The Staffordshire Commissioner has backed a national campaign aiming to highlight the impact of anti-social behaviour.
Know Your Rights is the theme of the 2023 Anti-Social Behaviour Week which will run until 9th July
The initiative will highlight the case review – previously known as the community trigger – which allows victims to request action if they have reported multiple incidents but are unhappy with the response they have received.
In Staffordshire, a new approach has been put in place which will see reviews examined by an independently chaired panel who will make recommendations to police, councils and housing providers.
Staffordshire Commissioner Ben Adams said:
“We’ve seen a reduction in anti-social behaviour in recent years, but it remains a priority for me and I welcome this week’s national focus on tackling an issue which can be harmful to victims and communities.
“The anti-social behaviour case review process can be invaluable in giving victims a voice, and the new approach taken across Staffordshire will bring a consistent approach to how such cases are managed.
“Police, councils, housing associations and others all work together to tackle anti-social behaviour through community safety partnerships, and I’ve committed funding to strengthen these, as where problems are repeated, people can feel unsafe in their own neighbourhoods.
“My office is leading on a range of initiatives to drive down anti-social behaviour even further. I’m looking forward to more people being able to enjoy their neighbourhoods and public spaces with less nuisance, vandalism and threat as a result of our interventions.”
Staffordshire Commissioner Ben Adams
Among the projects taking place in Staffordshire in a bid to reduce anti-social behaviour are the summer Space programme for young people and the community remedy initiative designed to give victims of low-level crime a greater say in how offenders are dealt with.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said:
“It is one of my top priorities to drive down anti-social behaviour which has a real negative impact on people’s wellbeing and sense of safety in their own neighbourhoods.
“I want to see common-sense policing that delivers swift justice for victims and real consequences for perpetrators.
“I am pleased to see the commitment from police forces to ensure our Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan is implemented in every community across the country, making streets safer for all.”
Suella Braverman
More police patrols in the roads and streets. More action against bad drivers and noise. There are no speed or road cameras in Lichfield, it is absurd.
People will try to get away with stuff if they think there are no repercussions and the sheer presence of police can be a deterrent! Not rocket science, make me commissioner.
“Staffs Police have been worst in England in answering 999 calls so they have just recruited 50 more people to answer the phones”. Source BBC Midlands Today TV 6.30 last night. Shame on you Mr Adams you are clutching at straws- seeking positive PR where it is not merited. You are ignoring the basics like lack of police on patrol & answering the phone!
Reopen the local police stations, recruit more police and have them doing foot patrols, get tough with young trouble makers at school, stop feral families having child after child, reopen borstal units, have proper punishment for persistent thugs, gain the upper hand with do gooders and meddling defence lawyers – basically undoing all of the bad decisions of the last 5/6 decades that have created this unlawful cesspit of anti social behaviour of modern life that blights the world of ordinary law abiding citizens.