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Community
Development and Safety Committee
02 December
2015
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Update on
safety activities
File No.: CP2015/26108
Purpose
1. To update the
Community Development and Safety Committee on community safety activity, as
requested by the chairperson.
Executive
Summary
2. Arts, Community
and Events (ACE) facilitate the delivery of community safety activities to
prevent injuries, crime, family violence, and graffiti vandalism as well as
initiatives to support people experiencing homelessness and youth to make safe
choices regarding drug use.
3. This update outlines recent Community Safety
activity, including the graffiti prevention survey scores, Operation Speedo,
Safe Zone and the White Ribbon Campaign.
4. Continuity
planning is in place to ensure safety work continues under the new Community
Empowerment unit, in line with the empowered communities approach.
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Recommendation/s
That the Community Development
and Safety Committee:
a) receive the
community safety update report.
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Comments
5. Arts, Community
and Events (ACE) facilitates the delivery of community safety activities in the
following areas:
· graffiti vandalism prevention
· injury prevention
· homelessness
· family violence prevention
· alcohol and drug harm minimisation
· environmental safety and place making
6. This update outlines recent Community Safety activity,
including graffiti prevention survey scores, Operation
Speedo, the Safe Zone and White Ribbon Day.
Graffiti prevention
survey scores
7. Tasman Research Company have completed their
bi-annual graffiti survey, which provides a snapshot of how ‘graffiti-free’
assets are across the city.
8. The survey provides an ambient score which
reflects what the public would see, and includes assets in and out of scope of
the current graffiti eradication contracts.
9. The latest results from the September 2015
survey show:
· a one point increase (from 97 to 98) of assets
in-scope of the graffiti eradication contracts graffiti free. This is a seven
point increase since 2011
· a two point increase (from 94 to 96) of assets
out-scope of the graffiti eradication contracts graffiti free. This is a four
point increase since 2011.
· a one point increase (from 93 to 94) in the ambient
survey score. This is an eight point increase since 2011.
10. The council continues to perform well above
the targets set to maintain graffiti free assets across the region. This has
been consistent over the past five years.
Operation Speedo
11. Operation Speedo is a joint safety initiative
between the Waitakere Ranges Local Board, Waitakere Police and many other safety
agencies on the West Coast including surf life-saving, Watersafe Auckland, Fire
Service, First Response, St Johns, rural post and security firms. The project
aims to reduce car break-ins and burglaries, increase police visibility on
roads leading to beaches, provide safety information for the public, promote
water safety and promote awareness of Civil Defense procedures.
12. The Waitakere Ranges Local Board will launch
the 10 year anniversary of Operation Speedo on 27 November 2015. Operation
Speedo will operate from 1 December 2015 to 31 March 2016 at Whatipu, Huia,
Parau, Karekare, Bethell’s and Piha beaches.
The Safe Zone
13. The Safe Zone has been successfully operating
over selected summer weekends for three years. The zone is a short-term designated
safe area in the central business district where late night medical attention,
social support and advice is provided to people who have over indulged in
alcohol or drugs.
14. This is a joint initiative between Auckland
Council, Accident Compensation Corporation, St John, Red Frogs New Zealand
(youth crew), Global Security, Red Badge, New Zealand Police, Health Promotion
Agency and Heart of the City.
15. The Safe Zone will operate Friday and Saturday
nights (from 10pm to 4am) throughout February and March 2016 and weekday nights
during 2016 student orientation week, and will be located in lower Queen
Street. The Safe Zone command vehicle will also be located at major summer
events.
White Ribbon campaign
16. Auckland Council staff are working alongside
local boards and the family, whanau and sexual violence prevention sector on
the 2015 White Ribbon Day campaign.
17. The campaign aims to promote respectful
relationships and to end violence. The 2015 White Ribbon is promoting:
· respectful relationships between men and women
· consent as a necessary requirement of all sexual
relationships.
· men
challenging the attitudes and behaviour of other men that underpin all
violence.
18. A range of community events occurred in
November, with most hosted on White Ribbon Day, 25 November 2015.
Future delivery under
the empowered communities approach
19. The new Community Empowerment unit went ‘live’
on 1 October. A transition period is currently in place as the unit is
established. Continuity planning is in place to ensure a continued focus on
safety under the empowered communities approach.
Consideration
Local
Board views and implications
20. Community safety initiatives are delivered
both locally and regionally, with local boards specifically involved in
priority areas to deliver on local board plans.
Māori
impact statement
21. The work of the
safety team contributes to the Maori Responsiveness Framework in the
aspirations of whanaungatanga, wairuatanga and manaakitanga. Specific aspects
relevant to Maori have been considered and consulted on where relevant, to
ensure the views of local Maori are incorporated into community safety work.
Attachments
There are no attachments for
this report.
Signatories
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Authors
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Manu Pihama -
Practice Manager, Operations Community Empowerment
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Authorisers
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Graham Bodman - General Manager Arts, Community and
Events
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