Community Safety A Top Priority In Caerphilly County Borough
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Community Safety Wardens and Enforcement Team have had a busy year, with public safety at the forefront of their operations. The work of both teams over the last year includes 178 fixed penalty notices, 40 ASBO referrals and 157 instances of alcohol being confiscated.
During the year 2015/16 Caerphilly’s Enforcement Team issued a total of 178 fixed penalty notices totalling £11,700 in fines, as well as 15 prosecutions which totalled £1,680 in court fines.
Dog fouling remains an important issue for Caerphilly Council’s Enforcement Team, with ‘Flagging Action Days’ regularly held in parks throughout the borough to highlight the issue. This involves instances of dog fouling being pinpointed with signs to inform park users that dog fouling has occurred in that spot.
A recent consultation was also sent out regarding the introduction of a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) on dog related issues which included proposals to increase the level of fixed penalty notices for dog fouling.
The work of the Enforcement Team also includes illicit tipping investigations, abandoned vehicles, commercial waste audits, litter enforcement, dog fouling enforcement and school visits.
Caerphilly county borough’s Community Safety Wardens have also been busy, with a total of 3,875 patrols throughout the county borough in the last year alone, as well as 40 ASBO referrals and 157 instances of alcohol being confiscated.
The borough’s Community Safety Wardens work to keep the community safe through providing a semi-official patrolling presence by seeking to reduce crime, anti-social behaviour and the fear of crime by providing reassurance, assistance and help in order to create a safer, more pleasant living environment within our communities.
Community Safety Wardens also form an important part of major events such as the Big Cheese, Armed Forces Day, the Caerphilly 10K and Remembrance Sunday, where the team assist in community lesion and road closures.
Cllr Nigel George, Cabinet Member for Community and Leisure Services said: “Caerphilly’s Community Safety Wardens and the Enforcement Team work tirelessly to ensure that communities are kept as safe as possible throughout Caerphilly county borough. Community Safety Wardens provide a high profile patrolling presence in order to deter public nuisance and encourage good behaviour, while the Enforcement Team seek to enforce certain issues such as dog fouling and littering”.
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