Community safety / Crime Incidents
Case reference FOI2024/01129
Received 24 June 2024
Published 19 July 2024
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: This information is publically available and can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.herefordshiresafeguardingboards.org.uk/documents/hcsp-strategy-24-27
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the 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.
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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