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Alison congratulated Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer for the operational success of G7. Cornwall had seen a large increase in Police officer numbers, residents had given a flurry of compliments for their handling of the operation. During the G7 Conference there had been a number of triage centres setup to handle multiple arrests before going to a formal custody unit. Independent Custody visitors completed quality assurance of these centres throughout the G7 conference.

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In June the OPCC were successful in the governments second round of Safer Streets funding. Exeter has been awarded £432,000 to tackle crime and make streets safer in the city centre and surrounding area’s. Combined with match funding the total bid value had been in excess of £500,000. A third round of Safer Streets funding had been launched by the Home Office, focussed on protecting people in public spaces, with a focus on the safety of women and girls. The funding round would close on 15^th July 2021. The Police and Crime Commissioner had been working with local authorities to prepare bids for submission. 

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In March 2021 partnership funding of £350,000 had been allocated to support Community Safety Partnerships in order to keep people safe over Summer 2021 and in the latter stages of unlock following COVID-19 restrictions.

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The Police and Crime Commissioner encouraged all members of the Panel to join the Councillor Advocate scheme as a way of connecting with their local policing team. The scheme gives Councillors access to their local policing inspector to discuss crime in their area, to provide intelligence and to attend seminars.

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Alison Hernandez advised that she had been committed to tri service officers and wanted to see the scheme expanded. Tri Service officers are employed by Cornwall Council and are fully trained firefighter, have some policing powers and a co-responding paramedic all within one Frontline worker. There had been a Blue Light fund within the budget with a focus on Marine and Costal services. If there would be more political pressure this may help expand the scheme further.

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For Torbay Council to have a vessel that can deal with both Policing and Fire due to the high concentration of vessel movement in the area.

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Stronger North Stonehouse Project and how does the OPCC monitor whether things have improved for the area. Alison Hernandez advised that a Stronger North Stonehouse network needs to be established. There had been a serious violence programme overseen by both the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable to evaluate the project.

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Community speed watch and how ‘Operation Snap’ would be utilised to address traffic offences to raise the standards of driving in the area and to reduce the number of serious traffic incidents. Councillor Hackett requested more publicity for Operation Snap to encourage members of the public to report when a traffic offence has occurred. 

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The Panel noted and welcomed organisational changes within the OPCC but asked for future changes to come to the panel prior to implementation.