Issue - meetings

To receive the recommendations from the Community Safety Partnership Working Group.

The Group had before it a *report from the Community Safety Working Group presenting its recommendations.

The Corporate Manager for Public Health, Regulation and Housing explained that the working group had been formed due to Members concerns regarding sexual violence against women and that the working group had subsequently looked at the wider priorities of the Community Safety Partnership.

Consideration was given to:

·         The Council did liaise with the Police through the Community Safety Partnership

·         The Police and Crime Commissioner had recently updated her Police and Crime Plan which put domestic violence at the forefront of policing

·         The Tiverton Police Desk was due to be opened imminently

·         Tiverton High School students had been looking at domestic violence

It was therefore AGREED:

1.    That members have the opportunity to complete the Mental Health First Aid Training in order to enhance and support their community liaison role within communities

2.    That members have the opportunity to receive a regular Community Safety Partnership (CSP) quarterly updates to assist them keep abreast of current CSP themes, projects and achievements.

3.    Officers to provide members with a briefing on Modern Slavery with a local flavour by March 2022

4.    Members agreed that that officers review Mid Devon District Council becoming a ‘Trauma Informed Council’ and potentially adopt a trauma informed approach to future service delivery, which may be based on the Plymouth Trauma Informed City model or other examples and provide a subsequent paper for members to review at its January meeting

(Proposed by Cllr C Collis and seconded by Cllr B Holdman)

Reason for the decision: If the Council does not engage with the Community Safety Partnership there is a risk of failing to meet statutory duties

Note: *report previously circulated and attached to the minutes