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Who are Community Crime Fighters?

Community Crime Fighters are local people that are already active in their community. Volunteers can attend training sessions held across the country.

 

The latest training session was held on the 13th October in Brighton and 20 Thanet residents signed up.

Community Crime Fighters

 

On the day Louise Casey and other government officials delivered key note presentations and delegates had the opportunity to participate in workshops focusing on policing, local authority tools and powers and services for victims of crime and anti-social behaviour. This was also be a great chance to meet with other Thanet residents and like minded individuals from across the region.

 

Nearly 6000 people across the country have been trained as community crime fighters so far and 67% of neighbourhoods now have a community crime fighter representative.

What do Community Crime Fighters do?

Once volunteers have attended the one day training programme they can then go back to their existing forums such as PACT, neighbourhood watch and local action groups, to pass on their extended  knowledge to the community about what they have learnt.

 

Community Crime Fighters in Thanet also get involved with the Community Safety Partnership in the following ways:

 

  • In steering groups,
  • Passing on information to us about local crime concerns,
  • Checking accessibility of our website and accessing crime information,
  • Passing on suggestions for Community payback projects,
  • Giving support to less confident members of the community.

 

There is also an opportunity for Community Crime Fighters to attend a second two day residential training course, at which point they can bid for funding from the Home Office to make a difference for a local concern in their neighbourhood. 35 of these grants have been agreed so far across the country.