Policing & Community Safety Partnership

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Background

Policing & Community Safety Partnerships (PCSP) have been established with a clear remit under the Justice (NI) Act 2011, bringing together and further developing the functions previously undertaken by the local Community Safety and District Policing Partnerships - building on the successes of each, whilst operating in a more streamlined fashion to identify and address the issues of policing and community safety concern within our District.

Funded by the Department of Justice, the Northern Ireland Policing Board and Cookstown District Council the overall aim of Cookstown PCSP is to identify issues of community safety concern that matter to people and deliver targeted initiatives in response to alleviate concerns.

At the centre of the process is a Policing Committee which undertakes the business of the Partnership and provides a platform for monitoring police performance within the District. The overall PCSP, supported by Task & Finish Groups, will focus on delivering initiatives and taking action to address issues of concern within neighbourhoods.

Cookstown Policing & Community Safety Partnership

The Council is responsible for setting up and facilitating local activity surrounding the Policing & Community Safety Partnership. It is made up of 8 Councillors from Cookstown District Council, 7 Independent Members from the local community appointed through a public appointments process and a number of statutory agencies as designated by the Department of Justice.

The period since it's establishment has been taken up with appointing the Independent Members and working with the statutory agencies as identified by the Department of Justice. Time has also been taken to develop a Partnership Development Plan to guide its work within the twelve month establishment period. Given that only the Councillors and Independent Members have been officially appointed since the establishment date the following will be completed as new Members are announced.

Councillors
Cllr J McNamee (SF)*	Cllr S Clarke (SF)	Cllr C McElhone (SF)
Cllr C Mallaghan (SF)	Cllr T Quinn (SDLP)	Cllr J McGarvey (SDLP)
Cllr T Wilson (UUP)	Cllr M Lees (DUP)

Independent Members
Elizabeth Baxter**	Wilbert Buchanan	Marie-Claire Devlin
Mark Farquhar	Gary Harkness	Ursula Marshall
Grace Meerbeek

Statutory Members (proposed)
Probation Board NI	Youth Justice Agency	NI Housing Executive
PSNI	NI Fire & Rescue Service	Education & Library Board
Northern Health & Social Care Trust

* Cllr McNamee is the PCSP Chairperson, 2012-13 including the Policing Committee

** Mrs Baxter is PCSP Vice-Chairman, 2012-13 including the Policing Committee

Our Strands of Work

The Partnership works towards making our community even safer for all to enjoy by focusing on the policing and community safety concerns that matter the most across the district. General functions include a requirement to:

Consult & Engage with the communities on issues relating to policing and community safety and bringing these matters to the attention of the PSNI Area Commander, where relevant

Identify & Prioritise issues of concern and respond by taking action to tackle the issues identified

Monitor police performance and work to gain assistance of the public with the police to prevent crime

Deliver a series of interventions through programmes and initiatives with the overall aim of reducing crime and enhancing community safety by working with a range of statutory, business, community and voluntary organisations

These functions will be undertaken through the overall PCSP structure with our governance arrangements including policing committee meetings, overall PCSP meetings and task and finish group meetings. The PCSP will periodically report back to Council and the Joint Committee of the Department of Justice.

We will update you with progress on our work through these pages as the PCSP continues to develop.

PCSP Minutes & Publications

Minutes

Policing Committee	PCSP	Public Meetings	Task & Finish
Minutes 16 May 2012
Minutes 21st June 2012
Minutes 26th July 2012

Publications

Equality Scheme

The PCSP is currently consulting on its draft Equality Scheme, Audit of Inequalities and Action Plan . All documents can be accessed below. Comments should reach the PCSP Office using any of the contact details listed within the documents by Monday 14th January 2013.

Letter to Equality Consultees Nov 2012

Draft PCSP Equality Scheme 2013 - 2015 November 2012

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Draft PCSP Audit of Inequalities & Action Plan 2013-2015 November 2012

Partnership Plans & Business Documents 2012-2013

Cookstown PCSP Interim Plan April-Sept 2012

Cookstown PCSP Interim Plan October 2012-March 2013