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Maidstone Borough Council and the Police working together to deal with crime and anti-social behaviour
The Police, Maidstone Borough Council and other agencies work to reduce crime and disorder, increase community reassurance and to ensure that Maidstone remains a safe place to live and work in and to visit.
The Safer Maidstone Partnership (SMP) is part of a much larger community partnership – the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) and has been co- ordinating multi agency crime and disorder reduction for about ten years.
The SMP produces a three year Partnership Plan to tackle the most pressing areas of local concern and is in the process of developing the 2011 – 2014 version of the plan. An assessment of trends and patterns of community safety issues is undertaken and a range of draft priorities are identified.
The initial discussions have identified the following priorities:
Domestic Abuse - Building on the recommendations of an LSP and Domestic Violence Forum event held in November 2010 to look at multi agency approaches to tackling domestic abuse.
Antisocial Behaviour – To further develop multi- agency and community initiatives to tackle a range of anti social activity in the borough
Killed and Seriously Injured (KSI) (Road Traffic Collisions). The social cost in terms personal
Have your say!
The proposed community safety priorities of the SMP - part of the partnership planning process involves consulting with the community and community groups. If you have any comments or suggestions on your local concerns about community safety please contact John Littlemore, Head of Community Safety at Maidstone Borough Council on 01622 602000 or
johnlittlemore@maidstone.gov.uk or David Hewetson, Community Safety Co-ordinator on 01622 602000 or
davidhewetson@maidstone.gov.uk
injury to individuals and trauma for families is immense. The scale of the problem will be further researched and a range of interventions developed to reduce the incidence of KSI.
Substance Misuse – To respond to legislative changes and guidance as it emerges in the next few months on alcohol and drugs treatment, enforcement, intervention and education.
Maidstone continues to be a safe place to live, work and visit.
For the period October 2009 to September 2010 (the period covered by the assessment process there was a reduction in the category of ‘All Crime’ by 5% on the previous year).
The daily business of the Safer Maidstone Partnership and community safety practitioners includes a range of crime and disorder related topics from burglary, the night time economy, violent crime, to neighbour disputes and environmental crime – this work will continue.
Spring clean your way to a safer home
Storing large amounts of flammable material such as newspapers and cardboard can pose a substantial fire risk to your home, warns Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS).
The advice is to keep such items to a minimum to help reduce the chances and effects of fire:
NEVER allow rubbish/rubbish containers to block escape routes
Never store or position rubbish/rubbish containers near to doors or windows, this will encourage fire to spread
Keep rubbish/rubbish containers as far as possible from any building or overhanging structure
Remember to vacuum your smoke alarm
Ensure that your smoke alarm is working, test the battery once a week and change it every year
Keep flammable materials such as newspapers, cardboard and videotapes to a minimum.
Maidstone Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone ME15 6JQ
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