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Community Safety Partnerships

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What are Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) and what do they do?

Responsible authorities have a statutory duty to work with other local agencies and organisations to develop and implement strategies to tackle crime and disorder including anti-social and other behaviour adversely affecting the local environment as well as the misuse of drugs in their area. (s6, Crime and Disorder Act 1998 as amended by s97 & s98 Police Reform Act 2002 and s1, Clean Neighbourhoods & Environment Act 2005) and recently the 2009 Policing and Crime Act

The responsible authorities who are legally obliged to work in partnership are :

  • Police
  • Police authorities
  • Local authorities
  • Fire and rescue authorities and
  • Primary care trusts (PCTs) in England (PCTs were added on 30 April 2004).
  • Probation Trusts

These agencies are under a statutory duty to ensure that key agencies come together to work in partnership in a CSP.  They audit crime on an annual basis and produce a strategic assessment which identifies the priorities for the partnership for the next year. The partnership produces a partnership plan based on the strategic assessment which explains how they will take action to reduce crime and disorder in those priority areas.