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| Action Proposed |
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| Timescale for Delivery and responsible officers/partners |
| 1.0 |
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Determine methods that may be used to catch offenders in the act of committing graffiti. This includes working with other agencies with respect to identification of graffiti tags – via new or existing databases and by working with schools and youth clubs etc |
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Police/Crime Reduction Manager Commence work in April 2007 and it is envisaged this will be on-going. |
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| 1.1 |
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Identify which officers will be given the powers to carry out enforcement ie issuing of FPNs and develop further understanding of the legislation and cost of enforcement. |
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Environmental Services Manager April 2007. |
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| 2.0 |
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Ensure that KPA can increase the number of days they operate to 3 days each side |
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KPA/ABC/SDC April 2007 |
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| 2.1 |
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Ensure council operatives are trained to use the grimebuster when the machine is idle (without offenders) |
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Environmental Services Manager January 2007. |
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| 2.2 |
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Add additional clause in the operating manual to cover use of the machine by council operatives and seek agreement with Ashford Borough Council and KPA |
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Crime Reduction Manager - January 2007 |
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| 3.0 |
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Encourage residents, businesses and utility companies to take ownership and remove their own graffiti |
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Various teams – eg EH/proposed Community Safety Unit/street scene/KPA etc Ongoing from April 2007. |
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| 3.1 |
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Improve processes to ensure private owners remove offensive graffiti, consider actions for non-compliance and develop procedures to prevent council from being held liable for this. |
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Various teams – eg EH/proposed Community Safety Unit/street scene/KPA etc Ongoing from April 2007. |
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| 4.0 |
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Consider alternative means of removing graffiti at height or on slippery slopes (eg specialist contractors – requires budget) |
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Environmental Services Manager January 2007. |
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| 5.0 |
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Work with local community groups (through community engagement processes) to encourage use of hand held kits – (use CDRP funds to purchase kits). |
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Various teams – eg EEOs/proposed Community Safety Unit/KPA/PCSOs/Wardens/YCROs etc Ongoing |
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| 6.0 |
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Work with KPA (Environmental Services/ Customer Services) to devise realistic timescales to complete removal within set standards and in relation to LA BVPIs. In particular to treat complaints as priority if not cleared within 28 days of reporting |
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Various teams – eg Environmental Services/Customer Services/KPA etc February 2007
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| 7.0 |
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Develop current procedure note into an information leaflet and encourage on line reporting / hotline number through publicity. |
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Crime Reduction Manager/ Environmental Services /KPA February 2007 |
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| 8.0 |
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Work with KPA to improve the monthly CD product and monthly report sheets. |
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Crime Reduction Manager / Environmental Services / KPA December 2006 |
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| 9.0 |
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Post simple procedure note for the public on the website. |
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SDC IT / Crime Reduction Manager December 2006 |
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| 10.0 |
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Develop new preventative schemes including involvement of schools. These could engage in carrying out regular audits of the surrounding area. |
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All Key partners Ongoing |
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| 11.0 |
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Carry out surveys to identify “hot spot” areas |
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