Draft Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan (CSCPP) (Closed)

Posted: 05/11/2018 Closing Date: 01/03/2019 11:40 AM

Introduction

Draft Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan for the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley.

The Shire is working with other agencies to update the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan for Kununurra and Wyndham and want to hear from the community on ideas that should be included in the Plan.

The Plan aims to promote a collaborative approach to crime prevention and safety across all levels of government and the wider community to improve the effectiveness and implementation of the actions and activities identified.

The Shire invites you to read the draft Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan and provide input into its refinement. You can provide your feedback via email, letter, phone or commenting below all feedback will be considered.

Thank you for taking the time to assist with this important Plan.

The draft Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan 2018 is informed by the Shire’s Integrated Planning Framework and aligns with WA Policing Strategies, including the State Community Crime Prevention Plan.

The draft Plan is based on information derived from community and key stakeholder engagement undertaken as part of the renewal of the Strategic Community Plan, Australian Bureau of Statistics demographic data, WA Police crime statistics, previous crime prevention activities undertaken and bench marking and research.

Plan will be designed based on community and stakeholder feedback to:

Enable Council to make informed decisions about community safety priorities;
Capture existing community safety activity undertaken by the Shire and other agencies;
Identify future actions that can be undertaken; and
Provide evidence that will support potential funding opportunities.

Implementation

The Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan (CSCPP) has been developed to integrate with other Shire plans and strategies. The CSCPP will also function as an important document to inform the development of future planning within the Shire. The plan has been written with the understanding that to successfully address community safety issues within a community it requires building partnerships with key organisations, groups and individuals. It also depends upon a multidisciplinary approach across Shire departments to ensure that community safety issues that impact upon the built, natural, economic and social environments of the Shire are addressed.

Addressing Local Priorities

The strategies and actions identified within this Plan will be implemented in close consultation with WA Police and other key stakeholders, to ensure that they complement other local activities and target identified priority areas and communities

Future Review

The Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan will be living documents requiring regular review, instigated by the Shire and contributed to by stakeholders and community members to ensure it remains current and relevant.

Key Priority Areas

The draft Plan has identified four key priority areas

Community Awareness
Safe Physical Environment
Families, Children, Young People
Alcohol and Other Drugs

Based on input and feedback from the community, available crime statistics and the Shire’s current Strategic Community Plan, a number of specific actions and activities have been identified and are incorporated into this Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan.

These actions encompass four key priority areas linked to the Strategic Community Plan:

Key Priority Area 1 - Community Awareness

	Key Priority Area 1 - Community Awareness Purpose: To increase community awareness and understanding of how to prevent crime and maintain and improve safety.
	A major component of community safety and crime prevention is the development of public awareness around key safety messages. With awareness comes an increased community understanding of how to prevent and respond to safety issues and become actively involved in programs and activities that improve safety outcomes within the community.

Key Priority Area 2 - Safe Physical Environment

	Key Priority Area 2 - Safe Physical Environment Purpose: To create environments where people feel safe and that encourage healthy, vibrant, active lives.
	The physical environment impacts on community safety and criminal activity. Creating a safe physical environment can be achieved through the management of public space, building and environmental design, land use and zoning, waste management, street lighting, and provision of recreational services. CCTV is an example of a tool available to assist in the management of public spaces.

Key Priority Area 3 - Families, Children and Young People

Key Priority Area 3 - Families, Children, Young People

Purpose: To support families and improve the outcomes for children and young people helping people make the right choices

Research has identified that many young people who engage in criminal activities have been raised in dysfunctional environments. Their homes are often characterised by poor or absent parenting, alcohol and substance misuse, violence, poverty and joblessness, and chronic instability. What happens to children in the early years has consequences right through the course of their lives. Research in child development suggests that intervening in early childhood, is the most effective time to impact on the future development of children. Early intervention and education can reduce risk factors of young people engaging in antisocial and offending activity and promote positive behaviour.

Key Priority Area 4 - Alcohol and Other Drugs

Key Priority Area 4 - Alcohol and Other Drugs

Purpose: To reduce the incidence of alcohol and drug related harm through both enforcement and awareness raising that engages the whole community.

Drug and alcohol use can have significant consequences that result in crime and erosion of the public confidence in community safety. A significant proportion of the crime and anti-social behaviour is associated with alcohol intoxication. Alcohol intoxication is one of the major factors driving demand for police resources. Research by WA Police indicates that it is a factor in approximately 60 percent of calls for police attendance, and 90 percent of calls between the hours of 10pm and 2am.

Have Your Say - Draft Community Safety Crime Prevention Plan

Have Your Say will contain details and FAQs on how to have your say, the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback.

After consultation the Shire will then present the refined CSCPP to Council for Adoption. Once feedback is gained from the community, The Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley will advertise the adopted Plan

Please comment below to have your say during the drafting period of the above local laws or email mail@swek.wa.gov.au

How can I provide comment about the draft Plan?

Submissions should be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer at the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley by the closing date advised .

You can make a submission electronically or by post, here are the a few different ways you can do this

Post a submission in writing to Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley, Po Box 614 Kununurra WA 6748;
Deliver a submission in writing to our Administration Office, 20 Coolibah Drive Kununurra or the Wyndham Office, Koolama Street, Wyndham 6740;
Send your submission in an email to mail@swek.wa.gov.au

If you simply wish to provide comment on the Plan please use the comment function below.

Contact Details

Phone: 08 9168 4100

Email: mail@swek.wa.gov.au

FAQ's

What is community safety?

Community safety is about people feeling safe. Perceptions of safety, real or perceived, can often impact how safe a person feels and also how they interact within their community. Community safety influences all aspects of daily life: where we live, recreate and socialise, learn, work and participate. It provides a foundation for our long term choices and decision-making processes at the individual, family, community and societal levels. People feel safer when they are connected with their community; when they have confidence in laws and policing; and when they are well informed, engaged in making their own choices and confident in their own abilities and actions.

What is crime prevention

Crime prevention is the attempt to reduce and deter crime from happening. Crime prevention refers to the anticipation, recognition and appraisal of crime risk and the initiation of some action to remove or reduce it.

Why have a Community Safety Plan?

A Community Safety Plan provides an opportunity to coordinate community safety and crime prevention initiatives, identifying, prioritising and addressing issues locally. Some of these issues include: • feeling and being safe in public places • road and pedestrian safety • trail bikes • graffiti/property damage • fire and flood • safety in the home • family violence • drugs and alcohol • risk of injury • bullying • cyber safety and E-Crime • water safety • youth disengagement

What is the Shire’s role in Community Safety Plan?

Given the broad range of functions that local government undertakes and its close relationship with the local community, local government plays a crucial role in leading, facilitating and contributing to targeted community safety and crime prevention strategies, planning and responses at a local level. Whilst primary responsibility for law enforcement and crime prevention rests with State Government agencies such as WA Police, there is also growing recognition that local government is well-placed to lead community crime prevention initiatives. The reasons for this include: • Local government often has existing consultative mechanisms that can be utilised in the coordination of crime prevention responses and problem solving; • There is an increasing community expectation that local government will assume some responsibility for crime issues that affect the local amenity and quality of life; and • Local government is responsible for a range of services related to crime prevention including the management of public space, building and environmental design, land use and zoning, waste management, street lighting and recreational services.

What is the Shire already doing about community safety?

The Shire already provides a number of services that influence both perceived and actual community safety concerns. In particular the Shire delivers community safety service outcomes through its Local Laws and through its designated role in a range of State legislation related to: • Health Act (1911) • Bush Fires Act (1954) • Dog Act (1976) • Control of Vehicles (Off-Road Areas) Act (1978) • Litter Act (1979) • Environmental Protection Act (1986) • Liquor Control Act (1988) • Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 • Emergency Management Act (2005) • Tobacco Products Control Act (2006) • Food Act (2008) • Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act (2007) • Cat Act (2011) • Building Act (2011)

What is the Shire planning to do in the future about community safety?

The Shire is working with other agencies to update the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan. This process will identify what the Shire will do in the future relating to community safety. One of the actions that identified in the development of the Strategic Community Plan and that the Shire is already working to implement is developing an expandable CCTV system in the towns of Kununurra and Wyndham.

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Draft Community Safety Crime Prevention Plan Feedback Form

Draft Community Safety Crime Prevention Plan