Performance Information

This illustration shows the structure of the Partnership:

  • Partnership Board
  • Delivery Board
  • Performance Challenge
  • Task and Finish Groups
  • Sub groups to Task and Finish Groups as necessary

Partnership Board

The Partnership Board fulfils the duties of a Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) as set out within the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

The Police and Crime Act 2009 now extends these duties to include a duty to implement a strategy to reduce re-offending by adult and young offenders and to take reducing re-offending into account when exercising their functions (Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998).

The Partnership Board is chaired by Chris Strickland, Deputy Chief Fire Officer of Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service. This board provides strategic direction for the work of the Partnership by:

  • Assessing the needs within the area
  • Overseeing all planning and strategy
  • Establishing the performance targets
  • Resource management
  • Delivery of the Safer and Stronger elements of the Local Area Agreement
  • Compliance with the national guidance in relation to crime, drugs and anti social behaviour
  • Commission of drug treatment services

Delivery Board

This Board is chaired by Adrian Chapman, Head of Neighbourhoods at Peterborough City Council. This Board carries out, on behalf of the Partnership Board, the following:

  • Setting up Task and Finish Groups as needed to deliver the Partnership Plan
  • Monitor the performance of the Task and Finish Groups against agreed performance targets and approved action plans
  • Report to the Partnership Board on a regular basis, identifying issues, challenges and barriers and seeking their guidance and direction in addressing these issues
  • Oversee the allocation of financial resources

Performance Challenge Meeting

This group, made up of performance leads from the partnership and the theme leads for each priority area, meets between the Task and Finish Groups and the Delivery Board each month to allow a thorough scrutiny of the performance for the previous month. 

Task and Finish Groups

Task and Finish Groups exist for the key priority areas of partnership business and other key areas of activity. Each Task and Finish Group has a theme lead responsible for leading delivery in that area and producing an action plan. The Task and Finish Groups are:

  • Serious Acquisitive Crime – Detective Chief Inspector, Cambridgeshire Constabulary
  • Anti Social Behaviour –  Peterborough City Council
  • Arson – Cambs Fire and Rescue Service 
  • Domestic Abuse – Peterborough City Council
  • Serious Sexual Violence – NHS Peterborough
  • Violent Crime –Cambridgeshire Constabulary
  • Hate Crime, Peterborough Racial Equality Council
  • Road Safety – Peterborough City Council
  • Integrated Offender Management – Peterborough City Council
  • Adult Drug and Alcohol Joint Commissioning Group – NHS Peterborough

The purpose of the Task and Finish Groups is to:

  • To use intelligence led problem solving to develop action plans that will facilitate performance against the Partnership Plan
  • To monitor performance against targets within the Partnership Plan
  • To report performance, using provided templates, to the Delivery Board on a monthly basis
  • To identify necessary funding to deliver the agreed action plans
  • To report problems and blockages to the Delivery Board to allow support to be provided to the Task and Finish Group
  • To form sub groups where necessary for a distinct area of business

Out of Court Punishments LATEST: December 2011: A 29 year-old male made threats to punch another in a pub and was racially abusive to him. He was charged with racially aggravated common assault and racially aggravated Intentional Harassment. He received a 12 month suspended imprisonment sentence, a curfew for eight weeks and 150 hours unpaid work. Condition: He was fined £85 costs and made to pay £100 in compensation.

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