New system to help cut antisocial behaviour and low-level crime in Truro
Officials hope it will help to make the city a better place
A new system has been launched to help reduce antisocial behaviour and low-level crime in Truro.
DISC is an online crime reporting system which can be used participating Truro businesses, via the app or desktop.
In Truro, both national and independent businesses are part of a Shopwatch group who already share local knowledge about ASB and low-level crime. Truro BID facilitates monthly Shopwatch group meetings which are also attended by the police and other partners, including Cornwall Council.
Bosses say the benefit of the DISC scheme is that it will enable partners to work with Truro Shopwatch more efficiently to deliver a better communication network to support the business community.
Members of the Truro DISC community can help by sharing information about offenders, so that their customers, colleagues and property can be protected.
The most important aspect of the new Truro Shopwatch DISC group, is that reporting incidents via the DISC scheme also involves business giving a significant amount of information, and intelligence, therefore providing more evidence to enable a prosecution.
"We work closely with the city centre businesses and the Truro Shopwatch group and over the years we have built up a solid relationship with them. Due to working together we have all become accustomed with many current offenders and that can be useful when it comes to preventing crime. Truro BID are glad to support the DISC system, as it is GDPR UK compliant and we hope will share details of criminal incidents and offenders as possible, to support the Devon and Cornwall Police in gathering evidence for prosecutions”.
Alun Jones, Truro BID Manager
Truro Shopwatch DISC has been funded by Truro BID. Businesses which sign up to DISC are able to log into the system, report incidents as they happen and update information about known offenders. Truro Shopwatch DISC members can operate DISC from a desktop computer or as an app from mobile devices, sharing intelligence instantly with other members.
It is hoped that in the near future the DISC data will also be directly shared with Devon and Cornwall Police. In the meantime, businesses still need to report information on DISC and also to the police.
Truro businesses who would like to know more about the DISC system should contact sian.knights@trurobid.co.uk
You can find further information about DISC here.