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Election of Chairman At the meeting on 20 July 2017, Members deferred the election of the Chairman for 2017/18 to the September meeting. Minutes: Councillor Campbell proposed, Councillor M. Saunders seconded and Members agreed that Councillor Curran be the Chairman of the Community Safety Partnership Working Party.
Councillor Curran in the Chair. |
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: There were no apologies received at the meeting. |
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Declaration of Interests To receive any declarations of interest. Members are advised to consider the advice contained within the Declaration of Interest form attached at the back of this agenda. If a Member declares an interest, they should complete that form and hand it to the officer clerking the meeting and then take the prescribed course of action. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest made at the meeting. |
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Minutes of previous meeting PDF 81 KB To approve the Minutes of the Community Safety Partnership Working Party meeting held on 20 July 2017, copy attached. Minutes: Councillor Campbell proposed, Councillor M. Saunders seconded and Members agreed the minutes to be a correct record of the meeting that was held on 20 July 2017. |
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Crime Statistics in Thanet PDF 91 KB Minutes: Councillor Curran, Chairman of the working party invited Chief Inspector Sharon Adley to make her presentation. CI Adley advised the meeting that a report on crime statistics might not necessarily give a clear picture for Members.
This was because a recent change in the way Kent records crime would make a comparative analysis difficult to understand. Such an analysis would be better done into next year. CI Adley then offered to provide the working party with a narrative of the key issues affecting the district.
During her presentation, Chief Inspector Adley made the following points:
The largest increases in violent crime are in categories which involve no injury, such as common assault and public order offences. Whilst we take these matters seriously, it is important to put this rise into context.
Chief Inspector Adley then handed over to Inspector Mark Pearson who then made the following points during the presentation of his update report on the Margate Task Force (MTF):
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