The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.

DECISION

1.            To note the contents of this report outlining delivery and achievements across the Community Safety Service in the Council over the past eighteen months.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, HEALTH, ADULTS AND COMMUNITY (D. RADLEY)

(Strategy and Policy Manager (J. Kerr)

Councillor Sirajul Islam, Cabinet Member for Community Safety, introduced the report providing an overview of the Council’s achievements in supporting community safety. The report was broken down into the key priority areas covering issues such as hate crime, reoffending, safeguarding and similar.

He paid tribute to officers and the previous Cabinet Member who had worked hard on these issues. He roll-called many of the individual officers who worked for Denise Radley and Ann Corbett who were the relevant Corporate Director and Director respectively. Officers then took the Cabinet through the details of the report.

The Mayor thanked officers for their presentation and the work they supported and noted that the Council provided more resources to support community safety than many authorities. He noted the Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses and proposed the recommendation as set out. This was unanimously agreed by the Members present and it was:

RESOLVED

1.             To note the contents of this report outlining delivery and achievements across the Community Safety Service in the Council over the past eighteen months.