community safety advertisement
Case reference FOI2023/01964
Published 20 December 2023
Request
I have a mobile advertising vehicle which I intend to bring into your local area.
Can you please:
1. Advise whether there are any restrictions, permits or permission we would need to advertise in your borough.
2. The name and contact details of the cabinet holder for community safety in the authority
3. The local strategy to apply the serious violence duty per the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 ("the PCSC Act").
4. The data that informs on the number of knife and gun crime incidents the borough had to address between March 2021 and March 2022.
5. The data that informs on the number of knife and gun crime incidents the borough had to address between March 2022 and March 2023.
Response
I have a mobile advertising vehicle which I intend to bring into your local area. Can you please:
1. Advise whether there are any restrictions, permits or permission we would need to advertise in your borough.
A: The Service Areas responsible for advertising permits would only get involved if your vehicle were to park in a static manner for display purposes in a public area. If it is being driven around then there would be no need for approval from Herefordshire Council.
If you intend to park up anywhere else to display/advertise then we would suggest permission is sort from the relevant landowner permission. It is also worth considering parking restrictions in the area so as not breach any parking rules.
2. The name and contact details of the cabinet holder for community safety in the authority
A: Councillor Carole Gandy, Cabinet Member Adults, Health and Wellbeing. carole.gandy@herefordshire.gov.uk
3. The local strategy to apply the serious violence duty per the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 ("the PCSC Act").
A: The Herefordshire Serious Violence Partnership Serious Violence Strategy has not yet been published the deadline for doing so is 31st January 2024 in line with the statutory duty (see below). The Service Area have advised that this will be published to our website by the deadline date.
Serious Violence Duty, Preventing and reducing serious violence, Statutory Guidance for responsible authorities England and Wales, December 2022
Subsection 160.
"Each strategy must be published as soon as reasonably practicable after it has been prepared, with the first strategy for each local government area being published by the 31 January 2024."
4. The data that informs on the number of knife and gun crime incidents the borough had to address between March 2021 and March 2022.
A: This question would need to be directed to the Police, as the information is not held by the Local Authority.
5. The data that informs on the number of knife and gun crime incidents the borough had to address between March 2022 and March 2023.
A: This question would need to be directed to the Police, as the information is not held by the Local Authority.
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