Crime and Safety
Current Priorities
- Anti-social Behaviour,
- Bullying, and
- Drugs / Alcohol abuse (including under age drinking).
Timeline
September - CYCLe meeting: Bring in information and give the group an update as to what is good and bad and whether or not it was easy or hard to find the information.
We will also have a speaker from the police (Sally Brooks) who is going to speak to us more specifically about drugs and answer any questions that the group may have.
October - CYCLe meeting: Present the group with the finished findings of the research along with 2 suggested long term goals
November - CYCLe meeting: Review aims and objectives to set more detailed long term goals and also set a time-line for the following months.
September Update
At this meeting Sally Brooks came along from the police who deals specifically with drugs. She was able to offer the group some drugs awareness training. The group felt that it would be most beneficial to extend this training to other young people with the PoP who are also tackling the issue of drugs. At the moment we are working on setting a date for this training.
With regards to anti-social behaviour, it has been suggested that we try a "positive campaign". The idea of the is to publicise facts about have few young people are involved in anti-social behaviour. For example, The could be a sign on the side of a bus that says "97% of young people DONT commit crime". The group felt that this was a good idea as they said that from their experience anti-social behaviour is as much about perception as anything else. We will be hoping to liase with another office from the police to discuss this idea further.