Priority Activities and Key Actions

The priority activities and key actions to deliver the Community Safety Plan are set out in the table below. More detailed Action Plans will be developed in line with the LAA Safer Communities Delivery Plans, as they are finalised over the next couple of months. The Corporate Community Safety Group will assist the development of Leicestershire County Council’s contributions to the Safer Communities delivery plans.

Leicestershire County Council Community Safety Core Activities

Priority Activity	Lead	Timescale
Carry out more comprehensive Equalities Impact Assessment of the Plan	Community Safety Team (CST)	By December 2006
Carry out review of County Council’s approach to Section 17 responsibilities.	Head of Youth Justice and Safer Communities (YJ&SC) / CST / Corporate Community Safety Group	By July 2006
Countywide co-ordination of community safety and support of CDRPs and CSPB	Head of YJ&SC / CST	Ongoing
Lead officer input into the development and implementation of LAA Safer Communities Block	Head of YJ&SC / CST	Ongoing
Assist in development of LAA funding & commissioning process.	Head of YJ&SC / CST	Ongoing
Contribute to the Police Partnership Strategic Assessment of challenges to community safety	Head of YJ&Safer Communities / Corporate Community Safety Group

LAA Safer Communities Outcome 1 – Reduce Crime

Priority Activity	Lead	Timescale
Complete Countywide Domestic Violence Strategy	Head of YJ&SC/ CST	By April 2006
Co-ordinate Domestic Violence LAA Reward Target	DV Co-ordinator /CST	From April 2006
Extension of Racist Incident Common Monitoring Project to address all Hate Crime.	Racist Incident Project Officer / CST	From April 2006

LAA Safer Communities Outcome 2 – PPOs

Priority Activity	Lead	Timescale
Contribute to multi-agency PPO Strategy	YOS	Ongoing
Children’s & Adult’s Services involved in all LOMPs	Children’s & Adult’s Services	Ongoing
Continue to Implement Drugs Intervention Programme	DAAT	Ongoing

LAA Safer Communities Outcome 3 – ASB

Priority Activity	Lead	Timescale
Increase number of County Council funded Police Community Support Officers from 28 to 50	Police / Head of YJ&SC	By March 2007
Trading Standards: Under-age sales work	Trading Standards	Ongoing
YISP early intervention	YISP	From April 2006
Targeted detached Youth work (also outcome 5)	Youth Services	Ongoing

LAA Safer Communities Outcome 4 – Drugs & Alcohol

Priority Activity	Lead	Timescale
Implement Adult Drug Treatment Plan	DAAT	Ongoing
Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy Development	DAAT	During course of 2006 with implementation from April 2007
Trading Standards under-age alcohol sales work	Trading Standards	Ongoing

LAA Safer Communities Outcome 5 – Youth Crime Prevention

Priority Activity	Lead	Timescale
Achieve Youth Offending Service component of Children & Young People’s Reward Target (reducing re-offending by children with a reprimand)	YOS	From April 2006
Develop and implement Prevention Strategy for use of Youth Justice Board Youth Crime Prevention Grant. (also contributes to Outcome 3)	YOS	From 01-04-2005 and then ongoing
Ensure use of County Council crime reduction monies is targeted at LAA outcomes 5 and 3	Head of YY&SC	From 01-04-2006

LAA Safer Communities Outcome 6 – Reassurance

Priority Activity	Lead	Timescale
Increase number of Police Community Support Officers (as outcome 3)
Contribute to CSPB / LAA Communication Strategy	CST / YOS/ DAAT	From April 2006
Trading Standards & Social Services – Distraction Burglary work and increased home security work with older people	TS & SSD	Ongoing

LAA Safer Communities Outcome 7 – Priority Neighbourhoods

Priority Activity	Lead	Timescale
Develop LCC services engagement in Neighbourhood Management in priority neighbourhoods.	All relevant Departments / LCC LAA leads	From April 2006