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Appendix 1.
Community Protection Team Range or Responsibilities
• Anti-social behaviour
• Noise nuisance
• Pollution & verminous properties
• Drains
• Public Space Protection Order
• Issuing Fixed Penalty Notices
• Organised crime groups
• Gangs & exploitation
• Supporting the Safer Maidstone Partnership
• Animal welfare licensing
• Safety Advisory Group
• Gypsy/holiday home site licensing
• Unauthorised encampments on MBC land
In addition to this reactive work the team also undertakes a significant amount of proactive and preventative work to safeguard the most vulnerable within the borough. This includes, in the last 12 months:
· Implementation and management of the new Public Realm CCTV system
· Improved management of our Mobile CCTV assets and their deployment with Kent Police CSU
· Administration of the Weekly Community Safety Vulnerabilities Group
· Chairing the Maidstone Domestic Abuse Forum and supporting the provision of support services, including the One Stop Shops
· Co-chairing the District Contextual Safeguarding Meeting
· Participating in the Local Children’s Partnership Group for Maidstone
· Administration of the Police Crime Commissioner’s annual Community Safety fund, making c£15k of funding available to support local projects, including Maidstone Street Pastors and awareness programs for kids around gangs, violence and personal resilience
· Engagement with the Serious Organised Crime Panel to successfully disrupt 3 recognised Organised Crime Groups and to target County Line activity
· Obtained funding from the Kent Violence Reduction Unit for funding projects and initiatives including:
- Emergency Trauma Packs for key locations around the town
- A new knife bar and two knife wands
- 2 new rapid deployment cameras
- Youth Safety Survey (postponed till October 2020)
· Supported the Outreach Team in dealing with entrenched street population, including the removal of a homeless camp underneath Sainsbury’s in the Town Centre.
· Hosting a partnership “sites of interest” meeting for complex sites with criminal, planning and environmental concerns
· Introduced a more efficient Safety Advisory Group process to allow event organisers to seek advice on how to run their events safely and reducing the need for meetings
· introduced new animal welfare legislation in relation to animal activities, including new processes for home boarding, assessing them against new criteria and awarding star ratings as follows
· Played pivotal role in the post lockdown “Town Centre re-opening” task force for both day time and night time economies
· Reviewed both the Town Centre and Dog Control PSPOs