Community Safety

Community Safety at Hart is under the umbrella department of Community and Partnerships which covers various customer-focused initiatives throughout the council. Community Safety is concerned with working on a multi agency level to tackle issues, which affect people’s quality of life within the Hart District.

The ‘Safer Hart’ Partnership is concerned primarily with reducing crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour and consists of more than 20 partnership agencies, acting in proactive and retrospective initiatives.

The much-publicised issue of anti-social behaviour falls under the remit of Community Safety. ‘Safer Hart’ now has a full time Anti-Social Behaviour Officer, who works with various partnership agencies to reduce lower level offending behaviour, which while not necessarily an arrestable offence, can contribute greatly to a person’s quality of life and fear of crime.

Community Safety is also responsible for the overseeing of the CCTV operation, which has 4 full time Operators, and 3 part time Operators who work 12-hour shifts manning the CCTV control room 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) is concerned with the reduction of Crime and Disorder, increasing Health, Education and Transport provisions and maintaining and protecting the environment.

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