RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)     notes the success of the Community Safety Partnership to date and the outcome of consultation and engagement with the Partnership and its constituent members in respect of the proposed Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy 2025-28;

(b)   notes the individual recommendations from the Community Leaderships Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 28^th January 2025, and considers whether to endorse the Portfolio Holder’s proposed responses to those five recommendations;

(c)     notes the findings of the assessment to inform the Crime and Safety Partnership’s four priorities for the District of Tendring and agrees that these priorities, as set out below, should form the Council’s strategic priorities;

1.   Tackling ASB and the root causes of ASB

2.   High Harm Violence (with a focus on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Domestic Abuse)

3.   Drug and knife enabled Serious Violence (Gangs and County Lines)

4.   Emerging threats and Trends (i.e. Shoplifting, Vehicle Crime, Arson & Criminal Damage)

(d)  approves the Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy 2025 – 2028, as set out in Appendix A, in accordance with Section 6 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, for recommendation onto Full Council for adoption as part of the Council’s Policy Framework.