The Community Safety Partnership's objectives, principles and funding
Our objectives
The Partnership aims to keep Richmond as London's safest borough (defined as having the lowest number of crimes per 1000 population). This is set out in the Community Plan and the Local Area Agreement (LAA).
Partnership principles
The partners have adopted the following principles in their approach to community safety and the reduction of crime and disorder:
- Fair and equal access to services and support irrespective of race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation or disability.
- Maintenance of the rule of law in the interests of those who live, travel through, work, visit and invest in the Borough.
- Crime and fear of crime can be most effectively reduced by the statutory, voluntary and private sectors working in partnership with the wider community.
- Responsible and accountable use of technology to gather evidence and intelligence and to respect the privacy of individuals.
- The partnership has an absolute responsibility to make use of information legally, responsibly and with integrity at all times.
- Crime prevented is always better than crime detected.
Partnership funding
Our activities are funded by partner organisations, either by cash budgets or via in kind resources, e.g. a police officer seconded to the Community Safety Partnership Team.