Issue - meetings

The Strategy document will be circulated under separate cover and will also be made available on the Internet, in the Members’ Rooms and at public libraries.

Received a report on the draft Crime, Disorder and Drugs Strategy for the Borough for the period April 2005 to March 2008, the aims and objectives of which will be delivered through the Borough’s Community Safety Strategic Partnership.

Agreed, in order to assist the reduction of crime, disorder and the harm caused by illegal drugs in the Borough and the achievement of the Community Priorities of ‘Making Barking and Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer’ and ‘Raising General Pride in the Borough’, to:

1.  Note the Council’s draft Crime, Disorder and Drugs Strategy 2005-2008 as appended to the report; and

2.  Recommend the Assembly to formally adopt the Strategy at its meeting on 6 April 2005.