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Priority 1 - Violence in the night-time economy

Violence in Nightime economy campaign

Aim

To tackle late night disorder, provide effective licensing and reduce all violent offences, in particular, violence in a public place.

Objectives 2009 – 2012

  • To reduce violent crime (NI015 • Serious violent crime rate)

  • Kent Police and Thanet District Council licensing officers will work together to carry out operations and monitor licensed premises

  • To reduce assaults with injury (NI020 Assault with injury crime rate)

  • Improve perceptions around safety in the night-time economy (NI041 Perceptions of drunk or rowdy behaviour as a problem and County Agreement)

Delivery of these objectives

Tackle late night disorder

The tactical group will direct enforcement operations through Kent Police and Thanet District Council and will look to plan preventative

initiatives through the Community Safety Unit.

Provide effective licensing

Kent Police and Thanet District Council licensing officers will work together to ensure that this is the case.

Reduce violence offences

The tactical group will co-ordinate resources to tackle violence offences. The group will also look to task the Community Safety Unit with projects that will target and reduce incidents in the worse affected areas.

 

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