Community Safety Committee MEETING

MINUTES OF MEETING

Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Present

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Manager Community Services, Mr D Linden (Chair)

Ms J Magrath

Mr I Todd

Mr J Currenti

Ms M Jerome

Mr A Alifano

Mr. R  Kerridge

Ms T Sii

Ms K Checkley

Hurstville Place Manager, Mr C Edmondson

Apologies

Apologies were received from Councillor C Wu, Councillor N Liu, Councillor Kastanias and Mr G Power.

Disclosure of Interest

No disclosures of interest were made.

Agenda Items

CSC008-15       Crime Prevention Strategy (12/2127)

(Report by Manager Community Services, Mr D Linden)

Committee Recommendation

That the information be received and noted.

CSC009-15       Recent incidents in Hurstville (12/2127)

(Report by Manager Community Services, Mr D Linden)

Committee Recommendation

THAT the information be received and noted.

CSC010-15       Crime Statistics, hotspots and recent activities (12/2127)

(Report by Manager Community Services, Mr D Linden)

Committee Recommendation

THAT the following Information on incidents of crime for the period to July 2015 compared to the same period last year presented to the Committee be received and noted:

Assault (non-DV)	up 50.0%
Robbery	down 50.0%
Steal from Person	up 77.8%
Break and Enter Dwelling	down 22.1%
Steal from Dwelling	down 2.4%
B & E Non-Dwelling	up 57.1%
Malicious Damage	down 3.5%
Stolen vehicles	down 15.8%
Steal from Vehicle	down 33.6%
Steal from Retail	down 43.2%

CSC011-15       Westfield Hurstville - Statistics of Interest (12/2127)

(Report by Manager Community Services, Mr D Linden)

Committee Recommendation

THAT the following information on recent incidents at Westfield Hurstville be received and noted:

Type of Incident	Total
Assault	1
Fraud	2
Major theft from retailer	19
Malicious Damage	7
Minor theft from retailer	17
Steal from motor vehicle	3
Steal from Person	1
Unruly, threatening or anti-social behaviour	4

Conclusion

The Meeting finished at 1:10pm.

Chairperson

Manager Community Services, Mr D Linden (Chair)