Information Classification: CONTROLLED Tackling environmental crime together Community Enforcement Partnership Pilot Cornwall Council James Peck Neighbourhoods Directorate
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Environmental challenges • ‘You are not doing enough’ - from local councils • Residents survey results: 58% of residents felt environmental nuisance* was a very or fairly big problem in their local area’. *Environmental nuisance: fly tipping, dog fouling, littering
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Environmental challenges • Large, rural county (1,376 sq miles) • 400 miles of remote coastline • 536,000 population • 213 Parish/Town Councils • 9 dog wardens reduced to 4 • 7 Community & Environmental Enforcement Officers • Ongoing budget cuts to front line enforcement staff
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Understanding our communities • Attended Community Network Panel meetings • Combined visits with town and parish councils to problem areas • Combined high visibility enforcement patrols with town and parish councils
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Our aim “To engage and empower local communities to better tackle environmental nuisance/crime and to create a more green and prosperous Cornwall”
Information Classification: CONTROLLED What our communities wanted Education Enforcement Reporting
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Education
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Environmental Fixed Penalty Notices • DEFRA • Littering: £150 • Dog Fouling: £100 • Fly tipping: £400
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Campaign activity • Litterless Cornwall • 1,400 online pledges • Changing behaviour • Collects emails to retarget those residents with important environmental messaging that they then share and amplify on social media. • Cornwall’s anti - litter movement
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Targeted Signage
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Reporting (Community Involvement)
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Online reporting
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Online reporting
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Incident Report Cards for Town and Parish Councils • New non-contact Enforcement tool • Co-designed with Launceston and Bodmin Town Councils • To record key details relating to a littering, dog fouling or fly tipping incident • Can enable the service of a postal fixed penalty notice if accurate detail is provided. • Further evidence: dash cameras
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Incident Report cards The launch of the Incident Report Cards has been extremely well received by Launceston Town Council. It is an excellent scheme and shows really strong partnership working between the two organisations’ Chris Drake – Clerk for Launceston Town Council
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Incident Report Card - Testimonial “This scheme enables positive action to be taken against those very few individuals who persist in this disgusting behaviour (dog fouling) which is a health hazard to all .” Chris Bell – Clerk for St Day Parish Council
Information Classification: CONTROLLED What has been done so far • Hosted 14 countywide training events • Engaged with 82/ 213 town and parish councils • 33 local councils currently implementing the scheme.
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Enforcement (Increasing Capacity)
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Multi-skilled enforcement officers • Trained & authorised 9 Civil Parking Enforcement Officers • Authorised to issue: • Penalty charge notices (PCNs) for parking offences • Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for littering, dog fouling and ‘dogs on beaches’
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Interest from communities to provide additional multi-skilled enforcement patrolling • 2019 - deployed 3 multi-skilled civil parking enforcement officers funded by Hayle, St Ives, St Miner Highlands/Lowlands town/parish Councils • Interest from 10 other town/parish councils for 2020 • Currently upgrading current parking-only SLAs
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Multi-skilled enforcement officer “To be in one area for the whole summer has meant I’ve been able to build good relationships with the locals and tourists , who quite often come back year after year.” Kim Tyler Woods- Multi-skilled officer operating in St Minver Highlands and Lowlands
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Multi-skilled enforcement officer The multi-skilled enforcement service was a highly effective example of joint working. For the first year since their introduction, the dog control orders were enforced. ” Louise Dwelly - Support Services Manager, St Ives Town Council
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Authorising Town and Parish council staff with fixed penalty notice powers • City, town and parish council personnel authorised to issue ‘on the spot’ Fixed Penalty Notices • Name and address powers (Community Safety Accreditation scheme) • Provision of monthly, full-day training sessions • ‘Dealing with violence and aggression’ training and officer shadowing opportunities • On-line access to FPN and patrol activity statistics
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Achieved • Trained and authorised 120 city, town and parish council personnel with fixed penalty notice powers. • Currently training on average 15 personnel every month • Implementation of new enforcement support courses.
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Authorising Town and Parish Councils “The training was delivered to a high standard and this now allows me to assist our residents , educate the public , and most importantly, protect our town . I highly recommend the Fixed Penalty Notice training delivered by Kevin .” Sinead Burrows- Head of Administration and Library Services, Saltash Town Council
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Community engagement successes • Established closer working relations with town/parish councils • Shared ownership and shared solutions • Strengthened community power • Satisfied communities • Increased enforcement capacity • Changing community behaviours • Sustainable service delivery ✓ c
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Many thanks
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