Decision details

To endorse the Bracknell Forest Serious Violence Strategy 2024 and governance arrangements for implementation of the strategy.

RESOLVED that:

       i.         The Bracknell Forest Serious Violence Strategy 2024-2027 be endorsed.

     ii.         A more detailed Action Plan be compiled which will be subject to review and

approval by the Executive Director together with the portfolio holder Cllr Iskandar Jefferies.

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 introduced a Serious Violence

Duty on specified authorities within a local government area. As part of the Duty, a

strategy is required to be prepared, publicised and implemented:

‘In order to prepare and implement a strategy for exercising their functions to prevent

and reduce serious violence in the area, the partnership must collectively develop a

strategy which should outline the multi-agency response that the partnership will take

to address the drivers identified in the strategic needs assessment’.

No alternative options have been considered for the following reasons:

•       The Duty is laid down in law

•       This first Serious Violence Strategy for Bracknell Forest is a commitment to work effectively across organisational and professional boundaries to deliver a truly multi-agency approach. It is vital that relevant services work together, share information and target interventions effectively.

•       Serious violence reduction and prevention is a multi-agency process which is

best co-ordinated through a strategy

•       Serious violence has a devastating impact on lives of victims and families, instils fear within communities and is extremely costly to society.

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