Hertsmere Community Safety Partnership Newsletter

Hertsmere Borough Council sent this bulletin at 22-07-2022 12:23 PM BST

CSP newsletter: July 2022

The Hertsmere Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is a strategic body made up of local organisations that work together to make the borough a safer place to live, work and visit. The following organisations make up the Community Safety Partnership including: Clarion Housing Group, Hertsmere Borough Council, Hertfordshire Constabulary, Hertfordshire County Council, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Probation Service and the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board.

This edition of the Hertsmere CSP newsletter summaries activities from the first quarter of 2022, as well as the new policing priorities.

Fire Colleagues at Community Safety Event April 2022

The CSP kicked off the year with a Community Safety Event, which took place on Saturday 2 April 2022 at Brook Meadow Park, Borehamwood. This was organised by the Hertsmere Community Safety Partnership and involved representatives from over 20 organisations including Hertsmere Borough Council, Clarion Housing, Herts Mind Network and Leecliffe Big Local. More than 250 residents were able to find out about the Hertsmere Community Safety Partnership and the support it provides to the local community, whilst enjoying the food and entertainment which was on offer.

The Community Safety Team, in collaboration with Probation, held a community clean up in Potters Bar on Monday 3 May 2022. This involved volunteers clearing over 30 bags of waste from Cranbourne Parade, an un-adopted road. The collected rubbish was taken to the Potters Bar Recycling Centre and disposed of appropriately. The image to the right shows half of the rubbish that was cleared from the area.

Almost 300 professionals, year 6 students and parents took part in the Choices and Consequences Event, which was held over three days from Monday 16 May to Wednesday 18 May 2022 at Summerswood Primary School, Borehamwood. The event began with the professional's day and attendees were able to hear from Dimitri Jordan and Alison Cope, on issues surrounding serious youth violence. Additionally, Nicole Theron from the No More Service spoke on the signs of child criminal exploitation and the support available through the No More Service.

Year 6 students from Summerswood Primary School, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and Meryfield Community Primary School took part in various sessions covering knife crime, gangs, grooming and coercion alongside advice on emotional wellbeing and coping strategies on both Tuesday 17 May and Wednesday 18 May. The sessions were delivered by a number of organisations including Football Chance Foundation, Herts MIND, Herts Young Homeless, Beacon and Hertfordshire Constabulary - CYP Gangs and Schools and Cyber Prevent.

The event concluded on Wednesday evening with a parent's evening providing advice on how to spot the signs of children being involved in anti-social behaviour, crime, exploitation and gang activity, which were delivered by Hertfordshire Constabulary CYP Gangs and Schools and the No More Service.

Feedback from the three day even has been overwhelmingly positive and plans are already being made for a similar event next year.

Two new CCTV cameras have been installed at the rear of the shops on Leeming Road, Borehamwood to help prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.

The cameras have been funded through the Council's bid to the Home Office's Safer Streets Fund and a multi-agency visual audit was conducted at the beginning of the year, to determine where the cameras should be located.

The image to the left is taken from one of the new cameras, which are monitored and operated 24/7 by the Hertfordshire CCTV Partnership.

Additionally, eight cameras are currently being updated along Shenley Road and Manor Way, which are expected to go live in the coming weeks.

The Hertsmere Safer Neighbourhood Policing Teams have released their priorities for the next three months, as follows:

Borehamwood and Elstree

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) at Milby Court in Leeming Road and Lamberton Court, Gateshead Road, Borehamwood - We have had numerous reports of vandalism, graffiti, drug taking and fly tipping in these areas.

Bushey and Radlett

ASB at Phillimore Recreation Ground and other open spaces - This has been made a priority following an increase in report from Aldenham Parish Council's open spaces team and members of the public about anti-social behaviour in public parks. The reports have included graffiti, noise nuisance, underage drinking and smoking cannabis.
ASB at Moatfield Park and Harcourt Road shops in Bushey - Reports of ASB have included young people congregating, being verbally abusive and smoking cannabis.

Potters Bar and Shenley

Vehicle Crime in South Mimms - There has been an increase in theft from vehicles in the Welcome Break service station car park, lorry park and coach park, as well as hotel car parks so we will be working to prevent these thefts.
Selling of alcohol and Nitrous Oxide cannisters to children - We have received numerous reports that small convenience stores in Potters Bar are selling alcohol to underage youths as well as Nitrous Oxide cannisters and balloons. We believe that this is related to an increase in anti-social behaviour in the town so will be working with these stores to ensure they are complying with the law, understand the consequences and are being responsible businesses.

Contact information:

www.hertsmere.gov.uk/csp

020 8207 2277

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