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If you would like to talk to us about our work, or would like help and advice, please get in touch.

The Community Safety Team

Karen Dawes - Community Safety Manager

I manage the Community Safety Team based at East Hampshire District Council and also co-ordinate the East Hampshire Community Safety Partnership.
Our main purpose is to ensure that we are working on the quality of life issues which the community have told us about.
I chair two monthly meetings called CTCG (Community Tasking and Coordinating Group) for Petersfield and the surrounding area and South of Butser (which includes Clanfield, Horndean and Rowlands Castle). These multi agency meetings discuss anti social behaviour and criminal damage and agree actions to tackle any issues.
I work closely with Councillor Mrs Hilary Ayer, the Chairman of the East Hampshire Community Safety Partnership. Together we ensure that the partnership is well informed and working as effectively as possible.
I ensure we have processes in place to provide regular feedback to Councillors, communities and other agencies and organisations. From April 2010 this feedback will include quarterly news letters and articles in Screaming Out Loud and Partners Magazine. I also ensure we capture the work of the partnership so that we can report upon it and monitor performance.
I coordinate the strategic assessment and community safety action plan process. This means that we regularly review crime trends in the district and ensure we are working on the right priorities.

Direct dial 01730 234167
Email karen.dawes@easthants.gov.uk

Laura Crassweller Youth Crime Prevention Officer  

Also known as  YCP Case Officer

Laura - direct dial 01730 234188
Laura mobile 07872 827321
Email laura.crassweller@easthants.gov.uk 

I work with young people aged between 10 and 16 years at risk of offending. We also work with parents of young people. Our work includes anger-management classes, diversionary schemes, positive-parenting classes, after-school clubs and help with low self-esteem. We are in touch with agencies in the area that are likely to come into contact with such young people (eg all junior schools). Young people should be referred through an agency or organisation (eg school nurse), although the parent of the young person can contact either one of us to discuss a possible referral.

Police Officers Jo Utting and Helen Murphy

We are an important link between police, EHDC and other partner agencies.
We chair the monthly CTCG meetings in Alton and surrounding areas and Whitehill and surrounding areas and also coordinate Civil ASBOs.
Once an area has been identified as needing targeted action, we invite relevant agencies/organisations and key community members and leaders to come together to decide on an appropriate plan of action.
We organise CREW events and support Make a Difference Days where we try to involve as many community groups as we can. These events include for example litter picks, graffiti clear up, speed and parking enforcement, the use of the unpaid work team (e.g painting garages, cutting hedges), Hampshire Fire and Rescue conducting free home fire safety checks, healthy eating and giving up smoking education.
We train people on the use of a system called Safety Net. This system enables people from different organisations who are working on the same case to access that case via this one system on the internet and update it. This ensures that all parties know what everyone is doing to help resolve the issue.