In unity we shall bring an end to Anti-Social behaviour.

*GOVERNMENT CALLS ON COMMUNITIES TO FIGHT ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR*

The Government has called on communities to step forward to lead the fight against crime and anti-social behaviour.

Ministers are looking for ten trailblazing areas to pioneer */Neighbourhood Agreements/* on community safety and justice between police, councils and residents. The Pathfinders will require police, councils and other agencies to agree service standards with local residents - and enable the residents to hold them to account.

Communities which win the right to sign the first Neighbourhood Agreements will be able to help target the crime and anti-social behaviour that matter most in their local areas.

The agreements will allow residents to have a say in how those issues are tackled, build better relationships with local service providers, understand better what services they are entitled to and how they can be improved.

Joint applications from local councils and police forces will be considered by a cross-departmental selection panel, which will pick the ten pathfinder areas. They will then be independently evaluated before the scheme is introduced in other areas across and in Spring 2011.

Policing and Crime Minister, David Hanson said:

"We want the public, wherever they live, to be confident their local police and council are tackling the crime and antisocial behaviour issues that matter in their area. That is why the only target we now set for police is to improve public confidence. Neighbourhood Agreements will be a key part of how the police and other local agencies can work with communities to meet this aim. This pathfinder scheme is a great opportunity for people to make their neighbourhoods better places to live and to play a key role in shaping policing in and."

We will be urging our local council and police to get involved in this scheme and Wilson has already emailed the leader of the Council, the Borough Commander and other lead figures regarding this new scheme. Wilson was sent this information in his role as a "Community Crime fighter"