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Not in my Neighbourhood Week
As part of the ‘Not in My Neighbourhood Week’, which runs from
14 to 17 October 2008, the Safer Community Partnership, which
includes North Yorkshire Police, Scarborough Borough Council, North
Yorkshire County Council, and the Fire Brigade, have joined
together with local agencies to encourage local people to join
forces with them to say no to local crime and
anti-social behaviour.
Not in My Neighbourhood Week
is a Home Office initiative and its key aims are to:
- Increase awareness of what the police and local agencies are
doing to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
- Increase public confidence in the work of the police and local
agencies are doing to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and
make their communities safer.
- Encourage the public to engage with the police and local
agencies and play their part in tackling crime and anti-social
behaviour.
- Engage local and regional media and encourage them to support
the work that will be taking place locally.
The main activities for the week will be based in the Eastfield,
Filey, Woodlands, Castle and Whitby West Cliff wards within the
Borough. The activities will involve North Yorkshire Police;
Scarborough Borough Council’s Environmental Services, Technical
Services and Tourism and Culture; Fire Brigade; Yorkshire Coast
Homes; Sanctuary Housing; Youth Service; Education Department, and
the Courts Service.
Activities during the week
include:
Eastfield – Monday 13 October
- Truancy sweeps involving
police and educational social workers
- Joint visits by the
police/Yorkshire Coast Homes/Sanctuary Housing to residents
- Mobile police station in
High Street
- High visibility
patrols
- Removal of graffiti
- Halloween (trick or treat)
postcards to be delivered to vulnerable people and promoted in
local schools
- Fire Brigade activity
including offer of free smoke detectors and home risk
assessment
- Tree pruning to improve
lighting
Woodlands - Tuesday 14 October
- Truancy sweeps involving
police and educational social workers
- School visits by
police
- Joint licensing visits
involving police and council staff
- Warrant execution
- Removal of graffiti
- Joint visits by
police/Yorkshire Coast Homes/Sanctuary Hosing to residents
- Tree pruning to improve
lighting
- High visibility police
patrols
- Fire Brigade activity
including offer of free smoke detectors and home risk
assessment
Castle – Wednesday 15 October
- High visibility police
patrols
- Truancy sweeps involving
police and educational social workers
- Joint licensing visits
involving police and council staff
- Distribution of mini
personal alarms to females in area due to increased purse thefts in
the town centre
- Joint visits by
police/Yorkshire Coast Homes/Sanctuary Housing to residents
- Removal of graffiti
- Fire Brigade activity
Filey – Thursday 16 October
- Use of library as police
base for the day
- Neighbourhood Watch
activity
- Truancy sweeps involving
police and educational social workers
- Halloween cards to
vulnerable areas and people
- Increased motor patrol
activity
- Fire Brigade activity
Whitby – Friday 17 October
- High visibility police
patrols
- Truancy sweeps involving
police and educational social workers
- Dealing with street
drinking issues
- Joint work between
Cambridge Centre, 4 Youth (North Yorkshire County Council’s youth
service) and police
- Graffiti removal
- Fire Brigade activity
Barry Graham, Crime
Reduction and Anti-Social Behaviour Co-ordinator for the Safer
Community Partnership, said:
“The most important people
in reducing crime, the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour
within the Borough are local residents. They are the people
who can provide the information to the police or other agencies to
stop offenders, ensure prosecutions, and reduce anti-social
behaviour by reporting problems at an early stage.”
Anyone requiring Home Risk
Assessment by the Fire Brigade should contact Scarborough Fire
Station (Tel: 01723 374433) or Whitby Fire Station
(Tel: 01947 824080).
Yorkshire Coast Homes and
Sanctuary Housing are offering the removal of bulky items, free of
charge, to residents on the Eastfield estate, Barrowcliff estate
and in Castle ward. Residents of the housing associations
have been advised how they can avail themselves of this service;
collections must be pre-booked.
Further information about
the week can be obtained from Barry Graham, Safer Community
Partnership, Tel: 01723 232326 or by email to barry.graham@scarborough.gov.uk
Information on the week is
also available on the Home Office website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/.