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Hampshire Police and Crime Panel

‘Anti-Social Behaviour’ Proactive Scrutiny Report

22 January 2016

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Table of Contents

Section Page

Executive Summary 3

Report

- Background 5

- Discussion and Conclusions 5

- Recommendations 19

Appendices:

Appendix One: Bibliography (page 21)

Appendix Two: Witnesses responding to the Review (page 22)

Appendix Three: Stakeholder Evidence (page 24)

Appendix Four: Abbreviations (page 90)

Further information regarding this report can be obtained from:

Review Officer: Caroline Roser, Democratic Support Officer

Tel: 01962 846693

e-mail: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Executive Summary

At their meeting on 10 April 2015 the Hampshire Police and Crime Panel

agreed the topics they would review in 2015/16 through their proactive

scrutiny work-programme. This second report concludes and makes

recommendations upon the topic of ‘anti-social behaviour’, where Members

reviewed the actions of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire in

his aim, under priority three of the Police and Crime Plan, to support,

scrutinise, and challenge partners across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to

‘work together to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour’ in the community

and to implement ‘a geographically targeted and coordinated campaign to

reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in their most deprived/vulnerable

areas’. Additionally, this report considers how the PCC is engaging partners

across the two counties in the use of the Community Remedy Menu.

Evidence received by the Panel has praised efforts made by the

Commissioner and his office to encourage and facilitate a holistic multi-

agency approach in tackling and preventing ASB across Hampshire and the

Isle of Wight. In particular, through the introduction of his Alliance meetings,

the Commissioner has created forums within which information and best

practice can be shared enabling a joined-up approach at both strategic and

operational levels. This report makes recommendations which aim to

encourage greater cross-district working, where benefits can be identified,

with particular focus on those areas where higher deprivation is present.

This report recognises that those committing anti-social behaviour come from

a cross-section of society. The evidence reviewed notes an apparent lack of

early intervention provision for adult offenders and a need for the

Commissioner to engage with partners to identify and make provision for gaps

in funding for youth services. The report also reviews evidence on the

effectiveness of schemes which encourage community ownership in tackling

anti-social behaviour, and makes the recommendation that the Commissioner

continues his support to such schemes.

The report also identifies a need for consistent engagement with all relevant

partners to ensure effective support in the introduction of the Community

Remedy Menu and opportunity to increase public awareness of the

Community Trigger. The Panel have identified an opportunity for the

Commissioner to drive continued improvement in the sharing of information

between partners, ensuring that the IT platforms used can facilitate the

effective identification of threat, risk and harm of ASB across both counties.

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Recommendations will be made to the Commissioner through this report

which aim to contribute towards efforts to reduce crime and anti-social

behaviour in communities across Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight.

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Hampshire Police and Crime Panel

Anti-Social Behaviour

1. Background

1.1 At their meeting on 24 January 2014 the Hampshire Police and Crime

Panel (hereafter referred to as ‘the Panel’) agreed to introduce

proactive scrutiny sessions to their work-programme for 2014/15. This

would enable them to build on their ‘statutory functions’ by moving to a

fuller work-programme focusing on scrutinising core elements of the

Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire’s (hereafter referred to

as ‘the Commissioner’) Police and Crime Plan.

1.2 The topics for review in 2015/16 were selected by the Panel’s Police

and Crime Plan Working Group and drafted into a work-programme for

agreement at meeting of the Panel on 23 January 2015. The second

topic for review in 2015/16 was agreed to be ‘anti-social behaviour’

(ASB).

1.3 The review group agreed that the scrutiny of this topic would be based

upon oral and written evidence and background research. The

evidence was gathered by means of invitations to stakeholders to

contribute written views, and to attend the proactive scrutiny session of

the Panel to present oral evidence.

1.4 The ASB review considered the actions of the Commissioner in his

aim, under priority three of the Police and Crime Plan, to support,

scrutinise, and challenge partners across Hampshire and the Isle of

Wight to ‘work together to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour’ in

the community and to implement ‘a geographically targeted and

coordinated campaign to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in

their most deprived/vulnerable areas’. It reviewed evidence relating to

the Commissioner’s set outcome, and aimed to formulate

recommendations to the Commissioner which would support him and

his work in this area.

2. Discussion and Conclusions

2.1 Three key areas were identified by the Working Group for review.

These were:

How well is the PCC working with partners to encourage a joined up

approach in tackling and reducing ASB?

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o Specifically, how is the PCC working with partners to

implement a campaign to reduce crime and ASB in their

most deprived/vulnerable areas?

How is the PCC engaging with the public to encourage community

ownership in reducing ASB within their local area?

What best practice exists which could also be considered by the PCC

as part of his pledge to reduce ASB?

2.2 In order to receive evidence which answered the three key areas of the

review, the Working Group sought responses from stakeholders to the

following six questions:

1) How well do you feel the PCC has worked in partnership with you or

your organisation to encourage a joined up approach in reducing ASB,

specifically in the most deprived and vulnerable areas?

2) What do you think should be the priorities for action to reduce ASB

behaviour within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight?

3) How effective do you feel the PCC has been in encouraging

communities to take ownership of reducing ASB within their locality?

What opportunities do you feel exist for greater engagement?

4) How is the PCC engaging with partners and members of the

community to support the introduction and use of the Community

Remedy Menu to tackle ASB?

5) Are there any examples of successful approaches to preventing and

tackling ASB which you or your organisation are aware of, either within

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight or in other areas?

6) Is there anything further that you can provide to the Panel that will

assist us with our proactive scrutiny of this topic?

2.3 Regarding how well the PCC is working with partners to

encourage a joined up approach in tackling and reducing anti-

social behaviour:

2.3.1 The term ‘anti-social behaviour’ encompasses a wide range of issues

which can impact upon individuals, groups of individuals and the wider

community as a whole. Offences are committed by a cross section of

society, both young and old, with higher rates of offending often noted

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in those areas of highest deprivation1. A wide range of measures are

needed when addressing ASB from diversionary activities and

community remedies through to enforcement and convictions,

depending on the nature and severity of the circumstances.

2.3.2 Tackling ASB has been a focus both nationally and locally for many

years. Since 1998 a number of key pieces of legislation have been

introduced defining the national approach to reducing ASB. Such

legislation includes the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, which placed a

statutory duty on responsible authorities to work in partnership with

agencies and introduced the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders

(ASBOs). This was followed by the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 and

the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which outlined

a number of new measures to support police forces and local

authorities in tackling ASB. The Act also intended to place victims at

the heart of the process through the introduction of the ‘Community

Trigger’, giving victims and communities the right to demand that

persistent antisocial behaviour is dealt with, and the ‘Community

Remedy, a menu of locally agreed sanctions within each force area for

use when dealing with low-level crime and ASB with input from the

victim.

2.3.3 Locally, within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, is has been identified

that in order to successfully reduce ASB a fully holistic approach is

needed, engaging local agencies, community partners and statutory

services in extensive partnership work, particularly in those areas

where anti-social offending is most prevalent.

Areas of greater deprivation

2.3.4 A report on the ‘drivers of perceptions of anti-social behaviour’2 was

published by the Home Office in 2010. Within the report it was

identified that deprivation was a key feature in areas where the

perception of and actual incidents of ASB was higher, as well as in

communities where poor social integration was observed.

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Home Office, ‘Research Report 34: The drivers of perceptions of anti-social behaviour’, 9

March 2010 (Accessed 11 December 2015); available from

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-drivers-of-perceptions-of-anti-social-

behaviour

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-drivers-of-perceptions-of-anti-social-behaviour


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2.3.5 These findings were echoed by Hampshire Constabulary who, in their

written evidence to this review, highlighted that improved positive

partner engagement with communities in areas of deprivation and

those from marginalised groups should be a priority to build a better

understanding of the reality of ASB. The Commissioner identified in his

evidence that an ‘increase in the number of joint ASB partnership

projects in the most deprived boroughs of the county’ as a success

measure in the delivery of priority three of his Police and Crime Plan.

2.3.6 The 2015 Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), published by the

Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), identified

the 10% most multiple deprived areas in England. The IMD data

identifies that the Leigh Park Estate, Havant, has multiple

neighbourhoods which fall in the 10% most multiple deprived areas in

England and evidence received also noted that this area has

historically recorded high levels of ASB and crime.

2.3.7 To support multi-agency efforts to reduce anti-social behaviour within

the Havant area, including Leigh Park, the Commissioner is providing

funding towards the Transformation Havant Community Project. This

partnership project, which is also supported by Hampshire

Constabulary, Havant Borough Council and Hampshire Fire and

Rescue Service, amongst others, will run for ten years and will trial new

approaches with a focus on improving access to services and

improving outcomes for communities.

2.3.8 Big World Impact (BWI) are a voluntary agency delivering a multi-

agency programme of diversionary activity, including sports activities

and an arts and cultural programme, focussed on young people aged

between 9 and 19 within the communities of Leigh Park. As well as

working closely with the Havant Neighbourhood Policing Team, BWI

have received advice and support from the Office of the Police and

Crime Commissioner (OPCC) which has enabled them to expand their

multi-agency portfolio. They highlight how Commissioner’s support for

their work and their positive partnership with the OPCC is improving

outcomes in this area.

2.3.9 Further evidence of measures to reduce ASB in the more deprived

areas of the two counties was provided by Portsmouth in the

Community who provide a daily programme of positive activities

through sport, alongside education and volunteering opportunities, for

young people in the Bransbury area of Portsmouth, with funding from

the OPCC. The evidence has suggested that this work has led to a

reduction in ASB in the surrounding area and they have recently

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expanded their work into other areas where deprivation is present

including Paulsgrove, Hilsea and Somerstown, which was ranked the

number 1 area in Portsmouth that people would avoid through fear of

crime in a 2014 Community Safety Survey by Safer Portsmouth3.

2.3.10 The Association of Isle of Wight Councils (IWALC) also discussed in

their evidence how funding from the OPCC for targeted work with

young people and positive engagement from Police Community

Support Workers (PCSOs) in a ward considered to be deprived on the

Island, had contributed towards a reduction in ASB.

Youth Offending

2.3.11 It is recognised that reducing ASB and preventing reoffending is key,

particularly with young people, to prevent the move towards more

serious criminality. Early intervention and identification of potential

triggers is also considered vital. Potential triggers of ASB for young

people include feelings of loneliness and being ‘different’ to others, and

witnessing or being affected by domestic abuse. This is further

explored in the Panel’s previous proactive scrutiny of ‘Youth Offending’

http://documents.hants.gov.uk/partnerships/hampshire-pcp/2015-01-

23-pcp-proactivescrutinyitem6-youthoffendingreport-draft.pdf

2.3.12 BWI found that by offering access to programmes and diversionary

activities to young people across the community, rather than restricting

them only those who have already offended, they were able to facilitate

interaction with positive peer role models and identify those on the

cusp of offending, enabling early intervention to divert them away from

crime.

2.3.13 Concerns were raised throughout the evidence regarding recent cuts to

youth funding, limiting services focussed on reducing ASB. The

Commissioner made it clear, within his written evidence, that

investment in diversionary schemes should continue, as there are

benefits to tackling and reducing ASB for all communities and across

all agencies.

3 Safer Portsmouth Partnership, ‘Community Safety Survey 2014: Headline Results’, June

2014 (Accessed 13 January 2016); available from

http://www.saferportsmouth.org.uk/images/PDF/CommunitySafetySurvey.pdf

http://documents.hants.gov.uk/partnerships/hampshire-pcp/2015-01-23-pcp-proactivescrutinyitem6-youthoffendingreport-draft.pdf

http://documents.hants.gov.uk/partnerships/hampshire-pcp/2015-01-23-pcp-proactivescrutinyitem6-youthoffendingreport-draft.pdf


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2.3.14 The Commissioner further highlighted that his commissioning

programme would be looking at bids from organisations that could

provide schemes which support those young people with the greatest

need. It was hoped that such programmes would attract young people

from a wide and diverse background. In the past it was noted that there

had been a reliance on sports-based diversionary activities and the

Commissioner explained, within oral evidence given, that opportunities

were being considered to expand the range of activities being offered,

for example art and music based. Consideration was also being given

to encourage multi agency provision to deliver activities in socially

deprived areas, outside of ‘nine to five’ working hours and in accessible

locations to ensure equity in access to such activities pan-Hampshire

and the Isle of Wight.

Adult Offending

2.3.15 Through both the oral and written evidence received it was highlighted

that, despite the perception of some that ASB can be solely attributed

to young people, those committing ASB can be of any age. Where

adult offenders are involved their cases are often found to be more

complex and involve persistent and ongoing offending with research

into complex cases of ASB in Portsmouth finding that some

perpetrators were older women and that a number of those were also

the victims of domestic abuse.

2.3.16 The supporting troubled families programme provides a positive

example of intervention with adult offenders, who are based within a

family setting. Introduced nationally by the government in 2011, the

troubled families programme provides funding for local authorities to

target support to families who are identified to have a range of complex

problems including those such as domestic abuse, mental health

concerns and substance missuse which might be contributing to or risk

indicators of ASB. Utilising a holistic multi-agency approach, a single

plan is devised for each family, and a lead agency appointed to

oversee the delivery of the plan with the intention of transforming the

lives of the family, and, through interventions, reduce future spending

by the public purse.

2.3.17 Analysis provided by Hampshire County Council has shown that, in

Hampshire area, there was a 28% reduction in ASB incidents in the

first year of engagement with the programme from those families who

were identified as previously having a crime/ASB related problem (from

the phase one cohort 2012-13). Safer Havant noted that there had

been a 70% decrease in calls to the addresses of those families under

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the programme, and evidence from a number of Community Safety

Partnerships has highlighted the positive impact the programme has

had in bringing agencies together to address concerns within their

communities.

2.3.18 Hampshire County Council stated in their written evidence that the

Commissioner has been an important member of their Partnership

Board and has assisted in designing and supporting the delivery of the

programme. Hampshire County Council also explained that the Safety

Net Programme, which is part of the Hampshire Information

Management Suite (see paragraph 2.3.28) and supported by the

Commissioner, has led to improved data sharing amongst partners.

2.3.19 The evidence has also highlighted that neighbourhood agreements and

mediation have proven to be effective when dealing with neighbour

disputes and have reduced calls to support services. Fareham CSP in

particular noted that funding provided by the Commissioner has

enabled their staff to be trained in mediation used to resolve neighbour

disputes.

2.3.20 Safer Portsmouth raised concerns in their evidence that there was little

support available to adult offenders without children. The evidence

received provided few examples of programmes which provide specific

focus on early intervention for adult offenders of ASB and Hampshire

Constabulary agreed that greater innovation was needed to develop

effective services in this area.

Multi Agency Working

2.3.21 To further support the development of multi-agency working, bringing

together both strategic and operational partners to discuss areas of

common interest and share best practice, the Commissioner launched

two new alliance meetings in January 2015; the Hampshire and Isle of

Wight Police and Crime Reduction Alliance and the Community Safety

Alliance.

2.3.22 The Police and Crime Alliance is attended by the Leaders of the four

top-tier local authorities within the force area, as well as the Chair of

the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority, the Chief Constable, and

other senior representatives from health and organisations relating to

crime and disorder. It provides a strategic forum for the discussion of

plans to reduce ASB, along with other crimes, and enables services

and resources to be planned in co-ordinated way.

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2.3.23 The Community Safety Alliance has a more operational focus and is

attended by the Chairs of each of the 12 community safety partnerships

(CSPs). Within this meeting the representatives from the CSPs are

able to share priorities and any emerging concerns from across the

force area directly with the Commissioner. Comments received by the

Panel indicate that, whilst still in its relative infancy, the introduction of

this Alliance is leading to positive outcomes. In particular the

Hampshire and IOW CRC comment that the introduction of this

Alliance has demonstrated the Commissioner’s commitment to

proactively influence the role of the CSPs to support a reduction in

crime and ASB, and East Hants CSP further add that these meetings

show the Commissioner’s clear intention to work closely with local

partners.

2.3.24 Signifying his commitment to bringing partners together to focus on

reducing ASB, the Commissioner hosted an ASB Conference in May

2015, bringing together over 100 practitioners from a range of different

partner organisations. As well as providing an opportunity for best

practice to be shared, learning from the conference has been

embedded into the development of policy by the OPCC, including the

Restorative Justice Strategy, which was published by the

Commissioner in November 2015.

2.3.25 Demonstrating his role in holding the Chief Constable to account, the

Commissioner holds quarterly Commissioner’s Performance,

Accountability, Scrutiny and Strategy meetings (COMPASS). Within

these publically held meetings the Commissioner holds the Chief

Constable to account on his delivery of the priorities laid out within his

Police and Crime Plan. The topic of the May 2015 meeting was Young

People, Crime & the Police, and applied a focus on ASB and the

Force’s approach to tackling ASB through partnership with local

communities and young people.

IT Systems

2.3.26 In order for partners to gain a more holistic view of how ASB is

impacting on the communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight it is

essential that appropriate information can be shared between partners

in a secure and efficient way.

2.3.27 Hampshire Constabulary identified that in order to enable early

identification of threat, risk and harm of ASB, continued improvement to

the processes used to share information was paramount, supported by

the use of an IT platform which provides an effective method for

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partners to do so. This was also recognised by the Commissioner;

within his Police and Crime Plan is a commitment to support the

Hampshire Information Management Suite (which currently comprises

of Crime Reports, Command Central and SafetyNet).

2.3.28 SafetyNet is a holistic platform which supports community problem

solving and the secure sharing of relevant data between partners.

Hampshire Constabulary’s evidence gave focus to two particular

features of the system which they feel have delivered operational

efficiency: firstly, the mapping functionality provides users with a visible

representation of where activity is being undertaken in relation to ASB,

highlighting where vulnerable victims and offender management

activities are located as well as identifying key locations for community

priorities and engagement; secondly, the development of a risk tracker

has also enabled partners using the system to have live information on

vulnerability so that activities can be appropriately focussed on

locations and those individuals considered most at risk from ASB.

2.3.29 Hampshire County Council’s evidence explained that a key success

factor for the Troubled Families Programme is the ability to share

information quickly and securely to ensure partner agencies receive

regular updates. It was further explained that SafetyNet was used for

all Troubled Families cases (see paragraph 2.3.17), and that the use of

the system had led to improved data sharing with a wide range of

partners.

2.3.30 Safer North Hampshire also commented upon the widespread use of

SafetyNet in their area across a range of partner services including

mental health, education, youth and probation. They found it to be a

secure, quick and efficient tool when sending and sharing relevant

information between partners.

2.3.31 Portsmouth City Council’s evidence states that they have their own

recording system, which pre-dates SafetyNet, and other partners utilise

other IT platforms with similar purposes also. Oral evidence in

particular identified a need to ensure greater cohesion in the sharing of

information between IT platforms, including SafetyNet, across all the

districts and boroughs. It was considered that the Commissioner,

through his commitment to support the use of SafetyNet, may have a

role to play in increasing engagement from partners in the use of the

system, and in encouraging the development of all systems to enable

cross-platform data sharing.

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Community Safety

2.3.32 Within his Police and Crime Plan the Commissioner also highlighted his

desire to ‘work to improve liaison and contact between CSPs across

the Hampshire Policing area’. To support and facilitate this, under the

operational change programme, policing district boundaries had been

aligned with those of local authorities across Hampshire and the Isle of

Wight, with senior police leaders located alongside community safety

teams. Hampshire Constabulary noted that the SafetyNet mapping

functionality has fostered this partnership approach by providing a tool

which enables workloads to be prioritised based on identified threat,

risk and harm.

2.3.33 In November 2012 Community Safety teams from Basingstoke and

Deane Borough Council, Hart District Council and Rushmoor Borough

Council amalgamated to become one partnership – Safer North

Hampshire. Through oral evidence they explained that one of the

benefits of amalgamating their local district and borough community

safety teams was that it enabled the creation of specialist support roles,

such as a Victims Need Officer, who is able to work on a 1-2-1 basis

with victims of ASB, and a Community Development Worker, who

focuses on building community cohesion.

2.3.34 The Commissioner has provided funding to support the CSPs to deliver

multi-agency activities and events. Test Valley CSP recently introduced

a programme of co-ordinated partnership events, called ‘ICE’

(Intervention, Communication, Education), targeted at young people in

the borough at risk of or already demonstrating ASB. Early indications

show that the programme is having a positive impact on the young

people participating and commencement of the programme would not

have been possible without the Commissioner’s funding. Test Valley

and Eastleigh CSPs have also worked with the Test Valley Partnership

on a Restorative Justice Pilot ,as part of the recently introduced

Community Remedy Menu, and funding from the Commissioner

supported a summer diversion scheme for young people which was run

across authority boundaries between Winchester and Fareham,

targeting agreed ASB hotspots.

Community Remedy Menu

2.3.35 With the introduction of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing

Act 2014 the Commissioner was required, in consultation with the Chief

Constable, to publish a list of sanctions which might be appropriate to

be undertaken when anti-social behaviour or other low level crime is

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committed and dealt with outside of court proceedings. An intention of

Community Remedy Menu (CRM) was to bring victims to the heart of

the process by giving them a say in the punishment of the offender.

2.3.36 In October 2014, before the CRM was launched, the Commissioner

engaged partner organisations and members of the public in the

consultation process, seeking opinion as to which sanctions should be

included, with over 800 responses received. Hampshire Constabulary

also held awareness sessions around the county for NPT’s with open

invitation for community safety partners to attend, with a high level of

attendance from local authority and social housing partners.

2.3.37 The CRM has been incorporated within the Commissioner’s

Restorative Justice (RJ) Strategy, which was launched in November

2015. Evidence received by the Panel has highlighted mixed views

around engagement prior to this launch and information from the

Commissioner stated that as the RJ strategy moves to its

implementation phase further engagement will be made with partners

on the use of the CRM within their own localities.

2.3.38 In particular evidence from Hampshire and IOW Community

Rehabilitation Company, Youth Options and IWALC suggests a need

for greater engagement with the wider stakeholder community, and

Winchester CSP and the Southampton Youth Offending Service also

suggest that further activity promotes the Community Remedy to raise

public awareness. Additionally, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Youth

Offending Teams state in their evidence that greater clarity is needed

to explain how the CRM is intended to be used alongside, or to offer

additional outcomes to, existing community resolutions.

Community Trigger

2.3.39 The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 also

introduced the Community Trigger; giving victims and communities the

right to demand that persistent antisocial behaviour is dealt with. Whilst

Hampshire Constabulary highlight the implementation of the

Community Trigger process within Hampshire and the IOW, which

resulted in an agreed and consistent process across all 12 CSPs,

demonstrates the strength of partnership working within the two

counties, little evidence was received by the Panel in relation to

engagement and awareness raising with the general public.

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2.4 With regards to how is the PCC engaging with the public to

encourage community ownership in reducing anti-social

behaviour within their local area:

2.4.1 The Commissioner set an objective within his Police and Crime Plan to

deliver a consistent approach to police engagement across all

neighbourhoods within the force area, with the aim of ‘generating

commitment from local residents and partners in the delivery of local

policing priorities’.

2.4.2 A number of those responding commended the Commissioner’s efforts

in encouraging community ownership, including Gosport Street Pastors

and the Southampton Youth Offending Service, who noted that the

Commissioner, through direct engagement with communities in the

Southampton area, held a high public profile in relation to tackling local

crime and ASB.

2.4.3 With the intention to enable young people to become part of the

solution to tackling crime and improving policing, rather than being

viewed as part of the problem, the Commissioner established the

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Youth Commission, a group of young

people who engage directly with their peers out in the community. The

Youth Commission have enabled the Commissioner to have a voice

directly with young people and enables young people across

Hampshire and the IOW to have a say in setting policing priorities. The

Youth Commission designed and promoted the ‘Be Part of the Solution’

project, which encourages all people to make positive steps towards

improving wellbeing in local communities.

2.4.4 Fareham CSP note the proactive approach taken by the Commissioner

and his office in seeking public opinion through the Youth Commission.

BWI further highlighted that engagement from the Commissioner and

the Youth Commission with the Leigh Park Youth Forum has been

invaluable and led to the delivery of ASB prevention films which have

been seen by over 600 local young people.

2.4.5 Gosport Street Pastors also praised efforts made by Hampshire

Constabulary’s police officers in showing empathy and understanding

when dealing with ASB issues and working with members of the

community to resolve such issues. The Constabulary explained that in

order to enable improved and more tailored engagement with

communities, all NPT officers had attended a five-day training

programme, focussed on mapping their communities, and as a result

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they had seen increased engagement by communities in the setting of

policing priorities.

2.4.6 A further example of positive community engagement undertaken by

Hampshire Constabulary is the ‘Cops and Coffee’ events. These public

community events are held by the NPT’s and are an open invite for

members of the public to meet with officers to get help and advice,

raise concerns, or report crime, and also offer an opportunity for

members of the community to have an input into local policing

priorities. BWI noted that these events and other creative community

schemes are having a positive effect in engaging local residents and

increasing trust and confidence in both the police and in the residents

themselves to take positive steps to tackle ASB in their own

communities.

2.4.7 Isle of Wight Association of Local Councils (IWALC) advised that they

had previously held regular six-monthly events with the local NPT

which enabled residents to learn about local policing priorities in

relation to ASB, and to help them to understand how they could take

ownership to minimise the impact of ASB in their own local areas. They

recently noted a reduction in capacity for the NPT to attend these

engagement sessions. The organisation ‘Your Street’ had also raised a

concern with the Commissioner over a reduction in access to local

policing teams to support their work with young people to reduce ASB.

As a result, the Commissioner had facilitated communication with

Hampshire Constabulary and some positive steps were agreed for

future collaborative work.

Community schemes

2.4.8 Within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight there are a number of

established community-led schemes which focus on reducing ASB.

2.4.9 A report by D Poulter, published in 2007, looked at ‘Is speeding a "real"

antisocial behaviour?' 4A comparison with other antisocial behaviors’.

In this report it was identified that speeding traffic was perceived as the

greatest problem in local communities by all residents regardless of

their demographic. The Community Speedwatch scheme, supported by

Hampshire Constabulary, enables members of the local community,

through becoming police support volunteers, to take ownership to

4 Poulter, D., McKenna, F. 2007 Is speeding a “real” antisocial behaviour? A comparison with

other antisocial behaviours, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 39: 384-389.

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reduce vehicle-based ASB within their communities, and focuses on

education as the outcome, rather than enforcement.

2.4.10 Demonstrating his commitment to improving road safety, the

Commissioner has allocated £135,000 during his term in office to

support Speedwatch schemes throughout Hampshire and the IOW; at

the time of this report there were over 90 schemes in operation within

the Hampshire force area. Despite the Commissioner’s support,

Winchester CSP note in their evidence that they have found it difficult

to initiate Speedwatch schemes within all areas of their authority

boundaries, although note that with the support of local NPT’s, there

are some very successful schemes within the district.

2.4.11 Another scheme which encourages residents to take ownership of

reducing ASB and localised crime is the Neighbourhood Watch

scheme (NHW). The NHW scheme brings together members of the

community, as part of a network of voluntary schemes, to work

alongside police and other local partners to build safer local

communities. Hampshire Constabulary highlight the importance of

NHW as a strategic partner, and the role they play in building

community cohesion, encouraging reporting and protecting vulnerable

residents within their communities

2.4.12 Recognising concern that whilst membership was strong within

traditional demographics, there was a need for greater engagement in

NHW from more diverse communities, the Commissioner has provided

funding for a short term post to increase the remit of NHW into ‘harder

to reach’ urban and deprived areas where levels of ASB are often more

prevalent.

2.5 With regards to what best practice exists which could also be

considered by the PCC as part of his pledge to reduce anti-social

behaviour?

2.5.1 Examples of best practice and the sharing of this information between

partners have been discussed throughout this report. In addition to

those already highlighted, the evidence brought forward a number of

examples of best practice in relation to preventing ASB across

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

2.5.2 Safer Portsmouth discussed a recently conducted a public survey of

residents within their district. The survey found that residents didn’t

have a fixed definition of what ASB meant to them; instead, definitions

covered a wide range of issues and suggested that a similar public

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survey across the entire Hampshire policing area could be beneficial as

a comparator to the British Crime Survey. Fareham CSP also suggests

further engagement with residents through surveys and “you said, we

did” polls in partnership with local authorities. Whilst the Commissioner

agreed, through discussion during oral evidence, that the need for data

was important, the costs associated with such a survey would need to

be carefully considered.

2.5.3 Fareham CSP have introduced a multi-agency Partnership Action

Group (PAG) which meets monthly to review offending and vulnerability

within their locality, and enables joined up solutions and resources to

be deployed accordingly. It was heard, through oral evidence that

similar arrangements existed across both counties, although they may

take a slightly different format within each authority.

2.5.4 Safer North Hampshire support an Award Scheme Development and

Accreditation Network (ASDAN) challenge and change programme for

13-17 year old offenders. The programme aims to prevent ASB and

educate young people to help them to understand the consequences

their behaviour has on the wider community. The Youth Commission

also draw attention to the importance of helping young people to feel

part of their community and Portsmouth in the Community highlight the

success they have achieved through encouraging young people to take

ownership of their local community facilities.

2.5.5 Within oral evidence concern was raised over the increased use of

legal highs and the impact this had on levels of ASB. Hampshire

Constabulary explained that they had utilised powers outlined within

the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to force the

closure of a shop which was selling legal highs. Resultantly, levels of

anti-social behaviour in the vicinity of the shop had reduced.

3. Recommendations

3.1 Taking the above discussion and evidence together the Panel have

noted that the Commissioner and his Office have made efforts across

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to support, encourage and facilitate a

holistic multi-agency approach to preventing and tacking ASB across

both counties. In particular the introduction of the Commissioner’s

alliance meetings have created a forum in which partners can come

together to share concerns and examples of best practice and to

enable a joined up approach at both strategic and operational levels.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/contents/enacted/data.htm

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3.2 Additionally, the Panel suggests that the below recommendations are

made to the Commissioner for consideration and response:

a. That the Commissioner should ensure, under the Restorative

Justice Strategy, that consistent engagement exists with all relevant

partners to enable them to effectively support the introduction and

use of the Community Remedy Menu.

b. Through liaison with Hampshire Constabulary, that opportunities are

identified to raise public awareness of the Community Trigger.

c. That the Commissioner should address the apparent lack of early

intervention programmes which are currently available to prevent

adult anti-social offending.

d. That the Commissioner works with partners to look at how any

potential funding gaps for services for young people, focussed on

preventing ASB through early intervention, could be met in light of

cuts to funding. The Commissioner should also seek to inspire

innovation in the continued provision of diversionary activities.

e. That the Commissioner should seek to encourage cross-district

partnership working, where such partnerships might improve efforts

to tackle anti-social behaviour or deliver savings which could

provide an enhanced offering. In particular efforts should focus

upon identified areas of deprivation, and where schemes in such

areas already exist these should be assessed and best practice

identified.

f. That the Commissioner should ensure that the IT platforms used by

local authorities and other relevant partners, including SafetyNet,

can effectively facilitate the sharing of information to enable the

identification of the threat, risk and harm of ASB across the two

counties.

g. That the Commissioner continues to promote schemes which are

proven to encourage effective community ownership in tackling

ASB.

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Appendix One: Bibliography

Websites Date

Accessed

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 -

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37/contents

08/12/2015

Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 -


08/12/2015

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 -


08/12/2015

https://www.police.uk/news/new-anti-social-behaviour-powers-come-effect/ 08/12/2015

http://asbhelp.co.uk 08/12/2015

http://travelwest.info/project/ee-52-speeding-real-anti-social-behaviour 08/12/2015

http://bigworldimpact.org/about/ 11/12/2015

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/factsandfigures/figures-

economics/deprivation_indices.htm

11/12/2015

http://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/News-and-Events/News-

Archive/2014/Commissioner-publishes-recommendations-for-the-

Community-Remedy.aspx

11/12/2015

http://www.hampshire.police.uk/internet/my-

neighbourhood/havant/havant/barncroft-and-bedhampton/

16/12/2015

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-praises-troubled-families-

programme-success

30/12/2015

http://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/News-and-Events/COMPASS-

meetings/COMPASS-meetings.aspx

30/12/2015

http://www.ourwatch.org.uk/ 30/12/2015

Documents Date

Accessed

Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and IOW, 2015 Update to

the Police and Crime Plan, November 2015 –http://www.hampshire-

pcc.gov.uk/protecting-people-and-places/My-Police-and-Crime-Plan.aspx

08/12/2015

Home Office, Research Report 34 The drivers of perceptions of anti-social

behaviour 2010, 9 March 2010 -

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-drivers-of-perceptions-of-

anti-social-behaviour

11/12/2015

Local Government Association, The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and

Policing Act 2014 - Implementing the community trigger, September 2014

http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/5854661/L14-

541+implementing+community+trigger+v15.pdf/5d232dc6-d01e-4e33-a49c-

f098790f072d

16/12/2015

Safer Portsmouth Partnership, Community Safety Survey 2014: Headline

Results, June 2014


13/01/2015




https://www.police.uk/news/new-anti-social-behaviour-powers-come-effect/

http://asbhelp.co.uk/

http://travelwest.info/project/ee-52-speeding-real-anti-social-behaviour

http://bigworldimpact.org/about/

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/factsandfigures/figures-economics/deprivation_indices.htm

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/factsandfigures/figures-economics/deprivation_indices.htm

http://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/News-and-Events/News-Archive/2014/Commissioner-publishes-recommendations-for-the-Community-Remedy.aspx



http://www.hampshire.police.uk/internet/my-neighbourhood/havant/havant/barncroft-and-bedhampton/

http://www.hampshire.police.uk/internet/my-neighbourhood/havant/havant/barncroft-and-bedhampton/

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-praises-troubled-families-programme-success

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-praises-troubled-families-programme-success

http://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/News-and-Events/COMPASS-meetings/COMPASS-meetings.aspx

http://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/News-and-Events/COMPASS-meetings/COMPASS-meetings.aspx

http://www.ourwatch.org.uk/

http://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/protecting-people-and-places/My-Police-and-Crime-Plan.aspx

http://www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk/protecting-people-and-places/My-Police-and-Crime-Plan.aspx



http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/5854661/L14-541+implementing+community+trigger+v15.pdf/5d232dc6-d01e-4e33-a49c-f098790f072d




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Appendix Two: Those Responding to the Reviews

Stakeholder group

Organisation Page No.

Community Safety

Partnerships

East Hants*

Fareham

Havant

Portsmouth #

Test Valley

Winchester

26

27

29

-

31

33

Criminal Justice

Agencies

Hampshire Constabulary*

42

Other Organisations

Big World Impact*

East Tistead Parish Council

Gosport Street Pastors

Hampshire and IOW CRC

Hampshire County Council

Hampshire Neighbourhood Watch

Isle of Wight Association of Local

Councils

One Community

Pompey in the Community

Youth Commission

22

36

37

39

47

53

55

68

84

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Youth Options

86

Police and Crime

Commissioners

Police and Crime Commissioner for

Hampshire & IOW*

57

Youth Offending

Teams

Hampshire and IOW

Southampton Youth Offending Service

81

82

*Also gave oral evidence

# Gave only oral evidence

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Appendix Three: Evidence from Those Responding to the Reviews

Big World Impact


your organisation to encourage a joined up approach in reducing anti-

social behaviour, specifically in the most deprived and vulnerable

areas?

Big world Impact has been very impressed with the partnership working with

the PCC, who has fully supported BWI’s delivery and the creative approach to

reduce ASB. The BWI successful multi agency working approach to reduce

ASB has included schemes such as Cops and Coffee where there is a very

close partnership working with Havant Neighbourhood Policing Team and

other agencies with input and ongoing support from the PCC. There have also

been examples where the PCC department has introduced BWI to other

relevant agencies, leading to an increased multi agency approach and

mutually beneficial learning to support a reduction in ASB across Hampshire

and possibly joint working initiatives.

The PCC has offered advise and support where required and has resulted

year on year recorded ASB reduction figures of 21% in Leigh Park is

testament to the positive work, input and support from the PCC

2) What do you think should be the priorities for action to reduce anti-

social behaviour within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight?

I am a strong believer in a multi agency community youth service model of

diversionary positive activities, targeted interventions and specialist

interventions engaging at risk groups and individuals within urban and rural

ASB hotspots leading to reduction of ASB. The recent ASB conference in

Portsmouth organised by PCC was very helpful but highlighted the negative

impact of austerity within Local Authority, affecting Youth Services and

supporting services and also the third sector to some degree with areas that

do not have a joined up approach, example IOW. Yes, some Youth clubs and

sporadic services are operating but services focused on reducing ASB is

sometimes limited and there seems to be a historic and continued general

lack of understanding about the value of positive activities, including, sports,

arts, personal and social development if delivered correctly, to be able to male

a dramatic impact to reduce ASB with close monitoring and evaluation results.

I am really happy to say that the PCC has, where possible, embraced this

type of activity, has been open to creativity and is aware of the impact that

these diversionary and targeted interventions can make supporting Safer

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Communities when properly delivered with robust monitoring and

safeguarding processes.

There are a number of services both statutory and voluntary operating some

sort of youth support services who sometimes lack the confidence, knowledge

or passion to focus on reduction of youth ASB and the Youth Justice System.

This needs resolving if we are to going to continue make sure ASB does not

escalate within Hampshire, supporting the under pressure local

Neighbourhood Policing teams and services including, YOT in the future.

There also needs to be a closer joined up approach to tackle ASB within Local

Authorities between different departments where there are still monies

available and some limited services operating. Joined up working and

communication internally at Local Authority departments including Children

Services, Community Safety, Communities/ Leisure Departments and Health

services from my experience, is not always operating smoothly utilizing

shared resource and funding, to really tackle ASB issues. This needs further

consideration.


communities to take ownership of reducing anti-social behaviour within

their locality? What opportunities do you feel exist for greater

engagement?

Creative community schemes like Cops + Coffee seem to be having a positive

effect on communities, rapidly engaging local residents and increasing the

trust between for the police with residents taking a far greater responsibility to

tackle ASB within their communities. It may be that these types of initiatives

are further developed. Youth Forum led schemes are hugely successful and

give ownership and a voice to young people but only if, the representation of

the group is diverse and is a fair reflection of the local community and not

tokenism, The Leigh Park Youth Forum which has benefited from

engagement from the PCC, and has partnered with the PCC Youth

Commission and has completed some great work, particularly around ASB

through filmmaking projects that have been seen by over 600 young people.

The support from the PCC is invaluable and the forum are continuing to

develop partnership working with wider community, both young and old, The

Youth Voice Counts survey delivered by Havant NPT in partnership wroth

BWI is also hugely successful and ongoing events organised by Havant NPT,

PCC Youth Commission and the BWI Youth Forum are continuing engaging

the local community and partners

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I must highlight the unique relationships BWI has with the Havant

Neighbourhood Policing Team, which is working in partnership on the streets

of Leigh Park with the full support of the all levels of policing from PCSO’s to

PC’S and Sgt’s to Sector Inspector, and Chief Inspectors within Hampshire

Constabulary. There is no reason why these types of very close working

relations supporting ASB agenda cannot be replicated elsewhere in

Hampshire with existing services with a proper understanding of services,

responsibilities and good communication in place.



Third sector charities, operating in Hampshire and beneficiaries of grant which

are in some way focused on Safer Communities outcomes involving young

people may benefit from a PCC dedicated Youth ASB /Crime Reduction Lead

post that can liaise, communicate and support with both Local Authority’s and

the Third Sector. Obviously budgetary constrains may not allow, but this post

may give confidence and support to the third sector to really buy into the

BPOTS ethos and apply and source external grant funding developing

focusing delivery that tackles the ASB agenda within urban and rural area’s.

Smaller charities that may have intentions to support the community and

youth regarding ASB may not have currently the skills, knowledge or

confidence to undertake this work but could be successful with grant funding, I

am particularly looking at rural hotspots or rapidity developing new

communities that may see an increase in ASB reported incidents. This post

could also broker and and support relationships within Local Authorities and

work with the third sector where complexities and issues arise.

It may also be worth looking at a new type of commissioning/contracts

process including implementation to current providers, going forward through

BPOTS funding. This model would be part measurable outcome based and

part payment by results with models of this type readily available. This would

incentivise organisations to strive for the best outcomes and be financially

rewarded and not scare off reputable organisations that still may be scared off

by payment by results model..

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Unfortunately, in this time of austerity and with continuing social issues we

must make sure that all organisations, and importantly the Statutory sector,

work openly and progressively with the third sector and there can be no

excuses for case holding or an unwillingness to share young people if it is

appropriate to refer or signpost to agencies that can support with reduction of

ASB/Crime or promote positive behaviours

We fully understand that even a basic referral processes takes time, and

capacity issues could be a plausible excuse but this needs addressing. More

concerning is cases where strategic discussions are made NOT to refer

young people to service that could positively impact, for reasons of self

interest and not wanting to share outcomes. These departments/managers

must be taken to task by higher bodies, if we are to best utilize county based

resources and funds effectively, to reduce ASB/Crime.

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CSP – East Hants Community Safety Partnership

Please note that this response is from my personal perspective as the

community safety manager and does not represent the wider view of the

community safety partnership or that of EHDC and its members.

The establishment of the Community Safety Alliance has been a positive step

in ensuring that local district areas are able to communicate directly with the

OPCC and highlight any local concerns regarding anti social behaviour. The

direct contact with the PCC is very welcome and there is a clear intention here

to work closely with local partners.

Whilst this has led to an increase in communication between the OPCC and

local districts I believe that it is probably too early to judge whether this has

had a wider impact on local communities and local priority setting.

Future priority setting should include the Supporting Troubled Families

programme in order to address anti social behaviour. The programme has

shown positive outcomes both at a local and county level for families where

anti social behaviour has been a factor in their involvement with the

programme. It has helped to bring agencies together and helps to identify

those vulnerable within out local areas.

I believe that there is also still scope in investing time to address anti social

behaviour amongst young people through large scale partnership events. For

example many areas still operate ‘Think Safe’ style events. Such events

present the opportunity for communication and the promotion of community

safety messages which (although difficult to measure) could result in the

reduction in anti social behaviour amongst young people.

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CSP - Fareham Community Safety Partnership




areas?

We are grateful to the OPCC for funding the mediation service, enabling staff

to be trained in delivering mediation to deal with low level issues like

neighbour disputes. The OPCC also funded Access All Areas, a diversionary

activity scheme in the summer holidays which led to an 8% reduction in anti-

social behaviour when compared to the previous year. Taxi Marshals target

the violent crime and anti-social behaviour, again, they are funded by the

OPCC.

2) What do you think should be the priorities for action to reduce anti-social


Preventative work to build on community court idea – ie referral to local

reprimand clinic. More engagement with diversionary activity in partnership

with Fire Service and PCSOs. Mediation and conflict management

opportunities and closer working with Supporting Troubled Families

Programme. Clear evaluation is needed for any initiative.

3) How effective do you feel the PCC has been in encouraging communities

to take ownership of reducing anti-social behaviour within their locality?

What opportunities do you feel exist for greater engagement?

The OPCC are proactive in seeking public opinion through the Compass

meetings and the Youth Commission. There could be further engagement in

partnership with local authorities in the form of resident surveys and “you said,

we did” polls

4) How is the PCC engaging with partners and members of the community

to support the introduction and use of the Community Remedy Menu to

tackle ASB?

The OPCC engages with the Community Safety Managers and effectively

delivers conferences and seminars with workshops on how to deliver the

community remedy menu. We are ensuring that the OPCC maintains links

with the work of the out of court disposals and community remedy and that

resources to deliver the community remedy are considered.

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Fareham has set up a monthly Partnership Action Group. This is a multi-

agency action group which combined the previous Community Tasking & Co-

ordination Group and Anti-Social Behaviour panel is co-chaired by the

community safety manager and the Chief Inspector and deals with victims,

offenders and locations. The Group is an example of best practice as

vulnerable residents and perpetrators are tracked, actions are set and

resources deployed and fed back to the group.

Fareham Community Court has been funded by the OPCC and piloted in

Fareham with excellent engagement and results.

6) Is there anything further that you can provide to the Panel that will assist

us with our proactive scrutiny of this topic?

It would be beneficial for the OPCC to review how local authorities discharge

their duties under the Crime and Disorder Act. Fareham has a proactive CSP

and the local authority funds the community safety team who work in

partnership with statutory partners to prevent and reduce crime.

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CSP – Safer Havant Partnership

My response as Community Safety Team Leader at Havant Borough Council

– this is a personal view and may not represent the views of the Councillors or

Managers here at Havant.




areas?

It is relatively early days and it would seem that the bedding in process is

nearing completion. The allocation of funds direct to agencies has been a

challenge for the local Partnership as it used to be a positive focus that

ensured good attendance at meetings. It is difficult to assess the impact this

funding or indeed the Office of the PCC is having on encouraging a joined up

approach but the newly established forum for Chairs of CDRP’s is a positive

move.



I believe the answer lies in prevention and that the Supporting Troubled

Families scheme is the key to reducing ASB in the future. This scheme has

really developed Partnership working perhaps beyond where Community

Safety Partnerships have been able too. There may be room for looking to

join together the strategic groups relating to.

Troubled Families

Local Childrens Partnership

Health and Wellbeing and

Community Safety




engagement?

Not really sure what the impact of this has been, volunteers are as ever key

and more support for Neighbourhood Watch and Men’s Sheds may be the

answer.

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Not sure, but I was concerned to see Troubled Families as a potential

remedy, I question understanding of the project. It is always a worry when the

community are asked what they want a Local Authority to do from a menu of

options without first costing these options.




Supporting Troubled Families scheme has seen a 70% reduction in calls to

families’ addresses.



I would suggest that the lessons learned from Supporting Troubled Families

would provide food for thought for anyone seeking to enhance Partnership

working and viewing the whole family approach rather than seeking to break

down issues into categories ie ASB or Crime is the way ahead.

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CSP – Test Valley Community Safety Partnership




areas?

The OPCC has approved funding for our projects aimed at reducing Anti-

Social Behaviour. These include ‘ICE’ - Intervention, Communication,

Education’ which operates with young people at risk of, or currently beginning

to act in an Anti-Social manner in their local communities.

The scheme incorporates partners such as TVBC, Police, Fire, Schools, YOT,

Prison Service and others in a co-ordinated programme of events. Without the

funding, we and partners would not have been able to commence this project,

for which early evaluation and anecdotal evidence shows is having a positive

impact on participants.

In addition, the OPCC has also approved funding for a peer mentor scheme to

work alongside this project, with young people who have committed ASB in

the past advising and supporting those at risk to find more suitable outlets for

their issues. This project has yet to commence, but funding has been agreed.

The OPCC has also assisted in funding a multi-agency project to engage with

key communities to provide preventative advice, reassurance and support in

taking actions to lower their risk of becoming victims of crime and ASB, and to

promote the work of partners such as Neighbourhood Watch in new

neighbourhoods for this to be sustained in the longer term.

We are also members of the PCCs ‘Community Safety Alliance’ which allows

us the regular opportunity to raise issues directly with the PCC and highlight

concerns locally.



ASB is a key priority locally and for the PCC. The issues and responses will

differ within and across areas, and thus a wide range of measures from

diversionary and engagement activities to enforcement need to be considered

dependant upon circumstances. The opportunity to learn from others

experiences in these areas and share best practice are key, and have been

assisted by the PCC.

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engagement?

The OPCC has set priorities around ASB, and recently held an ASB based

conference which highlighted other examples of local projects from around the

county, to both partners and communities. It also allowed participants to

discuss best practices and ideas of what has worked or not in other areas. We

feel that this event in particular was effective in its aims.




The OPCC has consulted widely with partners and communities as to the

priorities for the Community Remedy locally, and has also been a matter for

discussion at the Community Safety Alliance.

We and the Test Valley Partnership have worked with Eastleigh BCs CSP on

a PCC supported pilot project to introduce a Restorative Justice scheme for

residents of the district, which has taken referrals form local partners to

support victims as part of the Community Remedy process.




Please see reference to the ICE project and the recent ASB conference in

particular above.

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CSP – Winchester Community Safety Partnership




areas?

The OPPC has funded a joint bid for the last two years in support of a

summer diversion scheme (AAA) aimed at 11- 16yrs in Winchester and

Fareham districts. Locations are largely agreed as potential hot spot locations

for ASB.

Winchester held 4 events last year which culminated in a grand finale. This

year we will be running 3 events, culminating in a Halloween event in October.

The CSP is already identifying good results from the event, receiving

feedback from police and youth services about positive engagement and the

benefits around provision of other life skills e.g. interpreting bus timetables,

socialising (autistic spectrum) and conquering fear (climbing walls).

Cross authority commissioning provides greater opportunity to increase the

engagement with young people and provides a greater variety of activity e.g.

negotiating opportunity.

The PCC is visible to young people by trying to attend at least one of the

events every year.



Greater work around mental health (a number of cases that the

CSP comes across in terms of partnership working have a direct

link to those who are vulnerable because of their mental health

(victims as well as perpetrators)

Continued work around those who are substance dependent

Identifying best practice in order to reduce the risk around the

links to NPS and ASB

The continued funding/commissioning of youth

outreach/services

Equal service provision across all area e.g. rural areas.

Continued Funding of diversionary activity



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engagement?

Speeding is a form of ASB and is local priority within most of Winchester’s

community groups. This resulted in the PCC who is an avid supporter of

Community Speed watch to provide additional funding to encourage greater

participation. However it has been difficult to get schemes set up in all

Winchester areas for a number of reasons e.g. apathy, lack of volunteers and

suitable locations.

There are some very successful schemes up and running across the district

and with support of local Neighbourhood policing teams the PCC is still active

in his encouragement.




Other than the initial consultation and the general information provided on the

OPCC’s website it is not apparent what other work has been done to promote

Community Remedy.

As partners it would be helpful to receive a quarterly update from the OPCC

how victims have selected community remedy as their solution and how many

were successfully completed.

The OPCC has put in place a Community Safety Alliance Group whereby

CSP reps are consulted on the PCCs activity, Community Remedy was one of

the topics.




Operation Helicon- a multi-agency operation that aims to

address anti social behaviour linked to the street community.

North Hampshire is hoping to replicate this operation in their

district.

OVAL (Offender Victim & Location) – monthly meeting to

discuss top callers (victims), location and perpetrators.



N/A

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East Tisted Parish Council




areas?

We feel the Police & Crime Commissioner is very proactive in his

endeavours to reduce anti-social behaviour.



Apart from the speeding issues we do not suffer from any particular

anti-social behaviour.




engagement?




We are a small village and as such do not see a lot of anti-social

behaviour so cannot really comment.




No.



In the event of a problem it would be nice to think that we would have a

positive response from our local NPT. The Parish Council has a very good

relationship with the local NPT via our Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator who

attends the PC meetings as an invited guest.

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Gosport School Pastors




areas?

Simon Hayes has shown interest and support of the work of both Street and

School Pastors when we have met together at safety partnership events. He

has shown himself to be committed to reducing antisocial behaviour by being

willing to listen and support practically. He has made it his priority to get to

know local issues and has listened to our concerns in regard to the problems

of the young persons in our community. I believe he understands the need to

start working with and getting to understand young people and their issues, by

meeting them in places where they gather and that this often starts in the

schools. His financial support that has encouraged and enabled us to start a

new supportive, listening and mentoring initiative in one of the secondary

schools confirms these views.



Hearing issues shared with us by young people there does not seem to be

one solution. Society raises numerous problems for our young people these

range from dysfunctional family units, boredom, relationship issues, illegal

substances, depression, anxiety, diversity issues, loneliness, joblessness,

peer pressure etc. the youth themselves would tell you that there is nothing

for them to do, that they get bored so look for excitement, they would tell you

that “older people” don't understand or respect them. Equally 90% of young

people do not go out to cause trouble, they feel that making a noise and

playing around does not equate to ASBO. They would tell you that if you want

to reduce ASBO there should be more places for young people to go, with

entertainment relevant to today's youth, they would also tell you that the rest

of society should remember that they were young once and more tellingly “

what does ASBO mean anyway”! So we assume they mean that all age

groups learn to respect each other's space and age.




engagement?

We feel that the PCC has been very encouraging within the community in

encouraging society to take ownership for reducing ASBO, from the

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community safety partnership, the variety of voluntary and statutory groups

and individuals themselves. The police in the main work hard to show

understanding and empathy in dealing with ASBO issues and I understand

work with party’s to resolve disagreements. Holding PAG meetings bringing

together all relevant service providers highlights areas of concern and helps

“joined up” solutions.

We School Pastors have observed some antisocial activity outside of the

school gates and feel there could be better policing available, however as the

presence of a police officer goes viral via mobiles plain clothed officers might

be a better option.




See above




In the school at which we patrol ( Brune Park Community) there is a

designated schools Safeguarding/ Safety Officer – we liaise with him / he with

the police and schools staff.

Every Tuesday a PCSO holds a surgery in the youth centre (on schools

campus) for young people to attend.

Motive8 personnel attend school and work one to one with students.

School pastors teams work twice a week during afternoon break, in the

inclusion learning support unit and after school at the gates.

Other successful approaches - sea field community house – community hold

coffee mornings, homework clubs, Sunday clubs.

Churches Together – supporting the homeless

Community Food Banks

Weekend night time economy – Street Pastor Patrols



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Hampshire and IOW CRC

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Hampshire Constabulary




areas?

The funding through the Information Management Board (IMB) for the

development of the SafetyNet application allows police and partners to obtain

a more holistic view of vulnerability both geographically and nominally. The

Mapping functionality allows a visible representation of where vulnerable

victims, ASB offender management activity, community priorities and

engagement activity are taking place. This tool now allows police District

Commanders to work alongside their Community Safety colleagues from the

local authority to provide oversight and leadership of their teams, prioritised by

threat, harm and risk.

Development of the SafetyNet risk tracker also allows contributing partners to

readily access information about vulnerability and ensure that their activity is

appropriately and proportionately focused against vulnerable victims and

locations.

The refreshing of the Police Vulnerable Localities Index helps inform the

District Commander of the long term issues affecting their area, by presenting

a composite of crime, disorder and socio economic data that reflects the

individual characteristics of their neighbourhoods. Additionally, the aligning of

senior police leaders alongside local authority community safety teams and

the realignment of force geography to be co-terminus with district and ward

geography has been delivered through the Constabulary’s Organisational

Change Programme (OCP).

This has been supported through an agreed process for strategic and tactical

management of ASB. Strategic level guidance on what is expected as

outcomes, but with devolved responsibility for local processes, empowering

the local partnership to achieve this in the way that works best for them. This

has gained efficiencies by streamlining the approach to ASB management

and linkage into the supporting troubled families and early help programmes.

There is an excellent dialogue between police and partners through the

Community Safety Managers meeting, which is strategically influenced by the

PCCs Community Safety Alliance; this then feeds through, at a tactical level,

to the sharing of best practice at regular ASB Forum meetings attended by

practitioners from agencies across the two counties.

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Improved engagement with socially excluded communities to build on trust

and confidence in local service delivery. The traditional communities that

participate in activity to influence and set local priorities are not always

representative of the communities most affected by crime and disorder.

Positive partnership engagement activity in areas of deprivation, and,

supporting marginalised groups to engage will help to build an improved

understanding of the reality of the impact of anti-social behaviour. The

Constabulary have invested in the training of all Neighbourhood Policing

Teams to map their communities, by better understanding their demographic

profile and tailoring engagement activity accordingly. The development of new

tools to widen engagement activity is already demonstrating increased

breadth of community involvement in local police priority setting.

There are opportunities to improve referral of persistent ASB offenders into

the troubled families programme. Hampshire Constabulary are developing

processes to better identify those that could benefit from referral into the

programme through their involvement in anti-social behaviour, crime, child

sexual exploitation and domestic incidents involving children.

Improved processes for the early identification of threat, harm and risk to

victims is paramount. The ability to share information within an automated IT

platform, not only creates efficiencies for individual agencies, but most

importantly, allows the partnership to recognise at the earliest opportunity

where finite resources are best deployed to reduce risk. The PCCs continuing

support to the use and development of SafetyNet will facilitate this.




engagement?

There are a number of successful schemes that create a public service and

community partnership to reduce ASB. Neighbourhood Watch are a key

strategic partner and we must continue to support them at both strategic and

local level to enhance their membership. NHW play an important role in

building community cohesion, reporting on ASB and identifying and helping to

reduce vulnerability within their community. NHW are working to break down

barriers over their traditional demographic membership and engage with a

more diverse audience.

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Community Speedwatch is an excellent example of communities taking

ownership of reducing the impact of the anti-social use of vehicles. With

ongoing support from local neighbourhood policing teams this will continue to

empower communities to take positive action.

The Community Court project has been supported by the PCC as part of the

‘Be part of the solution’ campaign. Young volunteers from within the

community have volunteered their time to take active part in this restorative

justice solution. While promoting young people to take an active stake in

society this helps reduce the number of first time entrants into the criminal

justice system and helps achieve resolutions to ASB through the training of

volunteers in restorative justice. In the 10 months this has been operating,

there have been 85 referrals and only 3 recorded instances of re-offending.

The constabulary have recently produced a new Youth Strategy document,

incorporating a delivery plan and performance framework. The delivery of

which is overseen by the Youth Strategy Governance Board.




The constabulary pro-actively participated in the consultation with the Office of

the PCC on the development of the community remedy document; involving

both Criminal Justice and Strategic Partnership team representation.

On the introduction of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act in

October 2014, awareness seminars were held around the county for

neighbourhood policing teams with an open invitation for community safety

partners. There was an excellent take up with colleagues from local

authorities and social housing providers taking part in the police led briefings.

The community resolution process of the Constabulary has been amended to

incorporate the community remedy menu. Victims selecting community

resolutions as an outcome are now all asked to select from the community

remedy menu.




Hampshire Constabulary has adopted an evidenced based problem solving

approach to reducing crime and disorder identified by the community as their

priorities. Community Problem solving is a module delivered as part of a 5

day Neighbourhood Policing Training programme. New recruit PCSOs also

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complete a community problem solving project as part of their first year in role

to achieve a level 3 award from Skills for Justice. Problem solving activity is

recorded within the SafetyNet database. Activity is independently assessed

by the force’s strategic crime prevention advisors. Selected projects with a

sound evidence base of success are uploaded into a Knowledge Bank area to

share effective practice.

Some examples of this activity:

Use of new ASB powers to tackle associated disorder in relation to a shop

selling legal highs in Aldershot:

A former sewing shop opened up selling legal highs in Aldershot town centre.

The Neighbourhood Policing Team and Safer North Hampshire Community

Safety Partnership worked together to address the concerns of residents and

nearby business owners who were suffering from persistent disorder related

to the sale of and nearby consumption of legal highs. The team in Aldershot

made use of the new 2014 ASB act dispersal and closure powers to

significantly reduce the recorded levels of disorder in this area.

Cops n Coffee:

Leigh Park NPT hold regular community engagements in an unused retail

unit. During this engagement opportunity they give visitors free coffee,

somewhere to sit and all in a warm, dry and safe environment. Cops ’n’ coffee

is situated in the heart of the community that it serves and currently opens

twice a week, every week. This provides an opportunity for local people to

highlight in confidence their concerns to their local policing team. This is one

of many events that help to influence the neighbourhood team’s local

community priority setting.

Tackling ASB around a parade of shops in Chandlers Ford:

Complaints from the local community, parish council and young people

identified a reduction in quality of life and an increase in the fear of crime

through under-age drinking leading to low level crime and disorder. Through

a partnership approach the outcomes Impacted on 6 of the 7 Strategic areas

of the Test Valley Community Safety Strategy. The lead agency was the

police. The project was effectively monitored and quality assured by a multi-

disciplined steering group utilising S.A.R.A problem solving methodology.



The community trigger process within Hampshire provides a good example of

the strength of the partnership activity within the two counties. Agreeing a

consistent approach across the eleven Community Safety Partnerships,

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managing 14 local authorities, 3 of which are unitary is not to be under-

estimated. The community safety managers meet regularly in forums with the

PCC, and with the Constabulary’s Strategic Partnerships team. This helps

achieve consistency and clarity in policy at a strategic level.

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Hampshire County Council

Hampshire Supporting Troubled Families programme

1. Background

1.1 The County Council has established a multi-agency programme to

support troubled families which includes targeting of those families with a

range of complex problems and dependencies. The identification of

these families includes those who are contributing to problems of anti-

social behaviour. The concept of the programme is to understand and

address complex issues in a holistic way so that underlying problems

can be solved leading to improved and sustained outcomes. Working

with the whole family is key to this approach.

2. Approach

2.1 The programme is about engaging a range of services to already or

should have contact with families and working more effectively together.

Delivery is organised through a central programme team led by the

County Council and through 10 local implementation groups involving a

wide range of delivery partners.

2.2 Establishing a single plan for the family and a consistent lead agency to

oversee work with each family are critical success factors as are the

appropriate sharing of information between agencies and the tools to

better understand this information. As part of the programme, the

County Council has commissioned an Intensive Family Support Service

which is delivered by a voluntary sector consortium of national and local

charities. This service is available for those families who would benefit

from intensive engagement and support to make positive change and

where a voluntary sector provider can add significant value by taking

lead responsibility for cases. This service is based on evidence of

effective family intervention programmes.

2.3 The range related factors leading to identification and inclusion in the

programme cohort are:

Anti-social behaviour, youth offending or adult offenders

Poor school attendance and school exclusion

Families identified as requiring early help

Adults out of work

Young people at risk of NEET

Risk of homelessness or under-managed debts

Domestic abuse

Physical or mental health problems

Substance misuse problems

Unhealthy weight or nutritional concerns

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2.4 The programme is transformational in nature which requires developing

new approaches, evaluating what works and scaling up of effective

approaches. To assist in the evaluation of what works and the potential

to help reduce demand on public services, the University of Portsmouth

have been engaged as a research partner.

3. Evidence of effective practice

3.1 The evaluation has identified a positive shift in working practices towards

increased confidence in working with whole families and staff beliefs

about what they can achieve with families. Furthermore these surveys

indicate an overall shift in working practices towards increased

partnership working and inter-agency co-ordination and co-operation.

3.2 Case studies illustrate positive outputs (in terms of family experiences of

the programme). They illustrate the complexity of needs and family

situations faced by the service. Notably, families appreciate the family

centred approach and the personal qualities and enthusiasm of staff

which often contrasted with the services families had experienced in the

past. A follow up of 328 families who had been successfully supported

and where the subject of claims for performance related funding from

HM Government showed that the achieved positive outcomes could be

sustained beyond the point of ending the direct family support. This

includes 86% sustained success in increased school attendance, 80%

sustained reduction in the crime and ASB criteria and 87% sustained

reduction in the employment criteria

3.3 There is evidence that children supported by the programme are

proportionately less likely to be ‘looked after’ or open cases to Children’s

Social Care. The evaluation to date indicates that the Hampshire STF

programme is promoting positive change in professional practise with

families. There is more inter-agency co-operation and understanding,

better information sharing, more targeted work with families, more whole

family working, more positive experiences for service users.

Appended are case studies of families in the programme with anti-social

behaviour and related problems.

4. Use of SafetyNet to better share information

4.1 The use of SafetyNet, a web based information management system

hosted by Hampshire Constabulary, for all Hampshire County Council

troubled family cases has lead to improved data sharing with a wide

range of partners. Every agency linked to a family case receives

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regular updates against progress made and the secure system allows for

quick updates where problems arise.

5. Anti-social behaviour and other crime related outcomes

5.1 An analysis of Phase one of the STFP cohort (2012-13) for the

Hampshire County Council area has been conducted in respect of 1,088

families in the sample with a crime/ anti-social behaviour related

problem. Table 1 shows the baseline position during the first year of

engagement for Year 1 and 2 cohort (2012-2013) and the position at the

end of the first year of engagement (2014) for crime and ASB related

issues. Whilst all crime related issues have seen a reduction the biggest

reduction (28%) relates to the number of anti social behaviour incidents.

Table 1

Outcome category

First year of

engagement 2014 Reduction

Number of arrests 1,057 965 9%

Number of incidents of anti social behaviour 1,022 735 28%

Number of incidents of assault 209 196 6%

Number of incidents of criminal damage 143 125 13%

Number of incidents of theft 97 95 2%

Number of incidents of where the individual

was aggrieved 1,142 1,103 3%

6. Joint working with the Police and Crime Commissioner for

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

6.1 The Police and Crime Commissioner is a member of the Partnership

Board and is an important partner in helping to design and support the

delivery of the programme.

6.2 The STFP has worked with the Office of the Police and Crime

Commissioner to align funding support for activity related to the troubled

families and reducing crime and anti-social behaviour.

6.3 The Police and Crime Commissioner has demonstrated strong

commitment and leadership in developing the Hampshire Information

management suite which includes tools for data analysis and the

SafetyNet case management support tool for sharing information and

plans for troubled families.

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6.4 The Commissioner has supported related initiatives to promote closer

agency integration through a locality pilot in Havant.

6.5 The County Council continues to work with the PCC on the development

and funding of a range of related services including a new commission

for services aimed at perpetrators of domestic abuse from November

2015. A central theme of this joint work is to promote a direction of

closer integration of services which are provided, commissioned or

otherwise supported and encouraged.

6.6 Hampshire Constabulary plays a strong role in the strategic development

of the programme and as a delivery partner at the local level. A Chief

Inspector from the Constabulary is seconded to the central programme

team and local district commanders are actively engaged in driving

delivery in the local implementation groups. The PCC has an important

role in supporting this positive engagement by the Constabulary and

other partners.

7. Recommendation

7.1 The lessons being learned around the development of holistic work with

families and the role of intensive support provided by the voluntary

sector is key to improving outcome and reducing demand for high cost

public services. The Police and Crime Panel is asked to note this

evidence and to recognise and endorse the Commissioner’s continued

support for the programme and using the learning to inform relevant

commissioning processes and influence of wider activity.

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Hampshire Neighbourhood Watch

How is the PCC encouraging the public to encourage community ownership in

reducing ASB?

The PCC has always shown a keen interest and support for Neighbourhood

Watch(NW).

Earlier this year his office suggested there could be funding available if this

could be used to expand the reach of NW.

After discussions with Hampshire Constabulary it was agreed that any

expansion should be directed at ‘harder to reach’ areas in the community.

The PCC, Police and NW agreed this should include

BME communities,

tenants of private and social landlords,

children and young adults

any police averse communities

With the support of the PCCs office we have commissioned OneCommunity

(Eastleigh) to help us find some routes into these areas.

The ethos of NW is about looking after your own security, helping the police to

reduce crime and the fear of crime, supporting vulnerable neighbours and

building strong caring communities who can work together to resolve any local

issues.

We believe this expansion initiative supports the PCCs aims to reduce crime

and ASB and are delighted that the PCC continues to support us.

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Isle of Wight Association of Local Councils (IWALC)




areas?

Our organisation represents 29 of the 33 Town and Parish Councils on the

Island. Our local police representatives do attend T&PC meetings and update

on crime statistics in the area, which includes anti-social behaviour. In our

locality funding has been made available to the local sports centre via the

PCC for targeted work with young people. We have seen a reduction in anti-

social behaviour. In this same area, which includes a ward considered to be

deprived, the PCSOs have engaged positively with young people.



Raising the profile of the police service in a positive way through engaging

with the localities. To publicise the distress caused by anti-social behaviour

with the permission of the victims or the local area to personalise the impact

of this kind of behaviour and the reaction of the local residents to anti-social

behaviour.




engagement?

As above. We held regular (6 monthly) sessions with our local neighbourhood

team this was positive and residents could understand better the position of

the police towards anti-social behaviour and it also helped residents

understand what they could do to help minimise issues in their areas. I think

the capacity for the Safer Neighbourhood Teams to attend these engagement

sessions has been reduced over the last year.




I don’t know so would need more information on this – I am not aware of this

programme and would like more detail.

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Supporting positive initiatives with young people

Having a positive profile in the localities (capacity permitting)

Working with the community



As Chair of the Isle of Wight Association of Local Councils (IWALC) we would

welcome the opportunity of closer working across the Island to support the

Police and local residents in reducing the incidence of Anti-Social Behaviour.

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One Community


your

organisation to encourage a joined up approach in reducing anti-social

behaviour, specifically in the most deprived and vulnerable areas?

I feel the PCC have listened to our view, we recently produced a report on the

effects of domestic violence on young people highlighting the need to review

how agencies should work together and engage with local community groups

and their latest tenders now reflect this.



Reducing re-offending in domestic violence and more help in prevention, and

increased engagement in local communities




engagement?

I believe the PCC’s are working well with our local Community safety

partnership, supportive of local initiatives

4) How is the PCC engaging with partners and members of the community

to support the introduction and use of the Community Remedy Menu to

tackle ASB?

Not able to comment




Cops and Coffee in Eastleigh, Hate Crime Reporting, low level restorative

justice actions in town centre

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Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

RESPONSE TO

“ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR”

SCRUTINY

From the Police and Crime Commissioner for

Hampshire

Mr Simon Hayes.

For Hampshire Police and Crime Panel

Proactive Scrutiny into Anti Social Behaviour

02nd October 2015

Prepared

22nd September 2015

By

R.K Pathak

Senior Performance and Policy Officer

Performance and Policy Team

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The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for

Hampshire

St. George's Chambers, St. George's Street Winchester;

Hampshire

SO23 8AJ

www.hampshire-pcc.gov.uk

Tel: 01962 871595

How well do you feel the PCC has worked in partnership with you or



areas?

Upon taking office the Police and Crime Commissioner Mr Simon Hayes

(hereafter referred to as the Commissioner), had already identified anti social

behaviour (ASB) as a key priority both for himself and the communities of

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, which the Commissioner is determined to

tackle within his term of office. The importance the Commissioner has placed

upon working in partnership is reflected within the Commissioner’s Police and

Crime Plan 2013 -2017, particularly priority three, to “work together to reduce

crime and anti social behaviour in your community”. The Commissioner is

committed to working with partners to reduce incidents of ASB in the

community. ASB can not be tackled solely by Hampshire Constabulary,

success can only be achieved through a partnership approach. This

commitment is reinforced by the Commissioner’s public statements and his

vision to “Protect People and Places” by supporting victims of ASB and

targeting those who commit acts of ASB.

There is no doubt that ASB can have a severe effect on people’s lives. Many

organisations and agencies are involved in tackling ASB however coordination

of services is weak in some areas. The majority of the Commissioner’s

influence in the area of ASB is through his commissioning strategy. The

Commissioner is passionate about supporting victims and is determined to

make a constructive difference to those affected by ASB. The Commissioner’s

Commissioning Plan (“Towards a Safer Hampshire 2014 – 17” and

supplementary document “Commissioning Services to Reduce Offending and

Support Victims 2015 -16”) identifies tackling ASB as a key priority. The

Commissioner is able to use this plan to influence partners and encourage a

more coordinated approach to dealing with ASB.

http://www.hampshire-pcc.org.uk/

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The Transformation Havant Communities Project is an example of the

Commissioner working in partnership following a united approach to resolving

ASB in a deprived and vulnerable area. The project will run for ten years with

the aim of improving access to services, improving outcomes for communities

and to reduce demand for services locally. The project will run across the

entire borough including Leigh Park which historically has suffered with high

levels of ASB and crime. The partnership is made up of the Office of the

Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), Hampshire Constabulary, The

Department for Work and Pensions, Havant Borough Council, Hampshire Fire

and Rescue Service and Community First Havant.

The Commissioner has provided funding to all four Youth Offending Teams

(YOTs) in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to fund a range of projects to work

with and support young people, often from deprived backgrounds to tackle low

level offending behaviour and ASB. The OPCC is in regular discussions with

the four YOT’s to encourage a coordinated response to ASB.

In January 2015, the Commissioner launched his “Alliance” meetings

(Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Reduction Alliance and

Community Safety Alliance). These meetings bring together both strategic

and operational partners on matters of common interest, relevant to policing

and community safety including ASB.

The Commissioner hosted an ASB conference at the University of Portsmouth

in May 2015. The event brought together practitioners, victims of ASB and

those who had committed acts of ASB. The event was attended by over 100

people from a variety of partner organisations to share best practice and

approaches to tackling ASB, and communicate what is happening locally.

Feedback from the conference has influenced the development of policy

within the OPCC particularly the recently published Restorative Justice

Strategy.

What do you think should be the priorities for action to reduce anti-


Education & Engagement – A focus on what actually constitutes ASB is

required. The need to educate partner agencies, local communities and those

committing acts of ASB. To have conversations with each of these groups to

raise awareness of what classifies as ASB and what the impact of ASB can

be on individuals and local communities. A prominent view still exists amongst

communities that young people are solely responsible for causing ASB, this

perception is largely skewed. The sad fact is that someone who commits ASB

can be of any age, sex, ethnicity or economic background. It is not uncommon

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for someone classed as an old aged pensioner to be handed an anti social

behaviour order (ASBO)

There is a need to educate people at a young age around ASB and the

dangers that this type of behaviour can quickly escalate into much more

serious offending behaviours. The Commissioners “Be Part of the Solution”

campaign encourages young people aged between 14 – 25yrs to promote

activities in their local communities, to make informed choices and to be part

of the solution moving forward. The campaign is aimed at young people but

the message is not exclusive to young people.

Partnership Working – ASB can not be tackled in isolation, especially in a

period of ever decreasing resources. Partners must pull together and work

towards a common goal of reducing ASB in local communities. The

Commissioner has always encouraged and promoted working together and

dialogue with partners. Through his Commissioning Plan the Commissioner

has funded numerous diversionary schemes run by partners, such as the

“Access All Areas” scheme which provides diversionary activities in the

summer months for young people in Fareham, Gosport and Winchester.

It is important partner agencies talk to each regularly, especially when the

actions of one partner can have a negative impact on another. Such as the

closure of youth provisions by local authorities which may increase the

number of young people on the street, at local parks or town centres, this

could potentially lead to an increase in ASB in such effected areas. Becoming

increasingly important is the need for partners to share information,

intelligence and data. The Commissioner’s view is that Safety Net (an

encrypted and secure, multi-agency information sharing platform) is a highly

valuable tool to help prevent another tragedy similar to Fiona Pilkington5,

particularly for issues such as ASB, this could be important in implementing

the new Community Trigger, to help identify vulnerable and repeat victims.

Diversionary Schemes – The benefits of tackling and reducing ASB exists for

all communities and partners agencies, therefore investment in diversionary

schemes must continue and should not solely be the responsibility of the

Commissioner. Diversionary schemes are effective at engaging with local

communities, in particular with young people in reducing ASB and disorder.

For such schemes to be effective there needs to be a multi agency approach

to ensure schemes are run where and when they are required e.g. in socially

5 Fiona Pilkington killed herself and her severely disabled daughter in 2007 after years of torment by youths. The

main failure was in agencies not sharing information and therefore failing to identify the family as vulnerable, which meant they did not provide a structured, cohesive response to the prolonged antisocial behaviour they endured.

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deprived areas, outside of 9 to 5 working hours, (evening, weekends and

holidays), and to be delivered in a young person friendly venue.

How effective do you feel the PCC has been in encouraging



engagement?

The Commissioner has used his Commissioning Plan to raise awareness of

ASB in local communities and encourage communities to take ownership of

reducing ASB in their local areas. Recently the Commissioner has launched a

new small grants programme, offering funding to community based groups

and organisations, this programme is being managed by the Hampshire and

Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF); applications from community

based organisations that have a history of working in partnerships are

encouraged. Applications which meet the criteria and the two intended

funding outcomes (to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and support

victims of crime) will be able to apply for a grant between £500 and £3000.

Hampshire Community Court is a three year pilot funded by the

Commissioner as part of his commitment to reducing offending, the pilot is

being run in Fareham and is being delivered by Hampshire Constabulary. The

court is made up of 16 young people aged between 16 – 25yrs from a range

of backgrounds. The young people run and deliver all aspects of the court,

performing the roles of judges, advocates and jury members. The court’s main

objective is to improve outcomes for young people, first time offenders and

increase the chance of rehabilitation as opposed to entering into a cycle of

reoffending. The court uses peer pressure to reverse the offender’s attitude to

crime. Peer pressure is often one of the factors which can influence a young

person to offend.

The role of the court is not to determine innocence or guilt but to use this

community driven mechanism to help decide on appropriate and fair sanctions

for young people who have acknowledged their guilt. The court will be

complementing current restorative justice provisions, not replacing existing

criminal courts for young people (Youth Courts). The focus of the court is on

changing the behaviour of low level offenders; often ASB is a stepping stone

for these offenders to committing serious and more frequent levels of crime.

Community Speed Watch is an initiative partially funded by the Commissioner

to allow members of local communities to become police support volunteers

and take action on roads of concern in their area. Volunteers are trained to

monitor the speeds of passing traffic, to record details of speeding vehicles or

those driving in an anti-social manner which is then passed onto the police.

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The emphasis of this scheme is on education and not enforcement. There are

currently over 90 schemes in the Hampshire Policing area.

Neighbourhood Watch is another example of the Commissioner encouraging

local communities to be engaged in their neighbourhoods to prevent crime

and tackle ASB. The Commissioner has funded a short term post to increase

the reach of the neighbourhood watch scheme in urban deprived areas,

especially in diverse ethnic communities. Through greater engagement

between local communities and statutory organisations, a multi agency

approach to community safety, crime and ASB prevention can be successful.

How is the PCC engaging with partners and members of the



The Community Remedy menu forms part of the recently signed off

Restorative Justice Strategy. The strategy has been shared with partners

including the Local Criminal Justice Board, members of the Community Safety

Alliance and Community Safety Practitioners. As the strategy shifts into its

implementation phase partners will be contacted on how best to introduce the

Community Remedy menu in their respective areas.

As part of the consultation into the Community Remedy menu, the

Commissioner organised and ran an online survey on his website to gain the

views of the public. Partners were also approached and encouraged to share

their views and opinions regarding what ought to be included in the menu

document. In total, over 800 responses were received. In October 2014 the

Community Remedy menu was published on the Commissioner’s website.

Are there any examples of successful approaches to preventing and



ASB can manifest itself in a number of ways, the Commissioner does not

believe a one size fits all solution can be applied to tackling ASB. Several

varying approaches are needed to tackle ASB based upon age, location and

partnership working which may require either minor or intensive intervention,

to address and resolve the problem.

The following are some examples of approaches to prevent and tackling ASB

which the Commissioner is aware of:

Big World Impact

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The project utilizes the power and appeal of community sport, arts and

cultural activity to engage young people aged 9 – 19 years, with a focus on

those already known to the youth justice system (YJS) or at risk of entering

the YJS and becoming involved in ASB. Young people self refer or are

formally identified and referred by the youth offending team, police, children

services and community safety teams. Young people are supported into

bespoke targeted interventions including training, accreditation, outdoor

education, awareness raising workshops covering safer community’s agenda,

volunteering, employment, and youth forums.

These interventions support young people to have a voice within the

community, build improved positive relationships with local residents, the

police and promote change which will enable them to be part of the solution.

Activities are open to young people who reside in the 4 council wards of Leigh

Park or who are educated in the area and those identified by the safer

neighbourhood policing teams who regularly present with risk factors. The

project works closely with the local safer neighbourhood team, community

safety team and YOT to identify ASB hotspots, groups and individuals

involved in ASB and crime to positively engage, reducing the risk of ASB /

crime and the fear of crime. A dedicated Targeted Youth Advisor (TYA) case

manages all formally referred young people, supporting young people,

promoting partnership working and reporting process.

Typically 9 hours of provision is delivered weekly within community and

educational facilities for a minimum of 40 weeks of the year. Staff will consult

with young people, to design a delivery model based on young people’s

preferences and in consultation with the local safer neighbourhood team, so

that activities can be focused at times and places of high ASB recorded

incidents, including evenings, weekends or school holidays.

Junior Citizen / Child Safe

Junior Citizens scheme brings together agencies to work with pupils to explain

and practice how they can each contribute to making their community a safer

place to live. Junior Citizen Fortnight brings together multiple agencies to work

with local year 6 pupils to educate them in a fun and engaging way about how

they can be safer in their daily lives and how they can contribute to the safety

of their community.

They cover a range of topics such as; ASB, stranger danger, arson

awareness, the recovery position, beach safety, how to make a 999 call,

littering - how it affects the community and the legal implications. At the end of

the sessions pupils make a pledge to use their new knowledge to help the

community: 'I pledge to do my best to make my area a better place to live'.

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The event gives young people ownership by letting them know they are part of

the community in which they live and they can have a valuable impact within

the community by the choices they make and the actions they take.

Is there anything further that you can provide to the Panel that will


The Commissioner has made a commitment to tackling ASB and reducing the

number of those entering the Criminal Justice System for the first time in his

Police and Crime Plan. As part of the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan

the Chief Constable has agreed a number of commitments, these include to

maintain an effective police force to deal with crime and ASB to a standard

proportionate with other high performing forces, to create a new youth

strategy which has previously never existed within the constabulary, to help

enhance the relationship between young people and the police and to work

with partners to develop options which help tackle ASB to reduce the number

of first time offenders. The Chief Constable is held to account on the delivery

of all 21 commitments at the Commissioner’s quarterly Progress 21 meetings.

In May 2015, the Commissioner held one of his ComPass meetings with the

Chief Constable, on the topic of “Young People, Crime & the Police”, one of

the key areas focussed upon was ASB and how the Police were tackling it in

partnership with local communities and young people.

The Commissioner commissioned Victim Support to run the new Victim Care

Service which was launched in April 2015. The Victim Care Service provides

primary and secondary response teams based across Hampshire and the Isle

of Wight with local initial response officers being the first point of contact for

victims of crime and ASB. The Victim Care Service is responsible for

identifying repeat and vulnerable victims of ASB assessed as high risk.

The Commissioner has provided over £1.4m6 in grants to 89 projects since

2014/15 to fund ASB projects across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. These

funded projects provided either diversionary activities or education and

awareness sessions for young people. In 2014 / 15 nearly 5000 people

benefitted from ASB projects funded by the Commissioner. Below is a

synopsis of some of the projects funded by the Commissioner

Inside or Out? At HMP Prison Winchester, where young people go into the

prison to talk to ex offenders / prisoners.

6 Exact amount awarded: £978,721 in 2014/15 to 60 projects & £478,210 in 2015/16 to 29 projects. In total £1,456,931 awarded

over the period. Amount awarded to ASB related projects *(includes working with victims and perpetrators).

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Your Street by Pompey in the Community - Utilises physical activity,

volunteering and mentoring support to engage disadvantaged young people

and reduce anti-social behaviour.

Test Valley Young Peoples Peer Mentors - Young people sharing experiences

of growing up involved in drugs, alcohol or ASB, and showing other young

people there is a way out and who can assist.

Since the 01st July 2013, the Commissioner has attended the following

meetings and which seek to foster partnership working to reduce ASB or

visited projects which have been funded to reduce ASB by providing

diversionary activities.

July 2013

30 July 2013 Gosport Summer Passport

14 August 2013 Whestival Fareham & Winchester CSP

27 September 2013 SNAP disco Fareham

2014

25 February 2014 Cop N Coffee Leigh Park

29 March Gosport Community Safety Day

2 April ASB Community Trigger / Remedy meeting

1 May Community Safety Practitioners Forum regarding Community Triggers

8 May Saints Foundation Event Opening of multi games area St Mary’s

School

21 May Community Remedy Consultation

28 May Community Remedy meeting

6 June PCC visit to Southampton YOT

26 June Community Safety Practitioners Group Community Trigger Meeting

15 July Community Remedy Meeting

28 July Access All Areas

14 August Gosport Summer Passport Scheme

11 September Southampton Community Safety Conference

12 September Saints Foundation Coxford Community Centre Visit

17 September Community Safety Community Trigger

6 October HMP Winchester visit to Inside or Out Project

21 October Hants Youth Conference

29 October Pompey in the Community Visit

29 October Big World Impact Visit

- Pimp Ya Bike Project

- Arts Project at Making Space

- Leigh Park Youth Forum

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- Youth Diversionary Football Competition

14 November funding visit to Havant Junior Citizen Project

2015

13 January About Turn project

4 February Police and Crime Question Time Isle of Wight

24 February Rock Challenge Event

14 March Gosport Community Safety Day

24 March Grange School Visit

27 March Havant Youth Conference

14 April Big World Impact Basket Ball Tournament Vs Hants Police

24 April Street Reach Friday Night Football Project

6 May Childrens and Young People’s Conference

13 May COMPASS Young People, Crime and the police

20 May ASB Conference

1 June Lordshill Youth Project Visit

5 July Winchester Hat Fair

11 July Southampton Mela

28 July PCC visit to Gosport Summer passport

11 August PCC visit to Your Street Project

12 August PCC visit to Access All Areas

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One Community




areas?

I feel the PCC have listened to our view, we recently produced a report on the

effects of domestic violence on young people highlighting the need to review

how agencies should work together and engage with local community groups

and their latest tenders now reflect this.



Reducing re-offending in domestic violence and more help in prevention, and increased engagement in local communities




engagement?

I believe the PCC’s are working well with our local Community safety partnership, supportive of local initiatives




Not able to comment




Cops and Coffee in Eastleigh, Hate Crime Reporting, low level restorative justice actions in town centre

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Pompey in the Community




areas?

The Your Street project (launched in March 2013) has received full support

and funding from the Police and Crime Commissioner for the past two years.

In this time, we have had the opportunity to work with a number of different

partners and build upon the work we were already doing in the city. Through

our involvement in the Youth Commission (through a member of staff and

young person) and at the Anti-Social Behaviour Conference in May 2015, this

has helped us to talk about what we do locally, what works for us and learn

from others.

We raised a concern that we had recently in terms of police presence and

working with the Police in that we have noticed a decline in recent years in

terms of the way we are able to work with them. We appreciate this is due to a

change in priorities for them however we do feel this is a missing link for us

and it would benefit both parties, if the police were more involved in our

project. For example through the delivery of workshops, friendly tournaments

with young people, informal presence on site when sessions are taking part

etc. The PCC helped put us in touch with Chief Inspector Heydari who we had

a meeting with recently and agreed some positive actions for a collaborative

way forward.



Creating positive activities through sport for young people aged 9-21 years

and engaging local communities in our work is our number one priority.

Through the work we do on a daily basis, it is proven that we have reduced

issues of/surrounding anti-social behaviour and low level criminality. There

has been a programme of positive activities for young people at Bransbury

area for over 9 years and in this time, statistics demonstrate that instances of

low level crime and anti-social behaviour have decreased dramatically. Our

key outcomes over this time have included providing;

A range of volunteering opportunities for young people

A range of training and qualifications in sports related courses

Signposting and progression for young people excelling in sports

Drugs, Alcohol & Substance misuse, Smoking awareness courses

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A number of young people who have come up through the programme are

now employed by Pompey in the Community as coaches, youth workers and

project co-ordinators

A range of opportunities for young offenders and vulnerable families who are

referred to us by various partners and agencies across the city

A number of school inclusion programmes for local secondary schools, in

particular focusing on year 9 boys and girls

This type of work has enabled us to work longer term with younger people

and their siblings over the years, identify early intervention needs, identify

groups for targeted provision and more importantly offer volunteering,

coaching, training and further employment opportunities to individuals who

stand out and watch them progress as they enter adulthood. The programme

is well established and offers a safe positive experience locally for young

people.

In recent months, the team at Pompey in the Community have worked hard to

expand our work in other deprived areas of Portsmouth city including

Somerstown, Paulsgrove & Hilsea.

By focusing on providing a range of diversionary activities, being able to work

over a number of years, work with young people and their families and acting

as positive role models is a solution that has worked for us and reaped many

additional outcomes for young people and the local area.

I feel a reduction in age ranges for projects is a must, so as to pick up young

people earlier and do the important work then before it’s too late as well as

support older young people up to the age of 24 as there is a clear need to

support them.

As a project we pick up more and more young people with needs due to the

City Councils funds decreasing and young people slipping through the net, we

often receive them without formal referral paperwork and when we ask for

more information from partners/agencies we don’t even get a response?

More funding citywide so we can fill the gaps other agencies can’t meet. If we

have more funding we can replicate the good work we do in new area’s of

need in the city.




engagement?

Across the city, there appears to be a reduction in youth provision/support due

to budget cuts and lack of funding. We strongly believe one of the main ways

forward for engagement of young people is ensuring they take ownership of

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their local community and encouraging of responsibility towards their

community spaces. A recent example, at Bransbury Park, some young people

set fire to the Astroturf late one evening a few weeks ago. We unfortunately

had to stop our sessions for one day whilst the city council repaired the

damage. The young people (and their parents) that use this facility every day

and work with us were very quick to condemn the people that had done this

and vent their frustration/anger through Facebook and in particular through

our Facebook/Twitter page. This helped us to identify who it was and pass

this information on to relevant partners.

This is a really good example of where community ownership comes into play

and how important it is. Again this has been built up over a long time and is

because the community facility is a loved and well used part of the furniture

that is used by all ages every day.




We are not directly involved with the use of Community Remedy Menu

however in spring 2014 we started working closely with the Youth Offending

Team (YOT) at Portsmouth City Council to offer sessional opportunities as

part of young people’s reparation orders. This has been particularly

successful and to date we have accepted 6 young people from YOT who have

completed six continuous hours of volunteering (supervised by YOT

worker/volunteer) on a particular session.

This has worked really well for both the young people being referred to us and

for the young people who attend our sessions on a weekly basis. Many of the

young people volunteering on the session have enjoyed their experience and

indicated their interest in remaining on session outside of their order and we

as staff have been impressed by many of them, their attitude and engagement

in the process.

The YOT team are willing to share data every 3 months looking at re-

offending rates of those that have been involved with us through their

reparation orders. At the last discussion, three of those who had completed

their reparation orders with us have positively completed their orders and no

re-offended to date. The YOT team are also very supportive of this type of

collaborative work and it is viewed as an excellent development and the

benefits are being derived in terms of prevention and diversionary work for

young people in the City who are at risk of being involved in criminality.

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We will work hard to ensure this continues in the future and very much

support this work.




This is a case study from our project of one of our young people to

demonstrate the importance of targeted intervention work.

“Intensive mentoring for Brandon Newman, one of our young men from our

targeted football session who was on TAG for over 9 months and has had 2

court summons, one offence of which has been dropped and the other

offence was thrown out of court in late June. As a result of this, he wanted to

turns his life around and since mentoring, Brandon has attended and engaged

in the Crime Commissioners Youth Commission and was selected to be a

youth commissioner to represent young people and work with the crime

commissioner and his agenda. He has also attended the Crime

Commissioners Anti-Social Behaviour Conference and signed up to the Spirit

of Rugby volunteering project. Brandon was also short listed as Volunteer of

the Year for the Portsmouth Together Volunteer awards which took place

during National Volunteers Week in early June. He has represented Pompey

in the Community at several events and talked about his experiences with

younger members of his peer group.

He has been involved with Pompey in the Community since 2008 and has

taken part in lots of different projects including, Positive Activities, the Your

Street programme, Kicks and the Youth Choose project. He now volunteers

on the Your Street, Kicks and Youth Choose programmes. To date Brandon

has completed over 180 hours of volunteering.

Last year he took part in the National Citizen Service (NCS) with us, a four

week course where two of the weeks he was on residential then the next two

out in the community volunteering for a project that himself and team mates

had chosen. He even won the award for excellence in adventure.

Brandon has continued to grow in confidence during the past three months

and is taking on more responsibility during this time. He also successfully

passed his refereeing course in early May and is using this new skill on many

sessions. Early July he did his FA level 1 coaching and passed. This is a

turning point for Brandon as it now means we will be able to take him on as a

paid employee on a casual basis as a Level 1 Coach. Brandon has worked

extremely hard to turn things around but this is also a great example of how

the work we do has a real impact on the lives of young people.”

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None that could be currently considered.

Photos of Activities April – August 2015

Portsmouth News Youth Awards June 2015 – Kira Vallely came runner up in

Star of the Community theme for her volunteering work with Your Street.

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Brandon Newman was shortlisted for Young Volunteer of the Year (Aged 16-

21 years)at the Portsmouth Together Volunteer Awards for his volunteering

work with Your Street – June 2015.

Fratton Park Tour & Mixed Football Tournament for Youth Choose & Your

Street sessions – May 2015

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Street Dance session – June 2015

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Street Dance session – August

2015

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Police & Crime Commissioner Anti-Social Behaviour Conference – May 2015.

Louis Faith was a speaker and a panel member.

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Outreach Football Community session in Somerstown Community Muga –

April

2015

Sports Leaders Level 1 August 2015

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Smoking Workshops August 2015

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Police & Crime Commissioner Visit August 2015

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YOT – Hampshire and IOW Youth Offending Teams

In Hants and IOW our main interface with ASB is via the Youth Crime

Prevention team situated in Early help hubs who link in with community safety

in the district councils.

One thing I would mention about the community remedy is that there isn’t

significant clarity across police and partners about how this fits in with or

differs form community resolution.

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YOT - Southampton Youth Offending Service




areas?

At a strategic level, I am aware that the OPCC supports the priorities of

Community Safety Partnerships across Hampshire through the Community

Safety Alliance.

Operationally, the Police and Crime Commissioner supports the work of

Southampton Youth Offending Service through the Safer Communities

Grant award. As part of the 2015 / 16 application process there was an

expectation from commissioners that there would be a co-ordinated local

response to community safety issues.

The 2014 OPCC Victims and Witnesses Grant award was used in

Southampton to support a Restorative Practice in Schools pilot. This is an

area of emerging practice in the city and has strengthened partnerships

between the YOS and schools. In other areas similar projects have

contributed to reduced rates of anti-social behaviour by supporting better

engagement in education.



Key priorities within the youth justice remit would be early intervention and

prevention. I would also say that the use of restorative approaches (with a

developing focus on the remit of Community Remedy) is also a key theme.




engagement?

The profile of the PCC in relation to responding to local crime and anti-

social behaviour is high and there are a number of examples where he has

directly engaged with local communities in Southampton. However, a more

regular interface with the local Safe City Partnership would provide the

opportunity for a wider understanding of local issues (for example, through

the community engagement that forms part of the strategic assessment)

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One area that could be improved is public awareness of Community

Remedy. I think there could have been / still could be more promotion of

the CR menu after the consultation ended. Part of this could be practical

examples (short films) of how CR is being used across the County.




There have been notable successes against the Troubled Families targets

in Southampton, through the local Families Matter programme. This is

another example of a ‘platform’ for effective work that meets shared

priorities across the OPCC and partners.

Around a specific issue, the work of the OPCC in respect of a partnership

response to ‘Legal Highs’ is influencing a county-wide approach to this

issue.



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Youth Commission

1). How well do you feel the PCC has worked in partnership with you or your

organisation to encourage a joined up approach in reducing anti-social

behaviour, specifically in the most deprived and vulnerable areas?

The Youth Commission is aware of the PCC’s work with organisations such

as the Prince’s Trust, Pompey in the Community and to build a COP car

scheme.

2). What do you think should be the priorities for action to reduce anti-social


Highlighting the consequences of ASB

Young people to be taught about the law through PSHE lessons

Creating a common definition of ASB

Understanding the root causes of ASB

More cooperation between partners

Correct use of stop and search and promotion of know your rights

More support for parents

3). How effective do you feel the PCC has been in encouraging communities

to take ownership of reducing anti-social behaviour within their locality? What

opportunities do you feel exist for greater engagement?

The Youth Commission is unable to answer this question.

4). How is the PCC engaging with partners and members of the community to

support the introduction and use of the Community Remedy Menu to tackle

ASB?

The Youth Commission is unable to answer this question.

5). Are there any examples of successful approaches to preventing and



A football tournament was organised last summer in Southampton where

local youths played against the police.

The Fixers were commissioned by the PCC to produce a film about the

work of Big World Impacts youth forum in Leigh Park

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Such activities enable young people to feel part of their local communities and

build relationships with the police.

6). Is there anything further that you can provide to the Panel that will assist

us with our proactive scrutiny of this topic?

A common misconception of young people is that the vast majority of ASB is

committed by youths. Youth services and provisions are generally under

funded across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. A consequence of this is less

focussed

activities and reduced access for youths to positive adult role models who

they can look up to and approach for advice and guidance.

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Youth Options




areas?

Youth Options have been awarded funding by the PCC to deliver a detached

youth work programme targeting ASB hotspots across Southampton. An

integral part of our bid was partnership working and in order to deliver the

programme effectively we have worked with the Police and local community

groups.



More opportunities for young people to participate in positive activities -

With funding cuts to youth services, there are less diversionary

activities available for young people. Activities need to be free or low

cost to the young people and delivered in a variety of locations to

ensure accessibility.

Consistent and visible community policing (including PCSOs) -

Police/PCSOs being visible in a local area and engaging regularly with

young people. Consistency of personnel enables a trusting relationship

to be built.




engagement?

The PCC has encouraged community ownership through funding projects

delivered by small community based organisations, who understand the

needs of their area – for example Lordshill Youth Project. Longer term funding

for such organisations will support community engagement.




The Community Remedy Menu was introduced in one of the workshops at a

recent PCC Conference; had it not been for one of our delegates attending

this workshop, we would have had no engagement re Community Remedy.

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Detached youth work has had a positive impact in areas of Southampton. The

detached teams provide some diversionary activities, but also engage with

young people to address a number of subjects including anti-social behaviour.

The youth workers are out and about on the streets and through consistent

staffing can build relationships with young people. Young people have

reported feeling safer when the youth workers are in their area.



Always happy to support the scrutiny process and feel that it would be useful

for panel members to speak to young people directly in ASB hotspot areas to

get a real understanding of the issue.

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Appendix Four: Abbreviations in the ‘Anti Social Behaviour’ report

AAA Access all Areas

ASB Anti Social Behaviour

ASBO Anti-social Behavior Order

ASDAN Award Scheme Development and Accreditation

Network

BC Borough Council

BME Black and Minority Ethnic

BPOTS Be Part of the Solution

BWI Big World Impact

CDRP Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership

CJ Criminal Justice

COMPASS Commissioner’s Performance, Accountability,

Scrutiny and Strategy

CR Community Remedy

CRC Community Rehabilitation Company

CRM Community Remedy Menu

CSP Community Safety Partnership

DWP Department for Work and Pensions

EHDC East Hants District Council

FA Football Association

HIWCF Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community

Foundation

HMP Her Majesty’s Prison

ICE Intervention, Communication, Education

IMB Information Management Board

IMD Indices of Multiple Deprivation

IOM Integrated Offender Management

IOW Isle of Wight

IT Information Technology

IWALC Isle of Wight Association of Local Councils

NCS National Citizen Service

NEET Not in Education, Employment or Training

NHW/NW Neighbourhood Watch

NPS New Psychoactive Substances

NPT Neighbourhood Policing Team

OCP Organisational Change Programme

OPCC Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner

OVAL Offender, Victim and Location

PAG Partnership Action Group

PC Police Constable

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PCC Police and Crime Commissioner

PCSO Police Community Support Officer

PSHE Personal, Social, Health and Economic

SARA Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment

SNAP Say No and Phone

STFP Supporting Troubled Families Programme

T&PC Town and Parish Council

TYA Targeted Youth Adviser

YCP Youth Crime Prevention

YJS Youth Justice System

YOS Youth Offending Service

YOT Youth Offending Team

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