What We Do
Community Safety at Hart is under the umbrella department of Community and Partnerships, which covers various customer-focused initiatives throughout the council.
Community Safety is concerned with working on a multi agency level to tackle issues, which affect people’s quality of life within the Hart District.
The 'Safer Hart' Partnership is concerned primarily with reducing crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour and consists of more than 20 partnership agencies, acting in proactive and retrospective initiatives.
The much-publicised issue of anti-social behaviour falls under the remit of Community Safety. ‘Safer Hart’ has a part time Anti-Social Behaviour Caseworker, who works with various partnership agencies to reduce lower level offending behaviour, which while not necessarily an arrestable offence, can contribute greatly to a person’s quality of life and fear of crime.
Community Safety is also responsible for the overseeing of the CCTV operation, which has 4 full time Operators, and 3 part time Operators who work 12-hour shifts manning the CCTV control room 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) is concerned with the reduction of Crime and Disorder, increasing Health, Education and Transport provisions and maintaining and protecting the environment.