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Community safety
Our Safer and stronger communities board supports councils and fire authorities on a range of community safety issues to ensure the protection of their communities and residents.
In this section:
About community safety
14 February 2012
Community safety is not just an issue for police and fire and rescue authorities. Councils contribute in a variety of ways.
Preparing for police and crime panels, November 2012
8 December 2011
Summary of LGA – Association of Police Authorities (APA) conference breakout surgeries, 19 October 2011
Information sharing protocol on prisoner releases to help reduce re-offending
28 November 2011
The Local Government Association (LGA), the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) have recently agreed a protocol.
Making the link: community safety and mental health
24 November 2011
Ninety per cent of prisoners in the UK have one diagnosed mental health disorder and 70 per cent are said to have two or more. These were just some of the facts that were highlighted by Chris Williams, Senior Adviser at the LGA, who spoke at the Community Safety and Mental Health conference.
Latest updates on gangs and civil disturbances
25 November 2011
Here is the latest news in relation to gangs and civil disturbances for November.
Highlights from this year's Safer Communities conference
25 November 2011
This year's Local Government Association (LGA) annual community safety conference was themed ‘Community safety partnerships – change and renewal'. Here is an account of two sessions that took place at this event on 8 November 2011.
Nick Herbert at the Police and Crime Commissioners conference
24 November 2011
The Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP, Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice, spoke at our joint Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) event with the Association of Police Authorities on 19 October.
