Wiltshire Police using 'Community Remedy' to tackle anti-social behaviour
It sees local people helping to choose consequences for offenders
Wiltshire Police is encouraging local people to help tackle anti-social behaviour, by using their 'Community Remedy' scheme.
A list of potential consequences for low-level or first time offenders, with residents having a say in exactly how people can 'face up to their actions and make amends'.
It's also seen as a quicker and more effective route of justice, as it's settled out of court, by police themselves.
We're told the scheme's already been successfully used in Downton.
Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Wilkinson said:
“Wiltshire's residents deserve safer communities and that is why having strategies like Community Remedy ready to help is a vital element to that.
“There is still so much more work to do to meet the challenges our local communities have, head-on, but we have had some recent successes in Downton and Devizes, where community involvement and partnership working are really starting pay off.
“The aim of Community Remedy is to have another tool to help in that fight – with this strategy, we can improve local involvement in the accountability of those who commit anti-social behaviour.
“Together, the Chief Constable and I have agreed we will work with our communities and partners to make Wiltshire safer, and this document will be reviewed periodically to ensure it continues to evolve and meet the needs of all our communities.”
Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Catherine Roper said:
“Victims remain at the heart of everything my officers, staff and volunteers do at Wiltshire Police. In order to provide an improved service for victims, we must listen to them and give them the opportunity to tell us how they would like their case to be resolved.
“We also recognise that offending is driven by different factors, and that a more considered approach to criminal justice and holding people to account for their actions – including utilising educational and partnership opportunities – may be more appropriate to reduce future offending.
“We will not tolerate criminality or behaviour which causes harm or misery and we will work with victims and communities to bring offenders to justice and keep Wiltshire safe.”