remedy

-       When theft is from theft of a person

-       Section 4 and 4a of the Public Order Act

-       Common assault

-       When the victim is otherwise vulnerable or under 16 years of age

RESOLVED – That the consultation process be rerun.