PROGRESS ON LISPING

Slides from an Intensive Engagement LISP seminar May 2014

Street Drinking – All Saints Ward

LISP

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What was the local issue?

St Andrew’s Church

Polish Food Shops

Crown St compound

Church Car Park

• Reports from local residents relating to drunken / rowdy behaviour started in early 2011

• Included reports of violence, drunk and rowdy groups, and public urination

• Small hotspots within a residential / commercial area just off the current DPPO for Kettering Town Centre

• Crown Street Compound

• St Andrews Church Grounds and car park

• Outside the Polish food shops on Rockingham Road

• Those groups stopped by Officers and PCSO’s were predominately Eastern European males

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Why here?.

Church, compound and car park all situated close to

Eastern European Food Shops

Two Eastern European Shops had opened early 2011 to cater for need

from local Eastern European Community

•Eastern European Community predominantly in this area of All

Saints due to high number of HMO’s (Homes of Multiple Occupancy) and

private rented bedsits

Kettering has three large industrial estates with a

large number of factories open 24/7 – appealing to

transient Eastern European Workforce

External Factors – HMO’s

Homes of Multiple Occupancy

•Predominately aimed at transient workforce / cheap housing

•Legal HMO’s are visited every 6 months by Fire Service and Private Sector Housing at KBC

•Illegal HMO’s are prevalent and are easy money for landlords

•Bed sharing is common among Eastern European shiftworkers – sharing the cost and working opposite shifts – uncontrollable and often difficult to detect

•Eastern European Culture around social gathering

The whole community was affected by this behaviour

“ I have been accosted for money and cigarettes. I felt threatened.”

“Some of the comments are rude and of a sexual nature. I wanted to run away”

“I purposely walk on the other side of the street to avoid them.”

“We clear up litter and human waste most days, the gardens have been vandalised”

Other local businesses were also adversely affected

“I know that I will have to clear up waste and vomit on most mornings..”

“My customers don’t want to come here because of the drunken males

outside…”“ We are too scared to go out and ask

them to move on. They are abusive and rude…”

The Next Step – Police Enforcement and Partnership Support• DPPO area increased to include the

additional area on the All Saints – January 2012

• An A01 was booked on, to enable the area to be patrolled as a hotspot by additional resources

• Section 27 dispersal notices were issued to offenders behaving in a drunk and rowdy manner within the extended DPPO.

• Shops were repeatedly visited by local officers to reiterate responsibilities at license holders

• Language cards in English / Polish produced and issued to area officers to explain stop search, Section 27 powers and requested to disperse.

• Repeat and prolific offenders dealt with by local PC for drink related offences

Test purchasing

Alcohol Harm Reduction Team

Police Licensing team visits

Crime Prevention Visits

Environmental Visual Audits (“Walkabouts”) and Rich Picture

involvement by ward councillors and the KBC Community Safety Team

• Working with KBC, we had the area cleared and a bench removed that was popular for the street drinkers.

• We had signage and stickers produced in seven different languages, placed around the LISP area to explain the alcohol free zone.

• Church gardens are open, with reluctance for them to be locked at any time

• Accessible from Rockingham Road and Crown Street

• Church signage in English and Polish asking for respectful use of church gardens

• The two Eastern European shops reluctantly agreed to display DPPO signs within their premises to raise awareness

• No involvement from other stakeholders and shops – but not through lack of trying!

The Next Step – Community Support

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Outcomes Achieved• Reported ASB ( concerning

street drinking )has reduced • Core complainer has now

been recruited as a police volunteer

• Additional Police Volunteer recruited from Polish Community to further assist with understanding cultural dynamics

• Residents and workers are reporting a decrease in groups loitering and hanging around

• The church have not had recent issues with drink or drug paraphernalia

• Residents realising increased reassurance and confidence through police presence and tangible action

• In December 2013, both shops were requested at a hearing involving Police, Licensing and Trading Standards. Both had their licences revoked, with one shop still appealing the decision and due in court in June 2014.

• An additional shop has since been taken over and is under new management, with stricter licensing terms

• Improved cohesion between partners and the community as a result of the LISP

Additional Considerations – Intensive Engagement

All Saints LISP

• A Working group originating through business stakeholders at Telford Way Industrial Estate (core employer of migrant workers in Kettering).

• To support and establish into a self run community group

• To visit industrial estate employers to assist MGWPS (highways) in their Alcohol Awareness Seminars and incorporate good behaviour clauses within employment contacts

• A bid was made to the Mothers Union based at St Andrews Church (within the LISP) in regards to the potential to provide basic English lessons to less affluent individuals who met certain criteria. Work in progress

• St Andrews Church is looking into further engagement with purposeful translation of posters, adverts, and group classes, using a local stakeholder for translation.

• Potential for further development of groups being ran from the church targeting impoverished families on area, including on the LISP.

• The development of a Street Watch Scheme on the All Saints Ward will work towards a community centric exit strategy

•Street Watch is due to be launched on All Saints in June 2014

•We have had good interest, including residents from the LISP area

•The patrol area includes the LISP area, and surrounding streets.

•All members will be briefed in regards to the ongoing issues on the LISP area

Priority Area 6: Crime Trends and Patterns Report

•The Priority Area is situated within Kettering Town and contains geography of 5 wards; All Saints, Avondale Grange, Northfield, Pipers Hill and William Knibb•The LISP area sits in the centre of the PA6 area

Future considerations

Key Findings

•The local population in PA6 is fairly transient with high numbers of rental properties and a significant shift in the daytime demographic within the priority area; as a result, it will be challenging to engage with local residents

•Although the community in PA6 is diverse, there does not appear to be any significant hate crime issues.

•High levels of environmental deprivation are glaringly apparent in the area; fly tipping in vacant lots and on the street is very common

ViolenceIn 54% of offences, alcohol was

listed as a contributory factor; in a further 18% of crimes it was

uncertain whether alcohol was involved.

PA6 Interventions to be progressed by Kettering SCT

•Large clear ups or waste ground / fly tipping hotspots

• Landlords / private houses / HMO’s

•Improved lighting and security measures in hotspot streets

•Increase of foot and bicycle patrols over peak times

•Use of Special Constabulary

•Recruit volunteers and Street Watch members from PA6 area

•Investigate possibility of local stakeholders becoming involved in skill based training for local people

•Crime Prevention involvement

Risks!!!!

• Seasonal peaks in street drinking and associated behaviour will occur

• We have expressed concerns over possible displacement of the drinking and violent behaviour back towards the homes – potentially becoming more serious incidents of Domestic Abuse

• With the assistance of the PA6, we can analyse the above concerns more in depth.

The Future….

• Previous LISP considerations to be researched and progressed, linked together through the PA6 report

• Business stakeholder group within the LISP / PA6 area linking in with KRCI

• Continued work with Street Watch – LISP contacts who might be interested in joining?

• High vis patrols and visits to remain in place through TIPS ( Targeted Intervention Patrols)

• Continued contact with repeat callers, and ASB victims within the LISP area

• Enhanced Multi Agency / Partnership tasking in terms of Intelligence Enforcement and Prevention

PCSO 7154 Nadia Norman or Insp Richard Tall at Kettering Sector

LISP Spencer.Asian Gold Burglaries.

Crime levels end 2012.

SAC Levels for Asian Victims in Northampton 20/07/2012 -18/08/2012 (30 day period – Ramadan)

36 Total SAC offences - 2 Theft of vehicles 9 Burglary Dwellings 2 Robberies 24 Thefts from Vehicles

The concerns locally were that these trends would continue throughout 2013.

Intensive Community Engagement.

- Rich Picture Sessions in the local community in an attempt to find local solutions and practices to this issue.

- Mosque surgeries. (Presentations

and Crime prevention Leaflet design)

Stake holders.

• Establishing Stakeholders (social capital).

• Residents with a “can do” attitude.• Influential and passionate.• Genuine self-interest.

• Partnership involvement in the LISP. ( Housing, Wardens, etc)

Six elements of responsibility.

• 1. Lowering the hedges.• 2. Secure side gating.• 3. Secure lighting.• 4. Secure doors.• 5. Secure windows.• 6. House alarm. (NSI Approved).

INCENTIVE – SMARTWATER.

Understanding the current needs of the force.

• The whole idea is to get residents to take ownership of an issue in a time where we do not necessarily have an abundance of staff and financial resources.

Outcomes:

• Improves confidence in policing.• Reassurance provided to the local residents.• Area appears aesthetically pleasing to the eye.• “ Critical mass of activity”.• Crime visibly reduced. Asian Gold 78% and other

SAC related offences 16% since the start of the LISP.

• Other local residents adhering to the six elements of responsibility.

• Street watch scheme.

Further Information.

• C7158 Sereno. C7173 Emberton.

PCSO James Herbert

Islington Road, Towcester

ASB and Perceptions

LISP

Reason for LISP, a number of incidents

reported around:

• Alcohol & drug use

• Congregations of large youth groups

• Noise effecting local businesses and groups

• Perceptions around ASB from locals

Location – Islington Road, Towcester

Riverside Centre Community Centre / Vision

Youth Cafe

3 Stakeholder meetings (Dec-Feb).

Equal involvement with all Stakeholders agreeing to take away the following actions:

• CCTV / Lighting

• Clean up of the area

• Youth activities

• Active patrolling of area

• Rich picturing with the young peoples

• Interaction with residents

Working with stakeholders

Rich Picturing – worked with young people 12-15 years at Vision Youth

Café.

They were tasked with designing a picture of the area and look at the issues in more detail, and what can

be done to prevent this.

Rich Picturing

Some of the issues that were highlighted:

• Drugs & Alcohol• Litter• Young people provision• Dog fouling• Lighting

Interactions with the general public and users of the Riverside

Centre via door knocking, speaking with local residents

and leaflet dropping.

Op Fed-up Campaign / Interactions

Results:

• No issues from a lot of locals, as not affected by the issues at the other end of Islington Road

• Riverside users are main victims/callers. There perception of ASB is very different from the majority.

Outcome of the LISP

BEFORE & AFTER

Community Cleanup

Outcome of the LISP• ASB dropped, no reports since 13 March• CCTV installed, better quality for evidential purposes• Increased lighting • Anti-vandal paint used in the area youths were congregating • Barriers were installed to prevent vehicles entering at speed• Enhanced youth activities – Youth Activators and Service Six• Education around perception of ASB to users of the Riverside

Centre• Local intel has been more forthcoming around any drug

activity

Exit StrategyContinue supporting the Stakeholder group by holding regular

meetings throughout the year to maintain the work done by this community involvement.

SPENCER HAVEN

SPENCER HAVEN

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HO Group HO Classification CountCrime

BURGLARY DWELLING ATTEMPTED BURGLARY IN A DWELLING 4

BURGLARY DWELLING BURGLARY IN A DWELLING 5

BURGLARY OTHERBURGLARY IN A BUILDING (NOT DWELLING)

1

CRIMINAL DAMAGE CRIM DAMAGE TO DWELLINGS 1

CRIMINAL DAMAGE CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO VEHS 6

OTHER OFFENCES ROWDY/INCONSIDERATE BEHAVIOUR 20

TOTAL 37

The results indicate the amount of crime that

occurred over a two year period. Nearly all those

burglaries occurred in the last 6 months of 2013.

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Spencer Haven is essentially, a geographical cluster of

Sheltered Housing, where vulnerable people live. This includes the elderly, hard of hearing or deaf, people with learning difficulties or mental

health problems. Some of these residents are house

bound or suffer with dementia/ Alzheimer’s. Some of these have fallen victim to those

Burglaries.

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Their issues How we saw the problem

Putting the mind maps next to each other there were some clear similarities, which helped us to see how wemight be able to tackle not only the crime aspect that had hit the location, but some of the issues raised around

communication as well.

Before the multi agency work After

By cutting back the bushes trimming the tree’s provided better visibility, a sense of belonging

After a consultation with the deaf community these cards were designed, and over2000 have been distributed. From the same consultation training on dealing with the

Deaf, Autism and those with speak impediments, was requested to be included. Training has since been provided on best practise on communication and

Understanding, which was provided by the charities themselves, in what is known asPVP training.

To improve security each home was provided with some security devices, which were provide by all stakeholders. Such as sticker, leaflets, door and window alarms, door chains and mirrors, purse bells, key safes, and better

security front and rear doors, repaired garden fencing and Smartwater. These measures were welcomedas some had been victims more than once.