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Community safety partnerships

Councils work with partners to deal with community safety issues in a number of ways.


  • emergency planning – ensuring that plans are in place to deal with emergency situations such as flooding, heavy snow and ice, civil unrest or terrorist incidents
  • regulation, licensing and trading standards – such as alcohol and entertainment licenses to help maintain public order, food hygiene certification for businesses to prevent food poisoning
  • contributing to anti-social behaviour strategies through a range of council services including lighting, street cleansing, planning and leisure
  • new governance arrangements for policing and crime strategies including the introduction of police and crime commissioners and police and crime panels.