National Liberal Democrat News - East Riding Liberal Democrats

Making a difference in Portsmouth

Lib Dem Portsmouth City Council decided some years ago that action to fight crime must be evidence-based and that all members of the Safer Portsmouth Partnership (officers, councillors and other organisations) must work closely together. Staff from outside agencies are co-located within the council offices alongside the Community Safety team. Rigorous scrutiny and research are carried out in order to be sure that the services provided are the right ones -including working with Portsmouth University.

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by Cllr. Lynne Stagg, Portsmouth City Council

18 Sep 2012

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Working together to help vulnerable people

Nationally, the police estimate that they get a call every minute from someone who is a victim of domestic abuse.

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by Cllr. Lisa Brett, Bath and North East Somerset and Lib Dem member, LGA Safer Communities Board

18 Sep 2012

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Community Justice - how it works in Sheffield

The Community Justice Team (CJT) has been in operation in Sheffield since May 2009 and was a Liberal Democrat initiative in the city led by Cllr Paul Scriven, then council leader, following the pioneering work carried out in Somerset. The team consists of a Community Justice Team Coordinator (paid employee of Sheffield City Council) and 40 Volunteer Facilitators. The volunteers are recruited, selected, trained and mentored by the Coordinator. The Coordinator and Facilitators use Restorative Justice to resolve disputes and repair harm. The service is victim focussed but involves liaising with both victims and wrong-doers, together with their supporters, to come to a satisfactory conclusion. In essence, the victim drives the process.

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by Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, Leader of the Opposition, Sheffield City Council

18 Sep 2012

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Newcastle - a proud Lib Dem record of action on Anti-Social Behaviour

Under the Liberal Democrats, we made sure that Newcastle City Under the Liberal Democrats, we made sure that Newcastle City Council took tackling Anti Social Behaviour seriously, adopting a 'Victim Approach To Anti-Social Behaviour'.

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by Cllr Anita Lower, Newcastle City Council and Lib Dem member, LGA Safer Communities Board

18 Sep 2012

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Police Commissioners? Don’t panic!

There's lot of talk about the Police and Councils and communities There's lot of talk about the Police and Councils and communities because of the Police Commissioner elections. My guess is that it won't make a scrap of difference and that what we need to be doing now is what we should have been doing for years -work with and engage the Police in what you and the community are doing!

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by Cllr. Richard Kemp, Liverpool City Council

18 Sep 2012

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The Somerset Story - Restorative Justice

Community Restorative Practice began in Somerset in 2003 when I launched a campaign for Community Justice. I described the need as "moving back to the days when volunteers sat in Justice over their peers, now called Magistrates but lost is the local community element of the work that Magistrates used to be responsible for."

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by Cllr Jill Shortland, Chair of the LGA Liberal Democrat Group

18 Sep 2012

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