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Latest news from PFCC Roger Hirst - February 18, 2022
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PFCC visits youth services in Basildon
Police Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Roger Hirst and Cllr Louise McKinlay, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Community, Equality, Partnerships and Performance at Essex County Council visited the Basildon Hub of Essex Youth Service on Monday 14th of February 2022.
Essex Youth Service is an informal education, social and personal development service that supports young people across Essex and as such runs a wide range of activities, groups and opportunities for young people to access and be part of. The Basildon visit was to see some of the specific groups running out of the Hub and meet the young people directly supported by these services.
Both Mr Hirst and Cllr McKinlay were specifically interested in how the projects are supporting the recently announced Levelling Up agenda, and how funding from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner to support community safety initiatives is helping young people access support within their communities to reduce further hospital admissions.
In this particular session the young people were making Wellness candles with scents and colours that are designed to relax or rejuvenate them. This is just one of many group activities that the young people take part in which are designed to reduce social isolation, build on their confidence, self-esteem and resilience and generally let them have fun and make new friends in a safe setting whilst having meaningful conversations with their support staff.
Roger said: “Seeing first-hand how the funding and services we commission is helping young people access services when they need it most drives home how important this support is. Protecting young and vulnerable people is one of the key priorities in my police and crime plan. By investing in programmes like we’ve seen today it gives young people a safe place to talk about their issues, learn new skills and build their confidence and resilience.”
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Anti Social Behaviour plummets following successful resident campaign
An area regarded as “no-go” for fearful residents has been reclaimed with road calming measures.
A petition from the Make High Beach Safe Campaign calling for action to combat noise, traffic and intimidating behaviour in the area attracted more than 7,000 signatures.
Residents reported problems around Paul’s Nursery Road, Queen’s Green, Manor Road and Pillow Mounds, with drug taking and dealing, loud car horns late at night, handbrake turns, smashed bottles on the road, fireworks being set off, high-speed car races, loud music, intimidation of other road users and litter.
It is thought the issues have been a cause for concern to residents for at least 15 years.
In response to the campaign, night-time road closures have been put in place.
The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex (PFCC) contributed £9,910 to Epping Forest District Community Safety Partnership in the form of a crime and disorder reduction grant from the 2019-2020 Community Safety Development Fund to cover the cost of highway gates.
Now, the Epping Forest Environment Department City of London Corporation uses the gates to close Manor Road each evening – resulting in just two reports of antisocial behaviour since their installation in April 2021. By contrast, there were 38 reports between April 2020 and October 2020.
Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex said: “Cracking down on anti-social behaviour is a priority which sits firmly at the heart of my Police and Crime Plan. We achieve this by investing in initiatives through Community Safety Partnerships, who tackle local problems at a local level. Being able to fund these gates, and so bring down anti-social behaviour levels in Epping Forest is a great example of how this kind of partnership working can truly make a difference and help keep our county safe and our communities strong and resilient.”
Tackling rural crime – Help us develop our Rural Crime Strategy 2022-2024
Essex Rural Partnership together with Essex Police and the Police Fire and Crime Commissioner are asking for your views on tackling rural crime in Essex.
The current Rural Crime Strategy was developed in 2017 and contributed directly to the Essex Rural Partnership Strategy. Since the strategy was developed in 2017, there has been a significant increased focus on rural crime, with Essex Police now boasting one of the largest rural engagement teams in the country.
A series of workshops and engagements will be taking place over the next few weeks to review the issues, success and learning from the past strategy and look at the aims and objectives for the new strategy.
Find out more about the dates, times and venues of the workshop below.
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There are a number of online events taking place soon where you can put your questions to Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex. They are listed below and you can find out more details on our Facebook page or via our events section on our website.
Rural Crime Meeting - 21st March 2022 @7pm
Tendring PFCC Public Meeting - 12th May 2022 @7pm
Maldon PFCC Public Meeting - 16th May 2022 @7pm
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