Issue - items at meetings - Community Safety Issues Raised by Members and Community Representatives

A presentation by the Business Crime Reduction Partnership: Lisa Peretta.

11.1    The Forum received a presentation from Lisa Peretta from the Business Crime Partnership.

11.2    In response to Councillor Wakefield it was explained by Ms Peretta that there was a restorative programme, and the partnership would seek to gain appropriate information from young people committing crimes that could be passed on to case officers. It was added that taxi marshals and SIA staff were trained to assist in feeding back information appropriately.

11.3    In response to questions from Councillor Simson it was explained that: the majority of businesses in the partnership were smaller ones as many of the larger businesses had their own security arrangements. Smaller businesses were more likely to join for security reasons such as staff lone working. It was noted that many of the larger national stores were part of the scheme and they would pass on incidents and help with imaging and profiling. In the city there were approximately 500 members.

11.4    In relation to marketing it was explained to Councillor Robins that the partnership was a not for profit organisation and therefore was limited on the amount of funds that could be used on marketing; however, much of this already came from work of mouth. There were currently some funds allocated to target growth in Hove where there were fewer members. The partnership was funded through the membership and would be able to take on more staff as the uptake demanded.

11.5    RESOLVED – That the Forum note the presentation and information provided through the questions.